Jaylen Brown to the Hawks? Atlanta’s GM already made the decision clear.

The Atlanta Hawks just wrapped up a busy draft night, adding three rookies to a roster that already feels like it’s in transition. But with Jaylen Brown’s name floating around trade rumors again — and the Celtics reportedly willing to listen — the obvious question pops up: what about the hometown kid?

Brown grew up in Atlanta. He went to Wheeler High School in Marietta before becoming a star at Cal and then a Celtic. On paper, the fit makes some kind of sense. But Michael Scotto of HoopsHype threw a bucket of reality on that idea this week.

“While Atlanta has kept tabs on Brown, a Georgia native, such an acquisition would be an all-in move for the Hawks, which would go against their current trajectory after adding three players in the draft, including Kingston Flemings, whom they hope is their point guard of the future, while building around 24-year-old All-Star forward Jalen Johnson,” Scotto wrote.

The Hawks aren’t denying it either. General manager Onsi Saleh has been pretty direct about the long-game approach since he took over, and he doubled down in his end-of-season interviews.

“We’re not a single player away from being what we want to be,” Saleh said. “When I came here, the biggest thing was, how do we become sustainable? We don’t want to be this team that’s like we make one run at it and then it’s back to square one. We gotta be smart about how we build this team, and the guys that we have now, they’re just scratching the surface, too.”

That last part matters. Jalen Johnson is 24 and already an All-Star. Flemings, the rookie point guard from Illinois, projects as the long-term floor general. The Hawks also grabbed a couple more draft picks they seem excited about. Trading multiple young players and picks for Brown — who would need a max extension soon — would blow up that plan.

Brown is eligible for a four-year, $189 million extension this offseason, or a five-year, $300 million supermax if he makes All-NBA again. That’s a lot for a team that doesn’t think it’s one player away.

Could things change? Sure. The NBA offseason is long and weird stuff happens. But Saleh has said the quiet part out loud more than once. The Hawks aren’t swinging for a home run right now. They’re trying to build a lineup that can compete for years, not just one desperate run.

For now, Brown stays in Boston. And the Hawks stay patient.