Kyle Korver, Hawks Reportedly Finalizing Contract to Join Team in Front-Office Role

By: The Trend Wire

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According to Shams Charania of Stadium and The Athletic, veteran NBA shooting guard Kyle Korver will join the Atlanta Hawks in a front-office position.

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Last season, Korver, who was an NBA player from 2003 to 2010, worked with the Brooklyn Nets as a player development coach

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During his NBA career, he played for six different clubs, including the Hawks from 2012 to 2017.

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As a member of the 2014–15 Hawks, who won the Eastern Conference title and advanced to the East Finals

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Korver was selected to one All-Star team.

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According to Chris Milholen of NetsDaily, Korver received glowing reviews for the first trip of his post-playing career.

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With the relocation to Atlanta, Korver will shift gears and pursue a front-office career.

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The former Creighton standout, who had a career three-point percentage of 42.9, joins a Hawks squad

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that is expected to improve significantly after acquiring point guard Dejounte Murray via trade from the San Antonio Spurs. 

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He now forms a potent backcourt with Trae Young for a Hawks squad that won 43 games and made the playoffs the previous season.

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Korver joins a front office led by Travis Schlenk, president of basketball operations. Landry Fields, who was appointed general manager on July 1

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shares that office with another former NBA player. Fields, a former star player for Stanford, spent five seasons in the NBA with the Toronto Raptors and the New York Knicks