Getty Images/Ringer illustration How does landing the first pick affect the futures of Trae Young and Dejounte Murray? And who is the favorite to go no. 1? We examine all the Hawks' offseason options. Classic Atlanta Hawks, huh? Here they are, smack-dab in the middle of basketball no-man's-land, and boom! They land the top pick in the most confusing draft in years. Unfortunately for the Hawks, there's no Victor Wembanyama waiting to save them, not even a Kyrie Irving or a Zion Williamson to inject hope into their future. Just a bunch of intriguing ifs and maybes, which feels very on brand for Atlanta. It's a fitting win for the Hawks, an annual play-in team that's had a 120-126 record in the three years since making the Eastern Conference finals in 2021. They spent all of this season listening to trade offers for Dejounte Murray and have an All-Star guard in Trae Young, who just changed agencies as trade rumors swirl. But no matter how much uncertainty there is about the Hawks' outlook and the quality of this upcoming draft class, they're still clearly way better off picking first than 10th. The Hawks had only a 3 percent chance of winning the first pick, but that's exactly what...
The Atlanta Hawks’ Prize for Winning the Lottery? Um, Options?
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