Where the Atlanta Hawks currently sit in the 2023 NBA Draft – holding the no. 15 overall pick – is not necessarily where they are expected to be picking on draft night (June 22).
“This is probably one of the most active teams in trade talks around the league,” reported insider Adrian Wojnarowski during ESPN’s NBA Mock Draft Special on June 20. “This is a team, perhaps packaged with one of their players, that 15th pick, can it get them up the draft board on Thursday night? That’s certainly part of the conversation there.