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2018 NBA Draft: The Pros and Cons of Hawks Trading Back

Finally, the organization has a unified front, with owner Tony Ressler, General Manager Travis Schlenk and newly minted head coach Lloyd Pierce providing an overriding system, as well as idea of what players the team should go after in both free agency and the draft.

We have delved deeply into the best options for each draft pick the Hawks have (3, 19, 30 and 34) and have also provided draft profiles of all the best prospects in this draft class (including a plea to Schlenk about our favorite prospect, Luka Doncic).

However, there is one angle that we have not investigated thoroughly in the 2018 Draft: Should the Hawks trade down a few spots and obtain another young player or draft asset for the future?