The Hawks assigned Edy Tavares and Lamar Patterson to the NBA Development League Friday.
Both will play for the Austin Spurs, via the flexible assignment rule, and are expected to play a pair of weekend games. They will then re-join the Hawks in California for the upcoming road trip.
The Austin Spurs have a home-and-home series with the Oklahoma City Blue this weekend. They play in Oklahoma City on Saturday at 2 p.m. and in Austin on Sunday at 6 p.m.
Patterson has appeared in 35 games for the Hawks and averaged 2.4 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.