2024 NBA Summer League: Hawks Summer League Schedule Features Matchups Against Alex Sarr and Bronny James

The Atlanta Hawks Summer League Schedule was unveiled today and features games against Alex Sarr and Bronny James

FOR NORTH AMERICA CUSTOMERS ONLY - JL Bourg player #10 Zaccharie Risacher seen in action during the second match of Betclic Elite semi-final play off between AS Monaco and JL Bourg at Gaston Medecin Hall on May 25, 2024. Laurent Coust/SOPA Images/Sipa USA via USA TODAY Sports / SOPA Images/Sipa USA via USA TODAY

The Atlanta Hawks summer league schedule is here and it features some of the best matchups of the summer.

The Hawks held the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft and used it on Zaccharie Risacher. The Washingotn Wizards used the No. 2 pick on fellow French prospect Alex Sarr and in one of the most followed second round selections ever, Bronny James teamed up with his dad in Los Angeles when they used the No. 55 pick on him.

The Atlanta Hawks summer league schedule begins on July 12th with a matchup of the top two picks in the draft. Atlanta and Washington will play at 9:30 p.m. EST on ESPN. There was a lot of talk about Sarr wanting to play for the Wizards instead of the Hawks, making the matchup very interesting. ON July 14th, the Hawks play the San Antonio Spurs and then on Wednesday, July 14th, they face off against Bronny James and the Lakers. The Hawks summer league schedule concludes on July 19th with a game against the Chicago Bulls and No. 11 pick Matas Buzelis.

Rest of Summer League schedule for the Hawks:

Sunday 7/14 vs. Spurs (8 pm ET)

Wednesday 7/17 vs. Lakers (9:30 pm ET)

Friday 7/19 vs. Bulls (6:00 pm ET)

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After winning the 2024 NBA Draft Lottery, the Hawks had nearly two months to decide who they wanted to take with the No. 1 overall pick, and at the end of all of it, they selected French forward Zaccharie Risacher. It felt like the Hawks cast a pretty wide net when it came to the No. 1 pick and during today's introductory press conference, the Hawks general manager went into detail about when they settled on Risacher as the No. 1 choice:

"It started off with us getting the No. 1 overall pick, which is the reason you win the lottery, that is what it was and we went through this entire process. I credit our group for the amount of work and effort and miles for both of these guys frankly to identify who they are and what they are about. It really came down to the last few days and us getting together as a group and we narrowed it down to two and at the end of, we chose Zaccharie as the guy we wanted to build with. It was really close throughout."

When Hawks general manager Landry Fields met with the media after the first round of the draft concluded, he pointed out that Risacher's versatility on the defensive end and his ability to shoot were huge factors in the Hawks liking him as a prospect:

"Well, you start by what you see and that is he is 6'10 and got the ability to play on both sides of the ball, has the ability to defend, a versatile defender, a really good shooter, and a high IQ type of player. You know, the amount of development that he has had up until this point is fantastic, he is still only 19, he will be 19 all of next year and I have consistently said all of the important qualities for us in the past, about those types of players and who we want in the building at the end of the day and he possesses a significant amount of those"

Risacher is a 6'8, 204 LBS wing player who fills a big need for Atlanta. He has two-way versatility and performed well in his league playoffs since the lottery. He is a plug-and-play type of forward that would fit on the Hawks as either their starting 2 or 3.

These are going to be some of the most anticipated games of Summer League and it will be interesting to see the Hawks summer league roster around Risacher.