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2023-24 Atlanta Hawks player review: Onyeka Okongwu

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It was another strong, albeit injury-shortened season for Okongwu, who continued to prove his status as one of the league’s premier back up big men.

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Even though the Atlanta Hawks knew that Onyeka Okongwu likely wouldn’t be a day one starter when they selected him sixth overall in the 2020 draft mere months after acquiring Clint Capela from the Houston Rockets, I think most people at the time would have been slightly disappointed if you had told them that over the next four seasons, he would go on to average just 20.