If Hawks were looking to package picks, what might team get in return?

With the Hawks inching closer to the NBA draft, which begins Wednesday, the team will continue to weigh all of its options on how to use its draft picks.

This year, the Hawks have two picks in the first round (Nos. 13 and 22), and they can utilize them in a couple of different ways.

The Hawks could keep both picks and proceed through the draft order. The team could use one pick and trade the other in a package to move up in the draft order. The Hawks also could include both picks in a package to move up and into the top 10.

Should the Hawks opt to trade both or either of their picks, they likely won’t move up any higher than to No. 7.

The Hawks likely haven’t deemed any player on the roster as untouchable. But there are some foundational pieces the team would be wary of moving. Players such as Trae Young, Dyson Daniels, Zaccharie Risacher, Jalen Johnson and Onyeka Okongwu make up the Hawks’ core and starting five.

From the second unit, Kobe Bufkin, Mo Gueye, Georges Niang, Terance Mann and Vit Krejci could bring a return. So, the Hawks could pair any of those players with one or both of the picks not only to move up in the draft but to create more salary-cap flexibility.

Reports have surfaced that the Hawks have an interest in moving up to select Duke’s Khaman Maluach. A center from South Sudan, Maluach has been playing since he was 13 years old, but his skills have scouts believing he has tremendous potential.