Jalen Johnson, Hawks not yet trending towards extension

There is still time for negotiations to heat up before Monday’s 6 PM ET deadline, but one league source told The Stein Line that Jalen Johnson and the Atlanta Hawks were not yet trending toward a deal entering the weekend as that Monday buzzer looms for teams and first-round picks from the 2021 NBA Draft to hash out rookie-scale contract extensions.
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Jalen Johnson this preseason:
16.7 PPG
7.3 RPG
2.0 SPG
2.3 3PM
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Jake Fischer: Jalen Johnson faces a similar predicament in Atlanta. Although there’s far more optimism around the NBA that the Hawks will find an agreement north of $30 million in average

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