Hawks open camp Tuesday

Lloyd Pierce smiled at the attempt to tip his hand.

The Hawks coach is not saying who will be the team’s starting point guard when the 2018-19 NBA season begins.

Or perhaps he doesn’t know yet.

On the roster are veteran Jeremy Lin and first-round draft pick Trae Young. Lin is coming back from a ruptured patella tendon of the right knee suffered in the season-opening game with the Nets last season. Young was the No. 5 overall pick in this year’s draft, a significant investment by the Hawks in the position.

“Competition, that’s the beauty,” Pierce said when asked who might be the starter with training camp beginning this week.

Pierce said Lin has been in Atlanta for about a month and participating in open gym workouts, where the coaching staff can watch play but not instruct.

“He is just getting himself situated in the city and recovering from an injury last year,” Pierce said. “He looks great. He progressing at the pace he is supposed to. We’ll find out a whole lot when we start on Tuesday and how much he can keep progressing. Training camp is until we get to Oct. 17 (the regular-season opener). We’ll know a lot in the next month of where he is and where that competition is and where it’s going to go.”

The Hawks open training camp Tuesday.

Rookie Trae Young (left) and Jeremy Lin, who’s coming back from a knee injury, will compete to start at point guard.