There might not be a player in the league who drove up his price more than DeMarre Carroll this season -- and postseason.
League sources say that the high appraisal on Carroll is four years and $50 million, with the regular caveat these days that the combination of a league brimming with cap space and a salary-cap number one year away from an historic explosion could compel a single team to go even higher.
The Hawks like Carroll a ton, but they're also a pragmatic and unemotional front office that doesn't have a single player on their roster under a contract that's unfavorable to the team.