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Fox Sports Southeast to televise Hawks’ press conference introducing Travis Schlenk

Travis Schlenk has been in the Golden State Warriors organization for more than a decade. Schlenk has been hired as the new Atlanta Hawks general manager.
Travis Schlenk has been in the Golden State Warriors organization for more than a decade. Schlenk has been hired as the new Atlanta Hawks general manager.
By Juliakate E Culpepper
June 1, 2017

Fox Sports Southeast will broadcast the Atlanta Hawks’ press conference on Friday where the Hawks are expected to introduce Travis Schlenk as general manager and head of basketball operations.

The press conference is scheduled to air at 11 a.m.

New broke that the former assistant general manager of the Golden State Warriors would fill the Hawks general manager vacancy on May 24.

Schlenk will fill the roles left open by coach Mike Budenholzer who resigned from his duties as president of basketball operations in early May and Hawks former general manager Wes Wilcox.

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