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Hawks Add Kingston Flemings at No. 8 in the 2026 Draft
With Trae Young now in Washington, the Atlanta Hawks are addressing their point guard void with Houston guard Kingston Flemings at No. 8 overall in the 2026 NBA Draft. The consensus second-team All-American averaged 16.1 points, 5.2 assists, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.5 steals on 47.6 percent shooting and 38.7 percent from three across 37 starts under Kelvin Sampson. Flemings projects as an elite on-ball defender first, which should earn him early minutes next to fellow stopper Dyson Daniels and feed cornerstone Jalen Johnson in transition. The fantasy question is his half-court scoring, which dipped against bigger, set defenses and may limit his rookie usage on a playoff team. The steals and playmaking give him a real floor, but his counting-stat ceiling tracks with how fast his shot creation rounds into form.
Source: Brett Siegel
Source: Brett Siegel
