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The Atlanta Hawks have hired Quin Snyder on a five-year contract to be their head coach.

Snyder is expected to make his debut as soon as Tuesday at home against the Washington Wizards.

The Hawks pursued Snyder immediately after firing Nate McMillan.

Snyder and Trae Young have both expressed enthusiasm about working together, and that partnership will go a long way to determining the success of the franchise. After a recent game, Donovan Mitchell praised Snyder in a private conversation with Young.

There are pronounced chemistry and leadership issues in the Hawks locker room.

Joe Prunty and the rest of the Hawks’ coaching staff are expected to be retained with Snyder for the remainder of the season

Two days after indicating that he didn’t want Mike Dunleavy and the Golden State Warriors to make a “desperate” move ahead of the trade deadline, Stephen Curry clarified that he is still eager to win. Curry’s comments came after a narrow win by the Warriors at the Minnesota Timberwolves.

“Anyone who thinks I’m OK being on an average basketball team is insane,” Curry said. “Take whatever I said, I still stand on it. But that doesn’t mean we’re not in a situation where we are trying to get better, make appropriate moves that help you do that. Mike knows that. We’ve talked about it. That’s the expectation from me. It doesn’t mean you’re reckless. What people’s definition of that is is what I was talking about with Twitter fingers. Trade machines are fun. But what does that actually look like? We’re gonna handle our business. Mike is gonna handle his. We will see where we end up.”

Steve Kerr also spoke to the sentiment he shares with Curry.

“I hope there’s not a misconception that we are not fighting and scrapping and doing everything possible to keep this going,” Kerr said. “It almost feels like the narrative became the Warriors are giving in. We are not giving in. We’re just not gonna give away the future. Those are two totally different things. We’re fighting.”