Every franchise eventually has to answer a simple question: who really represents us? For the Atlanta Hawks, that answer has long been Trae Young, the All-Star guard whose shooting range, flair, and offensive load have defined the team’s identity.
Let the good times continue to roll in the motor city. The 19-5 Pistons return to Detroit tonight against Jalen Johnson and the 14-11 Atlanta Hawks after a well-deserved five-day break in the regular season schedule.
Jalen Johnson has been turning heads with his play for the Atlanta Hawks, but not everyone in the locker room seems to be impressed. Johnson’s impact on both ends of the floor has been hard to ignore, and he’s quickly becoming a key player for the team.
Jalen Johnson has been putting up stellar numbers with the Atlanta Hawks teammates, but one teammate doesn’t think much of it. The Atlanta Hawks are witnessing the emergence of a brand-new star this season, as Jalen Johnson continues to impress.
Missing Trae Young due to a knee injury, Jalen Johnson has stepped up his game and is showing that he can be a capable star to build a team on. Jalen Johnson’s rise was kind of expected and supposed to happen this season.
Christmas and the NBA go hand-in-hand. The day serves for the top hoops league in the world, like Thanksgiving for the NFL. However, while the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are perpetual Thanksgiving participants, the NBA has mixed up the matchups and the teams throughout the years.
It’s starting to look like a Giannis Antetokounmpo trade is inevitable, with the likelihood of it happening before the deadline increasing by the day. The Bucks are not a championship contender, and they have very few avenues to meaningfully upgrade the roster around him.
The Atlanta Hawks have managed to stay afloat in the Eastern Conference standings despite an injury to star point guard Trae Young. A big reason why the
Jalen Johnson recorded his second consecutive triple-double with 30 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists as the visiting Atlanta Hawks snapped a three-game losing streak with a 131-116 win over the Washington Wizards on Saturday.
The Denver Nuggets were able to put together an inspiring comeback victory down the stretch of their road matchup against the Atlanta Hawks, going from trailing as far as 23 points at one point in the night before ultimately getting over the hump in the final minutes, claiming a 134-133 win for their 16th on the season.
ATLANTA, GA- It was all good for the Atlanta Hawks in the first half against the Denver Nuggets. They were making almost all of their 3-pointers, getting to the rim at ease, and most importantly, they had pretty much contained Nikola Jokic.
The Atlanta Hawks were at home on Friday evening to face the Denver Nuggets. The Hawks are coming off a tough loss against the Los Angeles Clippers, but they were without Jalen Johnson, and the team didn’t seem like they had the legs to compete after all the traveling that they’ve done the past two weeks.
The Atlanta Hawks entered Friday looking to get back to the win column and prevent a three-game losing skid. That's going to be easier said than done, considering Atlanta is facing Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets at State Farm Arena.
The Atlanta Hawks have had one of the more challenging schedules from a logistics standpoint, playing the most road games in the NBA while fighting injuries to star point guard Trae Young and center Kristaps Porzingis.
The Atlanta Hawks brought in Kristaps Porziņģis this past summer for his rim protection and 3-point shooting. His long-range marksmanship pairs perfectly with Jalen Johnson, as he wants to attack the rim whenever he can.
After not initially appearing on the injury report, the Hawks added star forward Jalen Johnson (right calf tightness) to it one hour before their game vs the Clippers was supposed to begin.
Jalen Johnson is the type of player organizations dream about — the kind that didn’t really exist until about 20 years ago. A do-it-all, unicorn point-forward who shoots, handles, and passes like a guard while standing 6-foot-8.
Atlanta Hawks forward Jalen Johnson had quite a night on Sunday against the Philadelphia 76ers at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia. The former Duke Blue Devils star, who’s been shining in the absence of injured guard Trae Young, found himself in the middle of a wild ending in regulation before the game went to overtime.
Jalen Johnson scored a career-high 41 points to lift the visiting Atlanta Hawks to a wild 142-134 double-overtime victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday.
Jalen Johnson's fifth NBA season is turning into his best one yet. Johnson hopes to lead the Atlanta Hawks to their fourth win in five games Sunday when they visit the Philadelphia 76ers.
Many people predicted that Jalen Johnson would take a big leap this season. He showed promising flashes in the previous two campaigns, but both were cut short by injuries.
Jalen Johnson produced his second triple-double of the season and the Atlanta Hawks held off the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers 130-123 on Friday in NBA Cup play.
The Atlanta Hawks are 11-8 heading into a big Black Friday matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers and Atlanta has been playing the past few weeks without star point guard Trae Young.
The Atlanta Hawks made moves this summer to surround Young with more players who can defend and make threes. It turns out they don't need Young for the formula to work.