5 potential general manager options for the Atlanta Hawks

Grant Hill

Instead of bringing in an outside candidate, the team could just assign the general manager position to Hill, a minority owner of the Atlanta Hawks.

Hill was among the group, headed by Ressler, that purchased the franchise for $850 million two years ago, after serving as the managing principal and founder of Penta Mezzanine Fund, a private equity mezzanine firm.

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He also heads Hill Ventures, a private commercial real estate company. In addition to his firms, Hill serves as the co-host of NBA Inside Stuff along with providing color commentary for college and NBA basketball games.

While Hill has never worked in the front office of a basketball front office of any kind, he has generated interest in the general manager vacancy in Orlando. Only if he were to take the position, he would have to sell his shares of the Hawks.

A much simpler solution could be appointing himself, an NBA player with 18 years of experience and seven All-Star appearances, to the role of general manager in Atlanta.

Ressler told the Atlanta Journal Constitution he doesn’t believe Hill has an opening in the vacancy. Ressler also gave Wilcox a vote of confidence two weeks prior to reports, later deemed inaccurate by the Hawks front office, began to surface about the teams’ desire for a new general manager.