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Atlanta Hawks: Re-Drafting the 2018 NBA Draft

By Chris Guest

Real Madrid Luka Doncic celebrating the championship during Liga Endesa Finals match (4th game) between Kirolbet Baskonia and Real Madrid at Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria, Spain. June 19, 2018. (Photo by COOLMEDIA/Peter Sabok/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Real Madrid Luka Doncic celebrating the championship during Liga Endesa Finals match (4th game) between Kirolbet Baskonia and Real Madrid at Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria, Spain. June 19, 2018. (Photo by COOLMEDIA/Peter Sabok/NurPhoto via Getty Images) /
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CHICAGO, IL – MAY 15: Melvin Frazier (Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL – MAY 15: Melvin Frazier (Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images) /

#30 — Melvin Frazier

One of the few wings in this draft, Melvin Frazier out of Tulane is an excellent athlete, a good three-point shooter and fills a position of need for the Hawks at the 3.

Though Taurean Prince had something of a coming-out party in the 2017-18 season, you can never have enough wing depth in the modern NBA (just ask the Warriors, Rockets and Celtics) and Atlanta projects to have TP and… hmmm… I guess that’s it at the 3 next season. Quality over quantity I guess!

Kevin Huerter (who was the Hawks actual selection at #19) should be slightly switchable, he does not project to be a difference-maker on the less glamorous end of the court, whereas Frazier does.

We’ve already outlined the Hawks’ seeming lack of flexibility in the 2018 NBA Draft, but this is a situation where the Hawks could’ve filled a position of need while doubling down on size, length, athleticism and shooting all at the same time.