The Atlanta Hawks promoted Peter Dinwiddie to executive vice president of basketball operations and confirmed Tim Bontemps as a strategic advisor.
The Atlanta Hawks promoted Peter Dinwiddie to executive vice president of basketball operations on Tuesday. The team also confirmed Tim Bontemps as strategic advisor and promoted Maxwell Kupchak to director of cap strategy and player personnel.
Dinwiddie had been Atlanta's senior vice president of strategy and analytics since June 2025. Bryson Graham joined the Hawks that same month as senior vice president of basketball operations.
Graham left in May to run the Chicago Bulls' front office as executive vice president of basketball operations.
Dinwiddie now has the same title he previously held in Philadelphia.
Peter Dinwiddie Moves Up In Hawks Front Office
Dinwiddie spent five years with the Philadelphia 76ers under Daryl Morey before joining the Atlanta Hawks. He served as executive vice president of basketball operations.
Before Philadelphia, he spent 14 seasons with the Indiana Pacers. Dinwiddie originally joined Indiana in group sales in 2006. He moved into basketball operations two years later as director of basketball administration.
The Pacers promoted him to vice president of basketball operations in 2012 and senior vice president in 2017. Saleh, then Atlanta's general manager, called Dinwiddie "one of the most strategic minds in the NBA" when the Hawks hired him in June 2025.
Bontemps joined the front office in July and reports directly to Saleh.
ESPN's Tim MacMahon and Brian Windhorst reported the move in July. Front Office Sports' Ryan Glasspiegel and Alex Schiffer reported in June that Bontemps was in advanced talks with Atlanta. The Hawks are Bontemps' first NBA front-office job.
He spent eight years at ESPN after serving as The Washington Post's national NBA writer. He graduated from St. Bonaventure in 2007 and started his career at the New York Post. He later took over the paper's Brooklyn Nets beat. He graduated from St. Bonaventure in 2007 and started his career at the New York Post. He later took over the paper's Brooklyn Nets beat.
Kupchak had been Atlanta's coordinator of cap strategy and player personnel.
He now moves up to director. His father, Mitch Kupchak, spent 17 seasons as general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers and later ran basketball operations in Charlotte.
Hawks Continue Reshaping Basketball Operations
Atlanta made another front-office move last week. The Hawks and College Park Skyhawks named Ryan Silverstein general manager of the G League affiliate on Sept. 3. Silverstein is entering his 10th season with the organization. He also remains Atlanta's vice president of cap strategy and player personnel.
Saleh was promoted from general manager to president of basketball operations on May 27 and signed a long-term extension. He finished second to Boston's Brad Stevens in Executive of the Year voting, receiving one first-place vote, 10 second-place votes, and six third-place votes.
Atlanta went 46-36 last season and finished sixth in the Eastern Conference.
The Hawks traded Trae Young to Washington in January for CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert. New York beat Atlanta in six games in the first round and went on to win the championship.
Atlanta acquired Luguentz Dort and Aaron Wiggins from Oklahoma City, Devin Carter from Sacramento, and Ryan Nembhard from Dallas. The Hawks drafted Kingston Flemings eighth and Zuby Ejiofor 23rd. They also added Henri Veesaar, extended McCollum, re-signed Jock Landale, and declined Jonathan Kuminga's team option.
Atlanta opens the regular season on the road against the Orlando Magic.
