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Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young was wary of his team’s struggles as they absorbed their third straight loss against the Indiana Pacers on Saturday night. Despite their dismal showing on the floor, the 22-year-old playmaker claimed that their disappointing showing as of late will only serve as valuable learning experiences for his young squad […]

2018 brought with it the arrival of generational talents in the form of the 2018 NBA Draft class, which was a boon for the NBA cards industry. Deandre Ayton went first to the Phoenix Suns, who were badly in need of a talented big man, while the Sacramento Kings picked Marvin Bagley III at second. Luka […]

Atlanta Hawks power forward John Collins is slowly regaining his form last season. In their Feb. 10 showdown against the Dallas Mavericks, Collins erupted for 33 points on 72.2 percent shooting from the field while managing to fill up his stat sheet. This whole season, he has been averaging 18.5 points, 7.8 rebounds, and a […]

Trae Young was heated after the Atlanta Hawks fell to the Dallas Mavericks after a non-call during Wednesday’s contest. Due to Young getting into an official’s face when the final buzzer sounded, Young has been handed a $20,000 fine by the NBA, per The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Hawks‘ Trae Young has been fined $20,000 for […]

Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young was visibly heated after the final buzzer of their loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday. In his post-game presser, he sounded off on the no-call and noted that the most disappointing part was that he didn’t even get a chance to make a play for his team. Per Chris […]

Trae Young was not a happy camper in the aftermath of the Atlanta Hawks’ disappointing 118-117 loss to the Dallas Mavericks at State Farm Arena on Wednesday. Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce said Young has every right to feel frustrated after what appeared to be a missed foul call committed on the All-Star guard in the […]

Trae Young was beside himself at the end of the Atlanta Hawks’ game against the Dallas Mavericks after a huge non-call ultimately gave the Mavs a 118-117 win on Wednesday. The Hawks were down by one and had the final possession to try and steal this game away from Dallas. Young was hit by Mavs […]

Atlanta Hawks superstar Trae Young has weighed in on the ongoing debate surrounding the NBA’s plans to hold an All-Star game this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. With the festivities set to take place in Atlanta, Young admitted that “I’d love to be a part of it, if there is a game” (h/t Sarah K. […]

The Atlanta Hawks are honoring former NBA reporter and analyst Sekou Smith after he died from complications of COVID-19. Smith, who formerly wrote for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, died on January 26 at the age of 48. The Hawks announced a series of tributes Monday in honor of Smith’s “dedication to journalism, building relationships and mentoring young […]

The Atlanta Hawks have been one of the most surprising teams in the NBA this year and are in the middle of the Eastern Conference playoff race, but now they will have to be without De’Andre Hunter for a while as he will be undergoing surgery, the team announced. An @emoryhealthcare injury update: D. Hunter […]

The Utah Jazz are off to a scorching 17-5 start this season, good for first place in the Western Conference. Albeit they’ve been a playoff participant in each of the last four seasons, the 2020-21 NBA season has brought out the best version of the Jazz under head coach Quin Snyder. Utah’s prolific start is […]

Utah Jazz superstar Donovan Mitchell is one of the most electrifying dunkers in today’s game. However, The Spidah submitted a Shaqtin’ A Fool entry early in the first quarter of the Jazz’s road game against the Atlanta Hawks after flubbing what could have been the easiest two points of his career. Mitchell turned the ball […]

The first batch of votes for the 2021 NBA All-Star Game is in and Atlanta Hawks superstar Trae Young only received the sixth-most fan votes for Eastern Conference guards. Hawks head coach Lloyd Pierce clearly did not like how the voting went, and he was not shy about making his true feelings known about it. […]

Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks ended a six-game losing streak with a 122-116 victory against Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night. Doncic was just two rebounds shy of a triple-double and finished the night with 27 points, 14 assists, and eight rebounds. It was the first time Doncic and Young met […]

Among the NBA’s elite superstars who suffered a torn Achilles, the only one who was able to play at the same level as he did before the injury was the Atlanta Hawks’ Dominique Wilkins. Not Elgin Baylor. Not Patrick Ewing. Not Kobe Bryant. And so far, not Cousins. The injury occurred in January of 1992. […]

The Dallas Mavericks and Atlanta Hawks face off on Wednesday night and Luka Doncic and Trae Young, who were traded for each other, face off. Doncic hit a nice buzzer-beater at the end of the first half to cut the lead to three. Luka at the buzzer! 17 points at the half for Doncic 🔥pic.twitter.com/cjJU1w9MpY […]

With the Dallas Mavericks set to face off against the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday, Hawks head coach Lloyd Piere provided some interesting insight about Mavs superstar Luka Doncic. Pierce shared why he believes trying to bully Doncic on the basketall court is never a good idea. According to Pierce, taking on this tactic against Doncic […]

The Dallas Mavericks travel to Georgia on Wednesday in hopes of shaking off a serious funk against the Atlanta Hawks. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Mavericks-Hawks prediction and pick. The Mavericks are 8-13 straight up and 9-12 against the spread. Dallas is mired in a six-game losing streak, most recently […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was caught in a verbal exchange with fans sitting courtside in the Lakers’ game against the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night, resulting in the expulsion of these fans from State Farm Arena. One of the hecklers, Juliana Carlos, claimed she was drinking wine during the game when she took […]

The Atlanta Hawks are probing the exchange between Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and four courtside fans on Monday night at State Farm Arena, according to Chris Kirschner and Jovan Buha of The Athletic. Juliana Carlos, one of the fans who had an exchange with James during the game, was eventually escorted out of State […]

For the second time on the Los Angeles Lakers’ seven-game road trip, an interaction between a courtside spectator and LeBron James dominated the headlines. However, unlike last week at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, when Cleveland Cavaliers executive Jason Hillman motivated James in the fourth quarter without even saying a word, a so-called “Courtside Karen” and […]

LeBron James just introduced the entire world to “Courtside Karen” and everyone on Twitter is going bonkers. The Los Angeles Lakers superstar got into some off-court controversy on Monday as the defending champions visited the Atlanta Hawks. LeBron apparently exchanged some NSFW expletives with a couple of fans, who were eventually ejected from the game. […]

Two-time champion Rajon Rondo has made a name for himself as one of the best court generals in the NBA. The Atlanta Hawks point guard has been in the league for 17 seasons now and was an elite level for the majority of those years. After winning his second ring with the Los Angeles Lakers […]

On Monday night, an unsettling back-and-forth exchange emerged between Lakers forward LeBron James and two heckling Atlanta Hawks fans. The two fans at courtside were shortly removed from the arena in Atlanta after the verbal altercation from both sides. After the game, the 25-year-old woman took to Instagram to address the situation from her perspective. […]

LeBron James was part of a heated altercation between a couple of courtside fans in the Los Angeles Lakers’ visit to the Atlanta Hawks on Monday. The referees had to stop the game in the eight-minute mark of the fourth quarter after James was seen exchanging some words with two fans, who were later identified […]

Kyle Kuzma continues to fire back against his haters. The Los Angeles Lakers forward had a simple message to everyone criticizing his defense after the Lakers’ notched another road win in their game against the Atlanta Hawks on Monday, 107-99. After the victory, Kuzma immediately hyped himself up on Twitter after he locked down Hawks’ […]

It was a heated encounter between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Atlanta Hawks on Monday, as the defending champs took on the Hawks in the State Farm Arena. Things got a bit feisty when LeBron James featured in what looked like a heated exchange with a Hawks fan sitting courtside. Here’s a look at […]

Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young reached another personal milestone on Friday, notching his 400th career 3-pointer during his team’s 116-100 win over the Washington Wizards at Capital One Arena. It took the 22-year-old shooter just 159 career games to reach that mark. Per ESPN Stats & Info, Young now holds the record for the fewest […]

Washington Wizards guard Russell Westbrook usually keeps it short when talking to the media, but he couldn’t help but address his verbal spat with Atlanta Hawks guard Rajon Rondo on Friday. In the aftermath of the Wizards’ 116-100 defeat at Capital Arena, where the one-time MVP was ejected in the fourth period, Westbrook said he […]

Atlanta Hawks guard Rajon Rondo got the last laugh over Washington Wizards star Russell Westbrook in their mini on-court spat on Friday at Capital One Arena. After jawing at each other all night, it was Brodie that got the boot mid-game after getting his second technical foul early in the fourth quarter. Rondo made sure […]

Rajon Rondo and Russell Westbrook have never been afraid to back down from altercations, so it’s not surprising that the two NBA point guards got involved in a heated exchange in Friday’s game between the Atlanta Hawks and Washington Wizards. Rondo and Westbrook mix it up, get double T's 😤pic.twitter.com/aHts6JPx2M — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) January 30, […]

Multiple reports have indicated that there’s trouble in paradise within the Atlanta Hawks, as its two promising players Trae Young and John Collins are reportedly not seeing eye-to-eye this season. Young finally addressed those rumors on Thursday, denying any discord between him and the high-flying forward (via Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports). “Of course if […]

The Brooklyn Nets bested the Atlanta Hawks in a thrilling overtime game on Wednesday, 132-128. Nets superstars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving decided to make the memorable game even more memorable by giving their game-worn jerseys to rapper 2 Chainz after the match. Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving gave their jerseys to 2 Chainz following […]

Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant embarrassed John Collins big time on Wednesday, a day that the Atlanta Hawks center will probably want to forget. Midway through the second quarter, Durant drove and stopped on a dime in typical KD fashion, but Collins couldn’t keep his footing as he stumbled to the floor. The Nets star […]

Coming into this season, a lot of fans were really high on the potential of Cam Reddish to be the best Hawk behind Trae Young. Rightfully so, because his tremendous performance during the final stretches of last season made everyone optimistic about the upside of this second-year player. Turns out, most fans were rooting for […]

Remembering Kobe Bryant will never get old for Trae Young. In honor of Kobe’s first death anniversary, the spitfire guard of the Atlanta Hawks took to Twitter to commemorate his childhood hero prior to their game against the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday. He posted a photo of him during his rookie year talking with […]

Trae Young is only in his third season in the NBA after a sensational one-and-done season at Oklahoma. While Young averaged a blistering 29.6 points per game last season, he has been off to a rather frustrating start through the first 15 games. Young’s averaged thus far is at 25.3 points per, which isn’t bad […]

The LA Clippers have won seven games in a row and have remained relatively healthy to start the new season, but they face a new test at the start of a six game road trip. Both Kawhi Leonard and Paul George have been ruled out of Tuesday night’s game against the Atlanta Hawks due to […]

Atlanta Hawks All-Star Trae Young did not hide his amazement for teammate Clint Capela, who had a huge career milestone on Friday. After witnessing firsthand how the Swiss center swat away shot after shot against the Minnesota Timberwolves, an ecstatic Young couldn’t help but get hyped to the block party. MOOOOOOD!!!🤣.. Where the Block Party […]