Player development was a key theme of the 2024-25 season for the Atlanta Hawks, and no player exemplified this more than Mouhamed Gueye.
Gueye, the 39th overall pick in the 2023 draft, entered the NBA with just four years of experience playing organized basketball, and after injuries robbed him of most of his rookie season*, he wasn’t expected to be a significant part of the Hawks’ rotation entering the season.
*Though Gueye was still able to put together a few mouth watering possessions in his 75 minutes of action as a rookie
With Jalen Johnson, De’Andre Hunter and David Roddy ahead of him in the pecking order for minutes at the 4, the Hawks assigned Gueye to the G League in the middle of November, where he was able to gain some more on-court experience and develop in a lower stakes environment with the College Park Skyhawks.