Atlanta Hawks draft picks tracker 2026: Live results, grades, updates, list of selections and trades
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The Hawks are moving in a forward direction after trading away Trae Young.
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Midway through last season, the Atlanta Hawks traded away Trae Young, which has them moving in a new direction into this offseason.
That brings proceedings to the 2026 NBA Draft, which begins Tuesday night and is the next chance for the Hawks to get better.
Atlanta also will benefit from the Derik Queen trade a year ago, when the Pelicans moved up to take Queen but gave the Hawks their 2026 first-round pick.
The Hawks have been involved in trade rumors, too, so it's not a given that they'll keep their initial pick positioning throughout the action.
It'll be worth following, and we'll have all the Hawks updates below.
Atlanta Hawks draft picks 2026
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Who did the Hawks draft?
The Hawks are making these picks:
Round 1, Pick 8: Kingston Flemings (Houston)
Round 1, Pick 23: Zuby Ejiofor (St. John's)
Round 2, Pick 52: Henri Veesaar (UNC)
Atlanta Hawks NBA Draft grades
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These are how Sporting News grades each of the Hawks' draft picks:
Round 1, Pick 8: Kingston Flemings - B+A few of the other point guards were already off the board, and it was basically Flemings or Brayden Burries. Flemings is small, and runs a tiny risk of having some of Trae Young's deficiencies. But he's also got immense upside, and he was the right pick at this spot.
Round 1, Pick 23: Zuby Ejiofor - CEjiofor was very effective at St. John's, but it's not obvious that his frontcourt game will translate to the NBA. Defense will have to be his calling card. This might've been a reach.
Round 2, Pick 52: Henri Veesaar - AThe Hawks traded up to end Veesaar's draft slide. He can work inside but also shoot the 3-ball. At this spot, Atlanta couldn't have done better.
Atlanta Hawks NBA Draft updates, trades
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The Hawks made a trade up to get Henri Veesaar at the 52nd pick.
When is the NBA Draft?
The NBA Draft begins with the first round on Tuesday, June 23.
The second round will be on Wednesday, June 24.
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