Hawks will discipline Schroder in future

The Hawks said guard Dennis Schroder will face future disciplinary action from the team following his arrest last month on a misdemeanor battery charge.

In a statement released by the team on Monday, general manager Travis Schlenk said the team will let the legal process play out in Schroder’s case before making a final decision on discipline. Schlenk said the team’s preliminary investigation determined that Schroder was involved in a “physical altercation” before his arrest in DeKalb County on Sept. 29.

Schroder, 24, declined to comment on the incident in the days following his arrest.

“I think we are all human beings,” he said at the time. “Everybody makes mistakes. I try to learn from it and keep earning my teammate’s trust.”

Schroder a nd three other people were arrested after Brookhaven police responded to a call about a fight in a shopping center parking lot on Buford Highway. Police said that a video recording of the incident showed Schroder “initiate contact” with the victim and that all four arrested individuals later struck the victim with their hands and feet.

Schroder’s arrest came days after Schlenk and coach Mike Budenholzer praised Schroder for his increased maturity following past offcourt incidents.

Budenholzer sat Schroder for a handful of games during the 2015-16 season after the two clashed.

Last season the Hawks suspended Schroder for a game without pay after he reported back late from the All-Star break, and Schroder did not start the next game he played after he was late for a team bus.

The Hawks open the regular season at the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday.

Deal with point guard: The Hawks have agreed to a free-agent contract with point guard prospect Isaiah Taylor. The two-year contract is partially guaranteed for 2017-18.

Taylor, 23, fills the Hawks’ 15th and final roster spot and will play behind Schroder and Malcolm Delaney.

The Rockets waived Taylor on Sunday. Houston cut Taylor during the 2016 preseason and then re-signed him in February. He played 52 minutes over four regular-season games and 10 minutes over three games in the playoffs.

Taylor declared for the 2016 draft after three seasons at Texas but was not selected.

What up-tempo means: The Hawks want to play at a faster pace. They want to create more fast-break chances. They want to be an aggressive, scrappy defensive team.

It will not be easy for the Hawks to do those things over 82 games. But it would help if Budenholzer can go deeper into his bench, and that’s his plan.

“Ten (players) has kind of been our number quite often,” Budenholzer said. “The old NBA it used to be nine or eight. Some teams or coaches are still eight or nine. We’ve probably been at 10. I would say we are open to adding an 11th guy to the rotation.

“There (are), I think, guys that have earned opportunities, earned chances to play. Sometimes you settle in after ‘X’ number of games. But throwing an 11th guy into the mix may be something we consider or we do.”