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Its not a press release. Its just rumor season. This could have been Ayton agents. Teams don't get to control every message out there... its not all posturing and spin.Several teams will pursue Ayton, and Ayton will need to agree to sign there. This is interesting though because free agency and sign-and-trade deals will happen after the draft. So if the Hawks are sending out this press release it sends the message that they won't trade for Gobert before the draft. At least that's how they're posturing. It's like they're saying they've given up on trading for Gobert and they're moving on to pursuing Ayton in free agency.
Jazz and Hawks are probably in the heat of negotiations on trade scenarios. Otherwise, there's no reason to put this message out there.