Mike Storen, former Hawks general manager, dies

Mike Storen, a former ABA commissioner, one-time Atlanta Hawks president and general manager and the father of ESPN broadcaster Hannah Storm, died Thursday. He was 84.

Storm said her father died at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta of complications from cancer.

Storen served as Hawks general manager from Jan. 3 to Sept. 27 of 1977. He oversaw the 1977 NBA draft in which the Hawks, in part, selected Tree Rollins with the 14th overall pick. His last sports job was with the Georgia Force of the Arena Football League in 2002.

The Hawks issued the following statement: “The Atlanta Hawks organization would like to extend condolences to the family and friends of former Hawks’ President/General…