TRADE - Hawks get #4!!!

[lethalweapon3]

Not having to sweat through figuring out ways to somehow make the Cavs a Top-20 team next season, and making that New Orleans' concern instead, is a nice bonus.

~lw3

[Jamaaliver]

Say this about Schlenk: He is unafraid to make bold moves, and as he says, he never doubts himself because he’s “an overweight bald guy.” After the Taurean Prince trade to Brooklyn, Atlanta needed a small forward because it had none on the roster before the draft began.

General manager Travis Schlenk traded picks 8, 17 and 35 and a 2020 Cleveland top-10 protected pick, which likely will turn into two second-rounders, and absorbed Solomon Hill’s $12.8 million expiring salary for picks 4 and 57 plus a future second-round pick.

Since the lottery, Schlenk prioritized moving up in the draft. At first, it was to get up to No. 3, which the New York Knicks rebuffed, and then he settled on No. 4 for the assets he has gained through the years.

“We feel good about the way draft played out,” Schlenk said Thursday night. “Since I’ve gotten here, we spent a lot of time accumulating assets. Tonight we decided to cash some of those in for guys we feel like are going to help us in the future.”

The Athletic