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Hill

The Knicks acquired Hill from Atlanta in the trade that also brought then Cam Reddish. Hill is out for the season with a torn right hamstring so the Knicks are cutting their losses and signing Ryan Arcidiacono to a 10-day contract instead.

The Knicks are waiving Solomon Hill, who they recently acquired in the Cam Reddish deal, in order to sign Arcidiacono. Hill is out for the season with a torn hamstring, so their is no use for him in New York. Arcidiacono is not expected to have an impact on fantasy basketball.

Hill is out for the remainder of the season and was just salary filler in this trade.

This is the news we expected after Tuesday’s news, so it is not too surprising. Atlanta will continue to lean on Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot in the starting lineup, and they will hope to get Cam Reddish (wrist, illness) back for Friday’s game against Brooklyn.

Schlenk added that Hill is “looking at a long process” so don’t expect him to be back anytime soon. The Hawks have been slammed by injuries, so this is terrible news for them as Bogdan Bogdanovic and Cam Reddish both remain out as well as Deandre Hunter and Onyeka Okongwu. Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot will continue to start and see extended minutes until Cam Reddish and Bogdan Bogdanovic are back in the lineup.

This isn’t all that surprising given that Hill exited Sunday’s game with the hamstring issue, and we wouldn’t be shocked to see this turn into a multi-game absence. With Bogdan Bogdanovic (ankle) and potentially Cam Reddish (illness) also joining him on the sidelines tonight, Kevin Huerter could be forced to flirt with minutes in the 40s tonight.

The last thing that Atlanta needed was another injury on the wing. Hill went down in the final minute of the first quarter, as his left foot slipped while rotating over on defense. After nearly doing a full split, Hill walked off the court and back to the locker room with some assistance. Danilo Gallinari and Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot will have to pick up even more of the slack if Hill is unable to return.

Hill suffered the hamstring injury late in the first quarter, and given how he looked while walking back to the locker room, it’s no surprise that he’s done for the night. Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot and Danilo Gallinari are likely to get all the minutes that they can handle, and rookie Jalen Johnson may also get some run.

Neither will provide much in terms of fantasy value, but it will give the Hawks some more depth to an already deep team if either can make the most of their minutes over the next few weeks.

Cam Reddish also exited this game with a sprained wrist, so coach Nate McMillan opted for the veteran Hill after halftime. He remains a 3-and-D guy whose usage tends to hover in single digits (6.8% this season), so even as a starter his fantasy floor and ceiling are basically identical.