Mike Budenholzer dismissed the notion that the Atlanta Hawks' trade of Kyle Korver to a Cleveland Cavaliers' team that has eliminated them from the playoffs in each of the past two seasons necessarily signals a change in the direction of the franchise.

Prior to the trade of Korver, there were reports of the Hawks evaluating the trade market for Paul Millsap.

“My answer to that is I don’t think there should be any assumptions made about anything,” said Budenholzer. “Organizationally, we have to make hard decisions. I think it’s important that each one of them puts us in the best situation, the best place, to be a great organization. In this case, we made a trade that wasn’t easy. It was a hard decision. This is a good team that we have. This is a team that has shown an ability to compete at a high level. Keeping it together is something … I just wouldn’t make any assumptions going forward.”

With the departure of Korver, Budenholzer said he expects a bigger role for Tim Hardaway Jr. and more minutes for rookies Taurean Prince and DeAndre Bembry.