Atlanta Hawks Articles - Page 59

If there’s one thing that’s as sure as the sun rising tomorrow, it’s the fact that a day feels absolutely empty without reading about Kyrie Irving and Ben Simmons. Both of them were once hailed as among the best guards in the NBA, but now, it truly feels like they’re both considered pariahs. Irving can’t […]

The Atlanta Hawks were the cinderella team of the last NBA playoffs, going from 5th seed afterthought to just two wins away from making the NBA Finals. But even as the clock struck midnight on their magical run, their young players have still been rewarded with glass slippers in the form of multi-million dollar contracts […]

Lou Williams thinks New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers fans should hate Trae Young. However, he doesn’t mean it in a bad way for his Atlanta Hawks teammate. Williams’ reasoning is clear and quite the trolling for Knicks and Sixers supporters: which fan wouldn’t get angry with Young after he basically kicked their favorite team’s […]

Former Atlanta Hawks head coach Lloyd Pierce struggled in handling this squad during his whole tenure. With the midseason coaching change, Nate McMillan led the Hawks to the Eastern Conference Finals before falling to the eventual champions Milwaukee Bucks in six games. Others would say they were just lucky because of major injuries to stars, […]

John Collins and Joel Embiid have some history against each other. For years, Embiid’s antics have bothered Collins, as the Philadelphia 76ers routinely trashed the Atlanta Hawks. But last post-season, the Hawks pulled an Uno reverse card on the Sixers and eliminated them from the playoffs in the second-round. Collins made sure to savor his […]

As long as the Philadelphia 76ers don’t win the NBA championship, the pairing of Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons was going to constantly be put into question. But their series loss against the Atlanta Hawks shone a spotlight on their problems that got too bright to ignore. At least, that’s what Hawks forward John Collins […]

The Atlanta Hawks are coming off a great season in which they made the NBA Eastern Conference finals. It was an unexpectedly deep playoff run for the Hawks led by rising star Trae Young. The Hawks entered the postseason as the five seed and beat the New York Knicks and the Philadelphia 76ers, who were […]

Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets are the favorites to win it all this season. There’s no denying, however, that the whole Kyrie Irving situation has served a major blow to their title hopes. For his part, Atlanta Hawks star John Collins believes that his team stands to take advantage of this development. Collins has […]

The Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks will battle in an Eastern Conference preseason matchup on Thursday night. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Heat-Hawks prediction and pick. The Heat and Hawks will play Thursday night in what will be a divisional matchup between the projected top-two teams in the Southeast […]

After Gorgui Dieng suffered a hand injury on Saturday against the Memphis Grizzlies, the expectations were the Atlanta Hawks will be keeping Jahlil Okafor to back up John Collins at center. However, it seems Nate McMillan and Co. have other plans after the team waived the former lottery pick on Monday. Okafor, the third overall […]

The Atlanta Hawks are coming off a strong 2020-21 campaign that even saw them make the Eastern Conference Finals. A lot penciled in Atlanta as a playoff team before the start of last season, but not many would have predicted them to come two wins away from making the NBA Finals. This upcoming season, the […]

One of the most underrated debates in life aside from Is It OK To Post Avocado Toast On Instagram Every Day? is this: Who’s Better Between Trae Young and Luka Doncic? The two talented guards will forever be linked as they were traded for each other during the 2018 NBA Draft. After their rookie year, […]

While it’s just the preseason, it’d be hard to notice with the effort John Collins of the Atlanta Hawks gave as he climbed the ladder on Wednesday night while putting Jarrett Allen on a poster. The clip went viral, and the one they call “The Baptist” for the Hawks certainly did some baptizing on the […]

The Atlanta Hawks are coming off an inspired run last season, as the unheralded squad went all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals before bowing out to the eventual champion Milwaukee Bucks. At the forefront of the surprising surge was fireball guard Trae Young, who has truly become arguably the biggest face of the […]

Atlanta Hawks star John Collins just went ahead and ended Cleveland Cavaliers center Jarret Allen’s professional career with an embarrassing poster. The 24-year-old put out an exclamation point to end all exclamation points with one of the most massive alley-oops slams in preseason history. Okay, there’s a lot of exaggeration there but Collins’ powerful slam […]

Fresh off their surprise run to the Eastern Conference Finals, the Atlanta Hawks are ready to take the next step in 2022 and make a run to the NBA Finals in the hopes of bringing home their first title in franchise history. With Trae Young’s continual rise to stardom, John Collins improving his game each […]

Atlanta Hawks star point guard Trae Young suffered a quad injury in the preseason opener against the Miami Heat on Tuesday night. That’s certainly not something Hawks fans wanted to see, especially with all the other injuries currently plaguing the roster, but Young says his injury isn nothing to worry about. Based on Young’s comments […]

The Atlanta Hawks’ preseason campaign got off to a rough start with star Trae Young exiting their game against the Miami heat after suffering a quad injury. The All-Star had to leave the game in the third quarter after getting hit on his right thigh before falling on the floor and eventually limped his way […]

Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young has definitely established himself as one of best young stars in the NBA today, and it looks like he got a big fan in NBA legend Allen Iverson. In a recent talk with Taylor Rooks of Bleacher Report, Iverson appeared to share his admiration for Young and his game. In […]

The Atlanta Hawks surprised the NBA last season with their run to the Eastern Conference Finals. They have been going through a rebuild for the last few years. After their all-around squad in 2015, where they had four All-Stars, they have not had much success in the regular season or in the playoffs. However, with […]

As great as the 2020-21 New York Knicks were for erasing some of the many demons of the past surrounding the team, the last memory fans were left with was that of the team being throttled by the Atlanta Hawks on the way to a 4-1 defeat in the first round. One of the main […]

The Atlanta Hawks were a Cinderella story last season, blossoming into an elite team under Nate McMillan after the firing of Lloyd Pierce and then making a surprise run to the Eastern Conference Finals before falling just short against the Milwaukee Bucks. The Hawks are hoping to be even better in 2021-22, but they do […]

There are several instances in NBA history when the hate generated by a player is more interesting than anything else in the league. Some examples include LeBron James taking his talents to the Miami Heat, Kevin Durant signing with the Golden State Warriors, and Ben Simmons refusing to play for the Philadelphia 76ers, among others. […]

The Atlanta Hawks were two wins away from making the trip to the Finals with a very young team. Led by Trae Young, a 23-year-old, they made somewhat of a Cinderella run, since they missed the last three postseasons. However, the Milwaukee Bucks were simply too strong in the end and they could not pull […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and Atlanta Hawks guard Lou Williams both entered the NBA straight from high school. LeBron was selected no. 1 overall in 2003 by the Cleveland Cavaliers, while Williams was picked no. 45 overall by the Philadelphia 76ers two years later. But not many know that LBJ and Lou Will […]

The Atlanta Hawks are officially a player in the Eastern Conference. This season is about the Hawks building on their stunning run to the 2021 Eastern Conference Finals, with a goal of getting the ball rolling early after struggling out of the gates a year ago, when they began 14-20. Needless to say, third-year wing […]

Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young pulled off the ultimate troll job on the New York Knicks this offseason by appearing in the WWE Smackdown held at Madison Square Garden. However, Julius Randle couldn’t care less. When asked if he has seen the video of Trae’s appearance and his opinion about it, Randle didn’t hold back […]

The Atlanta Hawks shocked the NBA in the 2021 NBA Playoffs, making an unlikely run to the conference finals where they lost to eventual champions, the Milwaukee Bucks. Along the way, Atlanta beat two very good teams in the New York Knicks and the top-seeded Philadelphia 76ers. Despite their success, sharpshooter Bogdan Bogdanovic knows that […]

In just one playoff series, Trae Young turned himself into public enemy number one for Knicks fans and the city of New York. That made him the last guy fans wanted to see during the WWE show in Madison Square Garden. But the Knicks fans had to relive their misery from the NBA postseason as […]

Even after the 2021 playoffs, Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young is embracing being Public Enemy No. 1 of the New York Knicks fanbase. As if he didn’t get enough jeers in his last trip to Madison Square Garden, Young returned to the iconic arena as a guest on WWE Smackdown. Of course, the home crowd […]

The Atlanta Hawks stopped a three-year playoff drought last season, surprising absolutely everyone with a run to the Eastern Conference Finals. There, the Trae Young-led team went to six games but ultimately could not deal with Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks. Still, for a team led by a soon-to-be 23-year-old in his third year […]

The Atlanta Hawks shocked the basketball world when they made it all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals in the 2021 NBA Playoffs. For all we know, this could be just a rehearsal for what’s to come in the 2021-22 NBA season. After all, it’s hard betting against Trae Young. There are three big […]

With training camp just a few days away, Atlanta Hawk star Trae Young is making the most out of his free time. When he’s not playing in pickup games with Adam Sandler, he’s busy watching other elite athletes, including tennis great Novak Djokovic. Djokovic, the world no. 1, had to come from behind in the […]

Kyle Lowry recently opened up about how Kawhi Leonard’s style of play earned him a bit of a notorious reputation among some folks. This time around, another one of Leonard’s former Los Angeles Clippers teammates in Lou Williams, who is now with the Atlanta Hawks, has decided to apeak out on Kawhi’s work ethic. In […]

There have been numerous teams this summer linked with disgruntled Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons, but the Atlanta Hawks haven’t been one of them. While it seems unlikely they would actually be able to acquire the Aussie, the Hawks could potentially be involved in a three-team trade for the Sixers point-forward. Via The Athletic’s Chris […]

Atlanta Hawks star point guard Trae Young became public enemy No. 1 when he absolutely wrecked the New York Knicks in the first round of the playoffs, all while mercilessly trolling Knicks fans. It has become a running gag now that Young owns New York. So, when Young took to Twitter early Friday morning to […]

After an unpredictable run to the Eastern Conference Finals last season, the Atlanta Hawks are looking to stay right in the mix and take the next step as soon as possible. They will bring back most of the same core from a year ago after resigning John Collins in the offseason and now, Clint Capela […]

The Atlanta Hawks were arguably one of the biggest overachievers of the 2020-21 season. Well, many had high expectations for Atlanta and had them penciled in for a postseason berth. However, nobody saw them reaching the Eastern Conference Finals. The Hawks ideally aim to take the next by going to the championship round. However, on […]

Dominique Wilkins might be 61 years old now, but one can say the Atlanta Hawks legend is still “The Human Highlight Film.” Wilkins earned said nickname with his acrobatic mid-air exploits, leaving fans in awe of his athleticism and pure talent to put the basketball in the rim. While he has lost much of his […]