{"id":81263,"date":"2024-06-13T01:03:27","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T05:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=81263"},"modified":"2024-06-13T01:03:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T05:03:27","slug":"2024-nba-draft-spurs-discussing-trade-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/06\/13\/2024-nba-draft-spurs-discussing-trade-hawks\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 NBA Draft: Spurs Discussing Trade With Hawks?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2024 NBA Draft could see a change at the top, as \u201cthe San Antonio Spurs and Atlanta Hawks have discussed a potential trade to take place on the evening<\/a> of the upcoming NBA Draft,\u201d per SpursReport\u2019s Dusty Garza.<\/p>\n

In the draft night trade, \u201cthe Spurs would put together a package that would include their 4th and 8th pick in order to choose first instead of the Hawks\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Spurs Discussing Trade With Hawks?<\/h2>\n

The Hawks have been heavily linked to JL Bourg forward Zaccharie Risacher<\/a>, Perth center Alexandre Sarr<\/a>, and UConn center Donovan Clingan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They could select Risacher or Sarr with the No. 1 pick, but they\u2019re exploring trade scenarios that would see them moving down in the draft<\/a> as well. In doing so, the presumed target would be Clingan. The 2-time NCAA champion is reportedly \u201ca player the Hawks coaching staff covets and have done their research on.\u201d<\/p>\n

At 7-foot-3 and 282 pounds, the gargantuan pivot is an exceptional shot-blocker. This alone makes him valuable to Atlanta, as their big man duo\u2019s interior defense wasn\u2019t up to scratch in 2023-24. Furthermore, though he\u2019s not the most lithe center, he\u2019s not a sitting duck out in space either. With scouts imagining him to be a stretch-five down the line, his potential as an inside-outside scorer gives him value as a two-way player.<\/p>\n

Still, Atlanta\u2019s \u201cbegun to check the background of several other targets in case they make the trade\u2026 Cody Williams of Colorado is one of the players they are discussing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams is the brother of Oklahoma City Thunder rising star Jalen Williams<\/a>. At 6-foot-8, he\u2019s an efficient outside threat with defensive upside. However, he\u2019s more focused on attacking the rim. With a knack for finishing in the paint, even through contact and at a variety of angles. This makes him more of a true wing than Risacher, perhaps filling their need for a long-term fit at shooting guard.<\/p>\n

With the No. 4 and No. 8 picks, the Hawks could select Clingan and<\/em> Williams.<\/p>\n

Victor Wembanyama\u2019s A Fan<\/h3>\n

The Spurs haven\u2019t quite tipped their hand, but there\u2019s plenty of reason to believe they would move up to secure Risacher. They\u2019ve selected Frenchmen in back-to-back drafts, sowing the seeds that could lead to San Antonio drafting him. Indeed, with the confidence that face of the franchise Victor Wembanyama<\/a> has in him, he could be quite an attractive option at the top of the draft.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got to spend a little bit of time<\/a> with him,\u201d Wembanyama tells ESPN\u2019s Andrew Lopez. \u201cAnd we were both really young at the time, but back then even sometimes he practiced with us and he was just doing some crazy things in terms of talent.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd he’s just all around. He can do pretty much everything. He’s very long, can block a lot of shots and offensively he can just let him do his thing. He’s had the chance to have a professional start like very few do. I mean, in Europe, very few players can get from the youth programs to the professional, and he’s one of them and he’s actually dominating this year. He was an all-star in France. So yeah, I mean, it’s all going well so far. I’m proud of what he’s doing.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cHe’s definitely up there in that draft class,\u201d Wembanyama adds. \u201cI probably don’t know anybody more talented than him in this draft class.\u201d<\/p>\n

That sounds like a strong case for him to go No. 1.<\/p>\n

With the Spurs taking Wembanyama\u2019s opinions into consideration during the draft process, his praise of Risacher should hold a lot of weight. It doesn\u2019t hurt that San Antonio shot just 34.7 percent from 3 in 2023-24, third-worst in the NBA. Shooting 38.7 percent from 3 in 2023-24, Risacher has a great chance to help them improve in that area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2024 NBA Draft could see a change at the top, as \u201cthe San Antonio Spurs and Atlanta Hawks have discussed a potential trade to take place on the evening of the upcoming NBA Draft,\u201d per SpursReport\u2019s Dusty Garza. In the draft night trade, \u201cthe Spurs would put together a package that would include their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":81267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[556,4,1608,62,34],"tags":[49244,49176,49145,98,4774,49147],"class_list":["post-81263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba-draft","category-hawks","category-basketball","category-nba","category-spurs","tag-alex-sarr","tag-cody-williams","tag-donovan-clingan","tag-nba-draft","tag-rumors","tag-zaccharie-risacher"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}