Sun 6/29/14 8:36 PM

The Hawks traded Lou Williams and Lucas Nogueira to the Raptors on Sunday in exchange for John Salmons. Salmons' $7 million salary is only $1 million guaranteed. Williams' deal will pay him $5.5 million next season, and as usual this can be tied back to LeBron James -- by waiving Salmons the Hawks likely intend to clear enough cap space to pursue LeBron and other top free agents. A move to Toronto might be an upgrade for Williams if Kyle Lowry leaves the Raptors this summer, and it helps that he's one year further removed from ACL surgery.