With the seemingly never-ending delay before the NBA Draft Lottery arrives in August, mock draft season is getting a (much) later start than usual in basketball circles. After all, the draft itself was originally scheduled for late June and, by this point, Summer League is normally in full swing in Las Vegas. Still, a few weeks have elapsed since a mock draft was dissected in this space and, on Tuesday, Sam Vecenie of the Athletic released his latest projection, which included the Atlanta Hawks making the No. 6 overall pick.
At the outset, that is a relatively unlucky lottery outcome for the Hawks, with only a 25.