Landry Fields joked that the last time he had a news conference was 10 years ago, when he signed a three-year deal with the Toronto Raptors in free agency. That was the final contract he would sign as a player. Because of a nagging problem with a nerve in his right wrist that doctors could not figure out, Fields' NBA career was over when he was 26. At the end of his tenure with the Raptors, Fields found himself doing more scouting than playing, so when his time in the league was up, it was a natural transition to join a front office. The Spurs gave him his first front-office opportunity as a West Coast scout in 2016. Six years later, at just 33, Fields will soon be the Hawks general manager, third in command on the basketball operations side of Atlanta's organization. Not much will change for Fields, who's been assistant general manager for the Hawks the past two seasons. He will still report to Travis Schlenk, the president of basketball operations, and they both will op...
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