The Hawks had to sweat out a slim chance of ruin during tonight’s 2025 NBA Draft Lottery, but in the end they managed the best possible outcome.
The main takeaway tonight: Atlanta came away with the 13th overall pick along with the 22nd overall pick to use in the 2025 NBA Draft, a draft rapidly upcoming in late June.
Atlanta came into tonight with no way to win the number one overall pick — almost assuredly the Cooper Flagg pick — but they had major stakes involved nonetheless. As a result of the Kevin Huerter trade to Sacramento three offseasons ago, the Kings owed the Hawks a top-12 protected first-round pick.