LAS VEGAS —
The Hawks had their sights set on De’Andre Hunter and Bruno Fernando in the NBA draft.
Sure, the fact that the team traded up to select the players was a prime indication that each was high on the draft board.
“We’ve spent a lot of time that last several years collecting (draft) picks through different trades,” Hawks general manger Travis Schlenk said Sunday in a long-awaited introductory press conference for two of the three draftees. “This year there were some guys we targeted and we went out to get them.”
The Hawks traded, in part, the No.