On Tuesday, the Atlanta Hawks had an hour-long discussion on what kind of demonstration they will do to show their team's unity.

Thanks to what newly-acquired center Dwight Howard presented, the team now has an idea and it may be the most ambitious one to date.

After seeing other teams such as the Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Houston RocketsMilwaukee Bucks, Sacramento Kings, and Los Angeles Lakers, link arms during the singing of the national anthem, the Hawks are looking to take it a step further. They want all the fans at the arena to do the same.

The team plans to make this happen in their first preseason game on Monday against the Cleveland Cavaliers, which they will call the “Unity Game.”

As reported by Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal Constitutional, the 30-year-old Atlanta-native talked about how important it will be for their city to show they are not divided by color, race, or religion. He also spoke about paying homage to those who have died for the country:

“We want to start it here in Atlanta. It could be something really good here to show that as a city Atlanta is unified no matter what color, race, religion that you are. When you come to these games, we want to show that we are unified and we are together. The guys are going to compete on the floor. But before the games, we still want to pay homage to all those who died to fight for our country but at the same time we want to show that we are unified. We want everybody who is at the arena to show respect to each other. That’s where it starts. If we can start as a country respecting each other just by simple gestures, locking arms, saying that we are together things can hopefully change for the better. I think that will be a good start for us.”

Howard's teammate, Kent Bazemore, also spoke about the act they are planning to do together with their fans, and made it clear that it won't be a protest and that they do not want to cause any controversy.

“With all the stuff that is going on, it's a super delicate situation. A lot of people across the world feel differently about what is going on. We are trying to bring everyone together.

“Protesting the national anthem is so vague because there is so much going on, pinpointing exactly what you are protesting. For us, we want to get everybody involved and let them know that everybody is being heard.

“Our biggest thing is not to cause any controversy. We don't want to have any distractions. We are chasing a championship. It's pivotal that we get our message out and we do it in a very respectable way. I'm sure everybody here will buy in.”

It will be interesting to see how the team pulls off this plan. One thing is certain though, if it happens, it may be the first of its kind to include fans in these demonstrations, unless some other team does it from today until Monday night.