After playing three games in four days, the Atlanta Hawks are off until Friday, when they resume NBA Cup action against the Chicago Bulls. Atlanta has played more games this season than any other NBA team, and they could use this week to recharge before beginning their schedule again.
It’s a common refrain that the jump to the NBA is hardest for young point guards. With how fast the game is, the high level of skill, and the physicality that seasoned veterans possess, quick adaptation to the level of competition is incredibly difficult.
Through the early part of the season, the Atlanta Hawks have found themselves in a decent spot. They're 7-5 and 5th in the Eastern Conference, but there's clearly room for them to improve.
Through 12 games, the Atlanta Hawks are occupying a sadly familiar spot in the NBA hierarchy. They're 7-5 and 5th in the Eastern Conference, which gives them a solid floor against most teams.
The Hawks have enough young talent to make things interesting in the East. Whether they have enough to make a serious playoff run is a different question.
The draft lottery is where you usually find the NBA's biggest stars. That's not always the case, though, as some later picks have proven to be some of the greatest players ever.
Luka Doncic returned from a back injury and powered the Los Angeles Lakers to a 124-114 win over the Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena on Monday. The Hawks were Doncic’s latest victim, but there is a world in which he’d be playing for them today, not the Lakers.
ATLANTA – The way Luka Doncic has been playing over the past few games, the Atlanta Hawks have to be happy they only held him to just 32 points. Unfortunately, it was everyone else on the court who hurt them, and the Hawks lost 124-114 to the Los Angeles Lakers, breaking their four-game winning streak.
Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves are easily the NBA's highest-scoring pair of teammates. The Los Angeles Lakers showed they just need one of them, with two impressive road wins over two of the best teams in the Eastern Conference.
It’s difficult enough to keep up with a Luka Doncic-powered offense, especially when the Los Angeles Lakers have built a roster tailor-made to maximize their main man’s strengths.
Typically, the path to the NBA for most players is to spend at least a season in college to get high-level basketball and important development under their belts.
Tonight, the Atlanta Hawks took on a red-hot Los Angeles Lakers team that has won their last five straight and could have the NBA's MVP this season. However, Atlanta came into this game on a four-game win streak of their own and looked a bit out of it in the first half.
With the way he's playing right now, stopping Luka Doncic completely is out of the question. He's averaging 40.1 points on 49.8% shooting (41.9% on 13.8 three-point attempts), 7.8 rebounds, 7.7 assists and 1.7 steals.
When Atlanta Hawks General Manager Onsi Saleh built this roster, depth was at the forefront. “We’re going to be a very competitive team, and that’s the expectation,” Saleh said.
Bronny James wasn’t having it with a heckler during Sunday’s game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Detroit Pistons. The son of four-time NBA Most Valuable Player LeBron James was captured on video getting into it with a fan at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Mich., seemingly annoyed by whatever the spectator did or said.
It's hard to describe the whiplash of facing a Nets team that will likely finish towards the bottom of the conference to playing a Lakers team that's become one of the scariest forces in the Western Conference.
The Atlanta Hawks have been missing backup center Jock Landale for the last four games, but he might be nearing his return to the court. Ahead of tomorrow's game vs.
Last night, the Atlanta Hawks pulled out an impressive come-from-behind victory against the Brooklyn Nets. After falling behind by as many as 17 points in the first quarter, the Hawks stormed back to secure another statement win before time expired.
The Hawks gave up 70 points in the first half Saturday. Fortunately for them, they had another half to do something about it. They did plenty, rallying past the Nets for their fourth straight win behind Jalen Johnson’s return and a defense that finally started making Brooklyn uncomfortable.
Dyson Daniels has been doing a little bit of everything for the Atlanta Hawks this season, and his all-around production has put him in some rare company alongside Chicago Bulls legend Scottie Pippen.
The Atlanta Hawks are at home Saturday night as they host the Brooklyn Nets in an Eastern Conference matchup. Atlanta enters Saturday’s game with a 6-4 record after defeating the Washington Wizards at home Friday night.
The veteran depth added by the Atlanta Hawks is starting to pay off, but it is the performance of first-round draft pick Kingston Flemings that has the team most excited.
Second-year Hawks big man Asa Newell will be reevaluated in about two weeks after suffering a left great toe hyperextension during Wednesday’s win in Washington, the team announced today (via Twitter).
The Atlanta Hawks are at home Friday night as they host the Washington Wizards in an Eastern Conference matchup as part of NBA Cup group play. Atlanta enters Friday’s game with a 5-4 record after defeating Washington on the road Wednesday night.
The Hawks didn’t make the big splash this offseason some hoped for. Instead, they opted to improve on the margins, strengthening their depth with the additions of Aaron Wiggins and Lu Dort, both of whom have been fantastic contributors through the first couple weeks of the season.
The Atlanta Hawks spent nearly a decade resting their hopes on one star point guard to carry them to greatness. Now, with that star on the opposite side of the court for the first time, it looks like another has emerged to fill the space he left behind.
The NBA has announced a one-game suspension without pay for Hawks guard Kingston Flemings, the league announced on Sunday (via Twitter). The suspension is due to a play late in the fourth quarter of Atlanta’s game against the Pelicans on Saturday, when the rookie point guard elbowed Pelicans wing Bryce McGowans in the head.
The Hawks have picked up their third-year option on forward Asa Newell, the team announced in a press release. Newell, the 23rd overall pick in last year’s draft, is making about $3.4MM this season.
It only cost the Atlanta Hawks a pair of second-round picks to acquire Aaron Wiggins from the Oklahoma City Thunder. Two games into the season, Wiggins is looking like a massive bargain.