NEW YORK -- Two weeks after replacing coach Lon Kruger with assistant Terry Stotts, the Hawks are trying to arrange a trade involving restricted free agent-to-be Jason Terry. According to sources, the Blazers and Heat are ardently interested in acquiring Atlanta's assist leader (7.4 per game) and its third-highest (16.8 ppg) scorer.
For salary purposes, Alan Henderson ($7.09 million/$7.6 million/$8.2 million due over the next three seasons) and another low-budgeted Hawk (DerMarr Johnson, perhaps) would have to be part of any package since Terry's skill value far exceeds his current ($2.15 million) earnings.
Terry figured his three-year-plus tour was coming to an end when Stotts' first command decision was to return him to his unnatural position at off guard (in favor of rookie Michael Wilkes, fresh from the Developmental League), where he's being asked to split time.