Atlanta Hawks forward Kent Bazemore saw his first season in which he was a full-time starter in the NBA come to an end when the Cleveland Cavaliers swept his team in the second round of the playoffs.
It was an unceremonious end to the 26-year-old's best season in the league in which he averaged 11.6 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. He stepped in well for DeMarre Carroll, who signed a four-year, $60 million deal with the Toronto Raptors before the season began.
But it could also be the end of Bazemore's tenure in Atlanta, as he is set to hit unrestricted free agency and is expected to garner plenty of interest and bigger figures than the two-year, $4 million deal that he just finished up, via Spotrac.
But if he had it his way, he wouldn't want to go anywhere else, as he said during his exit interview Monday, via Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
I would love to return here. I think the past two years I’ve taken a tremendous leap. Not only my professional year but personally. I’m growing more into myself and figuring out life. This place as a special place in ...
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