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One Atlanta Hawks Trade That Could Change Everything After the Lottery
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One Atlanta Hawks Trade That Could Change Everything After the Lottery

Atlanta Hawks On SI·Jackson Caudell·19 days ago
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The Atlanta Hawks' draft board and options are more open, with them picking at No. 8 overall instead of jumping into the top four. Atlanta would have preferred to jump up into the top four and have the option to land one of AJ Dybantsa, Darryn Peterson, Cameron Boozer, or Caleb Wilson, but the lottery did not work out in their favor. That does not mean that this was not a successful lottery for Atlanta. The Hawks are a team that is coming off of a playoff appearance, they have a nice core of young talent already on the roster, and they have plenty of optionality on the table for how to continue to build this roster. One such option is being able to trade up or down in the draft. This is a draft that has talent in it, especially in the lottery and Hawks general manager, Onsi Saleh, has spoken at length about how he wants to develop his young team and add talent through the draft while acknowledging that this team is not one player away from being a championship contender.…

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