The Hawks (and not the Pistons) shockingly won the 2024 NBA Draft lottery and will have the top selection in the draft next months.
Atlanta came into the day with just a 3.0 percent chance of getting the top pick this year. But now, after making the play-in tournament but missing the playoffs, the Hawks will have an opportunity to add whatever prospect they would like in this class.
Atlanta will have several options when they are on the clock and may even consider trading the pick, but as of right now, 19-year-old big man Alex Sarr is the most likely candidate to hear his name called.
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The Atlanta Hawks, who had just a three percent chance of winning the 2024 NBA Draft Lottery, end up with the No. 1 overall pick in a shocker. 🔥👀pic.twitter.com/WS2PtaFNhb
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) May 12, 2024
Here is a video of the moment when Hawks general manager Landry Fields found out live on ABC that his team will have the top choice in the draft next month.
Fields clearly knows he will have plenty of paths to consider during the pre-draft process.
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Atlanta could add a talented young player to complement Trae Young, they can trade Young and fully embrace a rebuild, or they can choose something somewhere in the middle.
Until then, however, check out our latest post-lottery NBA mock draft.
