May 25, 10:18am: The Hawks have officially named Schlenk as their GM, per a team press release. Schlenk will begin his duties on June 1st, Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution tweets.
May 24, 10:21am: Atlanta has decided on Schlenk and contract talks are beginning, Wojnarowski tweets.
10:13 am: Travis Schlenk has become the frontrunner for the Hawks’ GM job, tweets Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical.
Schlenk, 41, has been the assistant GM with Golden State for the past five years. He has spent 12 seasons in the organization and more than 16 in the NBA. He worked as an assistant coach and a video scout for the Warriors before being promoted to his current position.
Atlanta has been without a GM since reassigning Wes Wilcox in a front-office shakeup earlier this month. Schlenk is among several candidates to interview for the position. Other candidates who have been made public include TV analysts Chauncey Billups and Brent Barry, Knicks Director of Player Personnel Mark Hughes, Rockets VP of Basketball Operations Gersson Rosas, current Cavaliers GM David Griffin and former Pistons executive Joe Dumars.
I’m not much into the GM side of basketball just a hawks but if someone can explain if this is a good or bad hire, it’d be appreciated
Hawks fan**
When it comes to GM’s if you can’t snag a big name (R.C. Buford, Bob Myers, Daryl Morey etc) your best bet is to get a young GM prospect from a successful franchise. When in doubt just look at where he is coming from and then only time will tell. In this instance he is involved in the Warriors braintrust so I would say solid hire but who really knows
They got Schroeder, thats the most important thing. Prince is going to be a beast also
He looks kind of like vlad putin