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Hawks had No. 19 NBA Draft pick before and it was a pretty good one
Before the Hawks’ traded Jeff Teague to the Pacers as part of a three-team deal with the Jazz, Teague was selected in the NBA Draft in 2009 with the 19th overall selection.
A tiebreaker determined the Atlanta Hawks would take the 19th overall pick in the NBA Draft on Tuesday— pick that's been lucky for the Hawks in the past.
In 2009, the Hawks had the draft’s 19th pick and selected a point guard out of Wake Forest named Jeff Teague.
Teague spent seven seasons with Atlanta before moving to the Indiana Pacers this season.
On Tuesday, the Hawks beat the Memphis Grizzlies in a tiebreaker for the No. 19 pick. Both teams finished the regular season with a 43-29 record.
Here is the past decade’s worth of the NBA Draft’s No. 19 picks:
- 2016- Denver Nuggets selected Malik Beasley out of Florida State
- 2015- Washington Wizards selected Jerian Grant out of Notre Dame
- 2014- Chicago Bulls selected Gary Harris out of Michigan State
- 2013- Cleveland Cavaliers selected Sergey Karasev
- 2012- Orlando Magic selected Andrew Nicholson out of St. Bonaventure University
- 2011- Charlotte Hornets selected Tobias Harris out of Tennessee
- 2010- Boston Celtics selected Avery Bradley out of the University of Texas at Austin
- 2009- Atlanta Hawks selected Jeff Teague out of Wake Forest
- 2008- Cleveland Cavaliers selected JJ Hickson out of North Carolina State
- 2007- Los Angeles Lakers selected Javaris Crittenton out of Georgia Tech
