The Atlanta Hawks officially welcomed Kristaps Porzingis to the city on Monday following a three-team trade, involving the Nets and Celtics that was announced on June 24. The team welcomed the center through several posts on X (Twitter) where in one of them,

After two seasons with the team, the Boston Celtics traded Kristaps Porzingis to the Atlanta Hawks as part of a three-team trade with the Brooklyn Nets earlier this offseason. This trade was widely anticipated due to Boston looking to move under the second apron, and the Latvian native is now officially on his third team in four years.