For the Atlanta Hawks, this time of the year is the most impactful for the team’s future, as the 2019 NBA Draft is the most notable way in which the team can improve itself ahead of the upcoming season. While free agency has its merits, Atlanta Hawks General Manager Travis Schlenk is making it clear that the team plans to build organically through the draft – which is exactly what they’ve done so far.
The baseline for this team is already quite high, as they put up 29 wins in the first season of a rebuild (though they had the point differential of a roughly 24-win team per Cleaning the Glass).