It started with a dinner.
Famed Atlanta steakhouse Bone’s was the location for a simple social introduction by a mutual friend of Steve Koonin and Dr. Scott Boden. The meeting between the Hawks CEO and the director of the Emory Orthopaedics and Spine Center last August led to a partnership that will result in a state-of-the-art practice facility and sports medicine center that will open in October 2017.
Rarely do deals like this come together so fast. The NBA Board of Governors approved the sale of the Hawks to an ownership group led by Tony Ressler on June 24, 2015.