Atlanta Hawks: Who should be part of the long-term core?

Wild card

The Phoenix Suns selected Alex Len with the fifth overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft. Although he never seemed to live up to that draft position in Phoenix, the change of scenery seems to already be helping.

Len averaged a career high in points this season at 11.1 and coinciding with the system that Atlanta employs, he has added a three-point shot to his arsenal.

He has showed great promise as a stretch big in his short time in Atlanta, knocking down 36.3 percent of his 3-pointers, just above the league average in 2018-19 of 35.5 percent. Len accrued a total of 74 made 3s.

Despite not being what Phoenix expected when they invested in the big man, Len still has the opportunity to develop into a game changing presence.

At just 25 years old, there is both time and room for improvement and being on this rebuilding Hawks team gives him the chance to grow with his promising young teammates.