The Atlanta Hawks were looking for a specific type of player ahead of the 2023 NBA Draft.
“The Mavericks asked for Clint Capela,” reported ESPN NBA insider Tim MacMahon on the ‘Brian Windhorst & The Hoop Collective’ podcast on June 23. “My understanding is the Hawks asked for the Mavericks to throw in Josh Green or Jaden Hardy.”
According to Macmahon, Green and Hardy are considered a “no go” as players the Mavericks “really like”.
There were rumblings that the Hawks wanted to move up into the top 10 of the draft and Dallas at No.