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Report: Hawks, Ilyasova agree to 1-year, $6M contract

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Despite Paul Millsap leaving in the offseason, the Atlanta Hawks have reportedly kept some of their frontcourt spacing.

The Hawks and Ersan Ilyasova have agreed to terms on a one-year, $6-million contract, according to The Vertical's Shams Charania.

Including the Hawks' six-game series loss in the first round of the playoffs, Ilyasova played 32 games for the team after being acquired from the Philadelphia 76ers in late February. With Atlanta, the stretch forward averaged 9.2 points and 5.7 rebounds per game, predominantly from a reserve role.

Ilyasova had a pair of career seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks from 2011-13, a span in which he averaged 13.1 points and 7.9 rebounds per game while shooting 44.8 percent from the 3-point line.

Just two months past his 30th birthday, the Turkish national will look to ease the losses sustained by the Hawks' big man rotation, a unit which has seen Millsap, Al Horford, and Dwight Howard all leave in the span of little over a year.

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