MINNEAPOLIS — To Kevin Huerter, it seemed like every single trade rumor that came out featuring a center, the Hawks were linked to that player. His friends and family would text him for inside information, but it had gotten to the point that he would remind them the Hawks had been in trade talks for two months now regarding what seemed like every center in the league.



When talks with Clint Capela were escalating, Huerter didn’t bother to get too excited for the possibility because, again, he had seen this already about Andre Drummond, Steven Adams, Dewayne Dedmon (more on him in a second) and Capela. Huerter didn’t know what the Hawks were going to do.



But late Tuesday night, the Hawks traded Evan Turner, the Brooklyn first-round pick and a 2024 second-round pick and received Capela and Nene, who is expected to be waived.



Huerter was awake when the trade was announced on Twitter, and he immediately thought that having someone like Capela...