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Since the end of the 2017-18 season, the New York Knicks have been in the market for a new head coach. The team has already begun to cast a wide net for their potential replacement for Jeff Hornacek. This has seen several familiar names become brought up in the conversation as possible targets for the […]

With the 2018 NBA Playoffs in full swing, the Phoenix Suns have already shifted gears toward the offseason. The first item on their list will be acquiring a new head coach. Among the candidates to have already interviewed for the position is Atlanta Hawks head coach Mike Budenholzer. However, according to ESPN NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski, Budeholzer has […]

If Atlanta Hawks head coach Mike Budenholzer decides to leave for the Phoenix Suns or another head coaching job, that team will probably have to pay up some type of compensation. According to ESPN, the Hawks granted Budenholzer permission to meet with the Suns for their head coaching position. Budenholzer is from Arizona so it’s […]

After failing to make the playoffs since the 2009-10 NBA season, the Phoenix Suns are looking to take the next step in their rebuilding process. As Phoenix has found their new franchise player in Devin Booker, he is fed up about not making the playoffs following his second season. One area the front office will […]

He was supposed to be a Spur for life. After winning a championship and the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award in 2014, and finishing in the top three in the regular season MVP race last season, Kawhi Leonard was destined for greatness in a San Antonio Spurs jersey. He was the successor to Tim […]

The NBA regular season is less than a week away from its end and with it is the coaching carousel that awaits in free agency, with reportedly up to 10 teams likely to hire new faces at the helm. The Milwaukee Bucks are perhaps one of the most savory ones that most free-agent coaches are […]

Udonis Haslem of the Miami Heat is not yet done with Atlanta Hawks fans. Right after denying them free chicken, he flocked to social media to take another shot at the disappointed fans. To give context, the Hawks have a promotion where fans in the arena get a free sandwich from Chick-fil-A if a player […]

Simply put, the Atlanta Hawks just can’t have good things this season. The Hawks have long ago been denied of inclusion in this year’s playoffs with their season-long display of pathetic basketball, but even the little things that could make the team and its fans happy are seemingly being denied by hoops gods. Take for […]

On Friday evening prior to the Atlanta Hawks’ home game against the Philadelphia 76ers, Atlanta officially shut down Hawks star point guard Dennis Schroder for the rest of the season due to his sprained left ankle. The news first broke on Twitter in a tweet by lead writer and podcast host KL Chouinard of ATL and […]

Karl-Anthony Towns had perhaps the brightest game of his three-year career when his team needed him the most, dropping a career-high 56 points against the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night with enormous efficiency. The Kentucky product took every chance to attack a woeful Hawks defense, hitting 19 of his 32 field goal attempts, along with […]

After suffering a knee injury against the Houston Rockets on Feb. 23, Jimmy Butler has slowly worked his way back to the basketball court. According to Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Tom Thibodeau, the next step will be Butler being cleared for contact. During Butler’s 13-game absence so far, the Timberwolves are 6-7 without him as […]

Atlanta Hawks point guard Dennis Schroder could be facing a felony of aggravated battery as his misdemeanor case has been transferred to the DeKalb County District Attorney’s office with the recommendation that the case is prosecuted as such, according to court records, per Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Schroder was first arrested along […]

No one expected the Houston Rockets to have a hard time dealing with an Atlanta Hawks team that is about to finish the season at the bottom of the NBA Eastern Conference standings. While the Rockets are projected to go deep in the playoffs, the Hawks are bound for the lottery, where they hope they […]

Even when times may be rough around the Golden State Warriors locker room due to yet another injury to superstar point guard Stephen Curry, we can always count on shooting guard Nick Young to lighten the mood a bit. In a video posted by Mark Medina of the Mercury News Friday night after the Warriors’ 106-94 […]

The Atlanta Hawks have signed Damion Lee to a second 10-day contract right before a showdown with his brother-in-law Stephen Curry on Friday night. Sources: Atlanta is signing guard Damion Lee to a second 10-day contract ahead of game against the Golden State Warriors tonight. — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 23, 2018 Lee, the former […]

The Sacramento Kings’ schedule featured a Thursday night matchup against the Atlanta Hawks at the Golden 1 Center. During warmup time, players were not on the floor and the arena was mostly empty which eventually prompted the staff to allow whatever fans sitting in their purchased seats to move as close to the floor as […]

A former employee of the Atlanta Hawks is suing the organization for racial discrimination, per Raisa Habersham of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The lawsuit states that Hawks external affairs director, David Lee, discriminated against white employees — particularly women. Lee is black. The woman suing the Hawks, Margo Kline, is white. Per Habersham: Kline alleges that Lee was dismissive […]

This season has been a difficult one for both the Atlanta Hawks and their fans. Even before opening day, the Hawks were not expected to achieve much success. It’s tough to watch Hawks games because not many people follow NBA teams to watch mediocrity unfold on an almost nightly basis. Having said all of that, […]

During the second quarter of the Milwaukee Bucks’ 122-117 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on St. Patrick’s Day, Bucks small forward Jabari Parker showed off his athleticism during the second quarter with two dunks that got people to their feet at BMO Harris Bradley Center. With Milwaukee leading the Hawks 46-45 and 3.24 left in […]

Charlotte Hornets center Dwight Howard has been putting his best numbers of the season in March, but to former teammate Dennis Schroder, he’s only picking these performances based on how to best pluck his former teams. Howard put up his best performance of the season against his hometown team, the Atlanta Hawks, stuffing the stat […]

Julius Randle has brought his coming out games to the forefront at the right time, blossoming into the athletic, dynamic power forward the Los Angeles Lakers hoped to make out of him on draft night in 2014. Though it could be too late for the fourth-year man out of Kentucky. The Lakers have put in […]

To dunk on a fellow NBA player is one thing. To dunk on an NBA superstar is another, as it can give your confidence that much-needed boost, especially when you’re a rookie. A video posted by Yahoo! Sports NBA shows the Atlanta Hawks rookie forward John Collins with a put-back slam over Oklahoma City Thunder’s […]

Oklahoma City Thunder big man Steven Adams will be held out of Tuesday night’s road game against the Atlanta Hawks due to a left hip contusion, according to a report from Royce Young of ESPN.com. With Adams ruled out, Thunder head coach Billy Donovan has elected to give Dakari Johnson a starting nod. Steven Adams […]

With roughly one month to go in the regular season, the playoff race in both the Western Conference and Eastern Conference should be quite an exhilarating one. For some teams, the schedule is much more difficult than what others face going forward, which can be said about teams like the Indiana Pacers, the Oklahoma City […]

The Atlanta Hawks have been the bottom feeders of the Eastern Conference all year, and are currently the third worst team in the NBA behind the Memphis Grizzlies and Phoenix Suns. With the team fully headed towards a rebuild and one of the top spots in the upcoming NBA Draft, there’s no point in playing […]

The Atlanta Hawks and Phoenix Suns are two of the bottomest of the bottom-feeders in the NBA. But don’t tell them that. Late in the game between the two teams on Sunday, things got a little chippy after the Hawks got called for goaltending. There was pushing and shoving, then more pushing and more shoving. […]

The matchup on Sunday between the Atlanta Hawks and Phoenix Suns can easily be thought of as a no-bearing game, with both teams owning two of the worst records in the league today. However, that does not mean they can’t have a highly-competitive meeting, which even went down the wire. With the visiting team ahead […]

With only a 19-43 record to show, it’s safe to say that the Atlanta Hawks have not had a lot of success so far this season. They have remained as one of the bottom teams in the league with only 20 games left on the schedule and they appear to be headed to the lottery this […]

The NBA has come across a number of organizational controversies in and outside of the league. Commissioner Adam Silver has finally come out with a strong warning against teams who are blatantly tanking. In a memo sent out to the teams and reported by Sam Amick, Silver’s comments are the harshest so far on the […]

The Atlanta Hawks are set to sign Erie Bayhawks guard Jaylen Morris to a 10-day contract, per a report made by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Atlanta is signing Jaylen Morris of Erie G League affiliate to a 10-day contract on Wednesday, league sources tell ESPN. Morris comes out of Division II Molloy College of the […]

The league is now in the player-buyout season. With the Eastern Conference’s last-placed Atlanta Hawks unloading players to clear up as much cap spaces as possible and starter Ersan Ilyasova being a player who can provide a lot to playoff contenders, he remains as one of the hottest names in the group of soon-to-be free […]

It appears another good veteran player is going to be on the open market here soon, and free to sign with any NBA team. Per Sam Amick of USA Today, Ersan Illaysova and the Atlanta Hawks are close on a buyout. Atlanta Hawks nearing a buyout with Ersan Ilyasova, I’m told. — Sam Amick (@sam_amick) […]

In a move geared towards filling post-trade deadline roster vacancies, the Atlanta Hawks are planning to sign Antonius Cleveland to a 10-day contract, according to a report from Shams Charania of Yahoo! Sports. Sources: The Hawks plan to sign guard Antonius Cleveland to a 10-day contract. Cleveland went to training camp with Golden State and […]

With the Indiana Pacers set to get back to action on Friday night at home against the Atlanta Hawks, the team announced some great news — shooting guard Glenn Robinson III was cleared to play in this upcoming game. He’s coming back! @GRIII says he’s been cleared to play in Friday’s game. “Hopefully, Nate believes […]

With the trade deadline and All-Star Weekend now over and done, the focus now shifts on the bought-out players and the buyout candidates. We should see certain teams make moves, especially with the last crucial playoff push coming up. However, there are three teams who are in need of filling a spot quickly: Cleveland Cavaliers, […]

While there are a lot of die-hard NBA fans who consistently watch games and follow the league’s players, there are also some who just ride the bandwagon, even calling them with different nicknames just to keep up with the action and pretend as though they have been fans for a long time. A recent Reddit […]

After playing in only 44 games since the start of the 2015-16 NBA season due to lingering hip issues, center Tiago Splitter has decided to hang up his sneakers and retire after playing seven seasons in the league with the San Antonio Spurs, the Atlanta Hawks, and the Philadelphia 76ers. The 33-year-old officially made his announcement […]

With a week of watching each team’s new rosters, it’s quickly becoming clear that this NBA trade deadline was another one for the record books.  Once projected as a quiet affair, last Thursday quickly blew the floodgates open and wildly changed the NBA’s landscape.  With so many different buyers and sellers, a significant change in […]

Okay, the Atlanta Hawks are dead last in the Eastern Conference. As of February 13, 2018, the Hawks have the 6th most turnovers per game and are ranked 26th in rebounds, 22nd in offensive efficiency, and 26th in defensive efficiency. Having lost every starter from their first-place eastern conference finish back in 2015, it’s no secret […]