With the 13th choice in total – their only choice of draft arriving this evening (except another job) – The Hawks of Atlanta decided to descend and take additional draft capital. Shams Charania of ESPN has this report:
The Hawks of Atlanta exchanged choice n ° 13 in the draft of New Orleans Pélicans for choice n ° 23 and an unprotected first-round choice in 2026 (the most favorable in New Orleans and Milwaukee), sources said in ESPN.
– Shams Charania (@shamscharania) June 26, 2025
This gives Hawks two first round choices next year (this one more favorable to the choices of Hawks and Spurs in the original trade in Dejounte Murray) to descend ten places in this project. This is a clever decision for the new Managing Director Onsi Saleh to start to replenish the Draft firm for the Hawks.
