Hawks owners reach pact to sell entire franchise

According to person familiar with the situation, agreements have been reached between all three Atlanta Hawks ownership groups to sell their complete stakes in the team. Those agreements have been approved by the NBA.

The team will be officially on the market next week, according to a league source. The investment banking firm Goldman Sachs and Inner Circle Sports has been retained to handle the sale process.

Estimations are the franchise could be sold for upwards of $600 million dollars.