Warriors assistant general manager Travis Schlenk has been officially named as the Atlanta Hawks’ new general manager and head of basketball operations the team announced on Thursday morning.
OFFICIAL! We have hired Travis Schlenk as our new GM and head of Basketball Operations. pic.twitter.com/qwhRPOUxRI
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) May 25, 2017
Schlenk, 41, had been with the Warriors for 12 seasons and served for five years as the team’s assistant general manager. Schlenk reported directly to GM Bob Myers and assisted in the management of all day-to-day basketball operations, including all player-related matters. Schlenk is known as a top-level scout, and with 16 years of experience in the NBA, Schlenk has held a job at nearly every level of basketball operations.
Fellow Warriors assistant general manager Kirk Lacob congratulated Schlenk on the new gig.
Congrats to Travis!! He's the first person I met with the @warriors and I loved working with him. Excited for him and the @ATLHawks https://t.co/iff922aVY4
— Kirk Lacob (@klacobprime) May 25, 2017
The Hawks parted ways with former general manager Wes Wilcox on May 3. Wilcox was promoted to become the Hawks GM in June 2015, after Danny Ferry stepped down amidst controversy. Atlanta also reportedly reached out to Washington Wizards vice president of basketball operations Tommy Sheppard, ESPN television analyst Chauncey Billups and Boston Celtics assistant general manager Mike Zarren amongst many others.
Schlenk joined the Warriors prior to the 2004-05 season as a video scout after spending the previous four years as the video coordinator for the Miami Heat, according to the team’s website.
