2 Young players the Hawks should develop, 2 to give up on

The Atlanta Hawks are attempting to walk the finest of lines in the NBA: two timelines.

Each of their four projected returning starters has no less than four years of experience while their bench has just two players with more experience than that – veterans Bogdan Bogdanovic and 2023 offseason acquisition Patty Mills.

This delicate balance is rarely successful for teams looking to contend as the Hawks presumably are given their rumored pursuit of a Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam.

But teams also cannot afford to simply part with all of their young, up-and-coming assets for proven ones, especially teams like the Hawks who, while being an Eastern Conference Finalist just two years ago,…