The Atlanta Hawks had dreams of jumping into the top four of the 2026 NBA Draft, but they ended up falling to the 8th overall pick , which was their most statistically likely spot in the lottery. With their fall to 8th overall, it is obvious that Atlanta is not going to have a chance to draft one of the four elite prospects in this draft, AJ Dybantsa, Darryn Peterson, Cameron Boozer, and Caleb Wilson. This was the kind of star prospect that the Hawks were hoping to land, but the lottery balls did not fall their way. The popular sentiment right now is that the Hawks will be able to sit tight at No. 8 and have the opportunity to take whoever is left of the four guards who are projected to go in the top ten. Keaton Wagler, Kingston Flemings, Darius Acuff, and Mikel Brown Jr are the players projected in the 5-8 range and of those four guards, I think that Wagler is the player that least likely to be there and in fact, I would be pretty shocked if he fell that far.…