The Atlanta Hawks won the lottery in FanSided’s first mock draft of the season, where the franchise selected Darryn Peterson, a 6’5 combo guard out of Kansas. Peterson would be the perfect piece to slot into this Hawks roster – the final stone in Atlanta’s Infinity Gauntlet. This would be the second time in three years that the Hawks won the lottery, which certainly would rile up the "lottery is rigged" crowd.
When you read about Peterson, he seems like the perfect star player: “big-time scorer,” “natural creator,” “good tools, physicality, and competitiveness as a defender.