Atlanta Hawks promote Edmonton's Onsi Saleh to general manager

Tim Reynolds · The Associated Press

· Posted: Apr 21, 2025 3:22 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

The Atlanta Hawks promoted Edmonton's Onsi Saleh to wide manager aft firing Landry Fields connected Monday.

Landry was GM for 3 seasons successful Atlanta, with the squad missing the playoffs successful the past 2 of those.

The Hawks besides announced that they person opened a hunt for a president of hoops operations. Atlanta went 40-42 this season, past missed the playoffs aft going 0-2 successful the play-in tournament.

"Every off-season we measure however we run and ways we tin amended our organization," Hawks main proprietor Tony Ressler said. "As we participate this pivotal off-season, we person respective analyzable decisions up of us, and we are committed to providing the quality and fiscal resources needed to guarantee that we navigate these decisions with a precocious level of precision and foresight."

Ressler added that "adding an accomplished, senior-level person to supply strategical absorption and structure" alongside Saleh "is a apical priority."

Fields led the decision-making a twelvemonth agone erstwhile Atlanta had the No. 1 prime and selected Zaccharie Risacher, who is simply a finalist for rookie of the twelvemonth this season. The Hawks person an All-Star defender successful Trae Young and different budding prima successful Dyson Daniels, a finalist for some antiaircraft subordinate of the twelvemonth and astir improved subordinate this season.

Years of experience 

Saleh joined the Hawks a twelvemonth aft 3 seasons with the Golden State Warriors, his clip determination ending with him holding the roles of vice president of hoops strategy and squad counsel. He spent 5 years earlier joining the Warriors with the San Antonio Spurs and was the team's manager of strategy and process.

Saleh, who was calved successful Austin, Texas, and grew up successful Edmonton, graduated from the University of Alberta with a bachelor's grade successful biologic sciences and a post-graduate grade successful history.

He graduated from Tulane University Law School with a Doctor of Law successful 2017. He served arsenic a ineligible clerk for the 22nd Judicial District Court of Louisiana and arsenic an intake specializer with the Louisiana Civil Justice Center earlier joining the Spurs.

"A kid from a small municipality successful Canada, and my imagination was to beryllium associated with the NBA successful immoderate way," helium told the Tulane Law School's website earlier joining the Spurs. "It's truly been surreal."

The Hawks haven't won a playoff bid since making it to the Eastern Conference finals successful 2021.