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Complete 2017 NBA Draft grades for all 30 teams

By Gerald Bourguet

Jun 22, 2017; Brooklyn, NY, USA; General view of the stage before the 2017 NBA Draft at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 22, 2017; Brooklyn, NY, USA; General view of the stage before the 2017 NBA Draft at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jun 22, 2017; Brooklyn, NY, USA; John Collins (Wake Forest) is introduced by NBA commissioner Adam Silver as the number nineteen overall pick to the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the 2017 NBA Draft at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /

Atlanta Hawks

John Collins (No.19), Tyler Dorsey (No. 41), Alpha Kaba (No. 60)

The biggest draft move for the Atlanta Hawks came a few days earlier, when the team unceremoniously dumped Dwight Howard in a deal with the Charlotte Hornets for Marco Belinelli, Miles Plumlee’s ugly contract and the chance to move 10 spots back in the draft.

That move barely deserved a passing grade considering it was meant for nothing more than getting rid of D-12. Drafting Wake Forest’s John Collins provides a potential replacement down the line, but he’s more of an offensively inclined player.

Collins has a solid base as a scorer and a pick-and-roll partner with Dennis Schroder, but he doesn’t have much upside. He can’t pass, was knocked for his defense in college and doesn’t stretch the floor — all staples of Mike Budenholzer’s offense. Atlanta will have to coach him up — a legitimate possibility — for him to become a good fit.

Tyler Dorsey provides a nice two-way threat as a potential 3-and-D prospect, while Alpha Kaba is a likely draft-and-stash. The rebuild is coming, and with a largely unsexy draft soon to be followed by Paul Millsap’s free agency, it’s probably not going to be pretty.

Grade: C-