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Being the best team in the league heading into the postseason can surely make members of the squad complacent. The Boston Celtics had a matchup that they had to win over the Atlanta Hawks. Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Kristaps Porzingis were all relatively doing well in the first half of the game. Then, De’Andre […]

Many thought that the Atlanta Hawks, with a full offseason of head coach Quin Snyder’s teaching, would be playing at a level more reminiscent of their form during the 2020-21 season. If there’s a coach who knows how to make a partnership between two ball-dominant guards work, it’s Snyder. However, the Hawks have fallen way […]

The red-hot Cleveland Cavaliers have been surging despite not having Darius Garland and Evan Mobley on the floor lately, going 11-3 in their last 14 games. The Cavs have tons of momentum in their corner, with some thinking they could have a shot to make a deep run in the Eastern Conference come playoff time. […]

Atlanta Hawks forward De’Andre Hunter is expected to miss the next two weeks after undergoing a knee procedure, NBA insider Marc Stein reports. “The Hawks just announced that De’Andre Hunter underwent an MRI on Saturday and will undergo a non-surgical procedure tomorrow to address right knee inflammation. Atlanta says Hunter will be re-evaluated in approximately […]

It’s no secret that the Atlanta Hawks’ covet Toronto Raptors All-Star Pascal Siakam. Atlanta has been on Toronto’s coattails in pursuing a deal for the All-NBA forward since the offseason. The Hawks were reportedly close to getting Masai Ujiri to part ways with Siakam. They reportedly offered a package surrounding Deandre Hunter and AJ Griffin. […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are in the first season of a rebuild after trading Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks this offseason. As a rebuilding team, the Blazers aren’t really “loaded” at any position but are pretty full up in the back court. Anfernee Simons, Scoot Henderson, Shaedon Sharpe, and Malcom Brogdon are all deserving […]

The Atlanta Hawks have had a mixed start to the 2023-24 NBA season. After a disappointing 2022-23 season, where they were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, the Hawks made several moves in the offseason to improve their team. However, one player has been a big disappointment for the Hawks so far this […]

Atlanta Hawks forward De’Andre Hunter is looking for a bounce back season in 2023-24. Although Hunter has shown signs of living up to his number four overall pick draft status, Hawks fans have been frustrated by his inconsistency that has contributed to the Hawks falling short of their ceiling in recent years. Recently, at the […]

Damian Lillard and James Harden dominated many of the trade rumors in the NBA offseason, but there are plenty of questions about Pascal Siakam’s future with the Toronto Raptors. Pascal Siakam is in the final year of his contract with the Raptors, making him a potential trade candidate. The Atlanta Hawks have been most closely […]

Are the Detroit Pistons ready to take the leap into playoff contention during the 2023-24 season? Perhaps, especially if Cade Cunningham delivers on his preseason hype. The Pistons’ hopes of improving will hinge on just how high Cunningham can ascend on the league’s totem pole, as at his best, he might be capable of producing […]

The Atlanta Hawks did not wait for the start of the NBA free agency on Friday to make loud noises this offseason, as they have already traded star forward John Collins to the Utah Jazz. But the Hawks might not be done. Forward De’Andre Hunter is said to be being mentioned in potential trade discussions, […]

Ahead and through the 2023 NBA Draft, the Atlanta Hawks are rumored to be fixated on a trade for Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam. However, with the Hawks reportedly sending John Collins to the Utah Jazz in a deal that netted them just Rudy Gay and a second-round pick, it may be time to reassess […]

The Dallas Mavericks apparently explored a number of possible trade scenarios with the Atlanta Hawks prior to the NBA Draft, including a potential deal for 25-year-old wing De’Andre Hunter. While the Mavs like what Hunter brings to the table, however, there was one aspect that’s a major deal-breaker for them: his $95 million deal with […]

The Atlanta Hawks have been given a mandate to get out of the luxury tax, according to ESPN insider Brian Windhorst, leading to increased speculation that the Hawks will make a trade before the start of the 2023-24 season. However, longtime Hawks insider Brad Rowland would notably push back against the report from Windhorst, saying […]

The Atlanta Hawks have been ever-so-present in trade talks for the past few months or so. John Collins, in particular, has been the subject of trade rumors aplenty for what has seemed like the duration of his career. However, rumor has it that the entire Hawks roster apart from Trae Young may be available in […]

With highly touted head coach Quin Snyder looking to build the team into a formidable playoff contender, Atlanta Hawks have been one of the more active teams this offseason, engaging other franchises in trade discussions that include both the No. 15 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft and players like De’Andre Hunter, John Collins, and […]

The Memphis Grizzlies are so close to being so good. With a young core of Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson and Desmond Bane locked in place for the foreseeable future, the Grizzlies already have the bones of a potential contender in place. To graduate to that next level of eliteness, Memphis must find the right assembly […]

Not a lot gets a crowd going more than a dunk, but it does get better when such a finish was made after a block. That was the type of sequence fans down in Atlanta witnessed during the second quarter of Sunday night’s matchup between the visiting Boston Celtics and the Atlanta Hawks. Clint Capela […]

Some teams simply perform better while playing with house money, and the Atlanta Hawks seem to be the epitome of that kind of team. Not many fans and pundits expected the Hawks to beat the playoff-tested Miami Heat in the 7/8 play-in tournament game, but they did so in convincing fashion, proving the naysayers wrong […]

The Atlanta Hawks will visit the Miami Heat in the 2023 NBA Play-in Tournament Tuesday night. It’s a familiar matchup for Trae Young and the Hawks, and one that hasn’t gone their way of late. After Atlanta made the 2022 NBA playoffs by winning a pair of play-in tournament games, the Heat needed just five […]

Though the Atlanta Hawks may have already clinched a position in the 2023 play-in tournament, where they may wind up falling in the standings is still something that is up in the air. With just a couple of games remaining on the docket and one game separating them from the ninth-seeded Toronto Raptors, winning out […]

The Atlanta Hawks are in the midst of a rather average campaign after acquiring Dejounte Murray last summer. But, it does appear they will be in the play-in tournament, despite a pedestrian 38-39 record. While Murray and Trae Young are the stars of this team, De’Andre Hunter is a very important role player for this […]

The Atlanta Hawks made some major moves this offseason as they look to establish themselves as a real threat in the Eastern Conference. As it turns out, De’Andre Hunter figures significantly in the organization’s long-term plans, and their decision to sign him to a massive new deal is a clear testament to this fact. According […]

As Atlanta Hawks forward De’Andre Hunter enters the final year of his rookie contract, the team has made his impending contract extension a priority. The deadline to extend players entering the final year of their rookie contract is Oct. 17. Hawks, Hunter continuing contract negotiations ahead of extension deadline https://t.co/AgpN7GpDTF — SB Nation NBA (@SBNationNBA) […]

The Atlanta Hawks are heading into the 2022-23 NBA season with a strong group of players and a potentially dominant starting lineup. With training camp officially kicking off next week, teams are gearing up for the start of another NBA season. The Hawks appear set to make some noise in the Eastern Conference this upcoming […]

The Atlanta Hawks have had an explosive offseason. After regressing pretty significantly last season, Atlanta knew they had some work to do this offseason to improve their team. They achieved many of their desired improvements this offseason when they were able to swing a blockbuster deal with the San Antonio Spurs for Dejounte Murray. The […]

The Atlanta Hawks haven’t given forward De’Andre Hunter a contract extension yet in the offseason, and maybe they shouldn’t at all. "Early indications are that Atlanta and [De'Andre] Hunter have not found much progress in extension talks, where both sides stand roughly $20 million apart on salary terms over a four-year deal." (via @JakeLFischer) Source:https://t.co/gH9lXVw7IB […]

The Atlanta Hawks have been one of the most active teams in the NBA this offseason. Highlighted by their blockbuster trade to land DeJounte Murray, the team has made it clear they are in win-now mode. The work is not over and the franchise still has some key decisions to make with the roster. One […]

The Memphis Grizzlies are coming off a productive season in which they showed massive growth as a team. The youthful squad finished with the second-best record in the NBA at 56-26. Led by Ja Morant, the franchise took a massive leap in the right direction. They also have been the only team to win more […]

The Portland Trail Blazers’ historic post-All-Star tanking efforts didn’t pay off the way Joe Cronin and company imagined. All Portland has to show for its 2-21 finish to the regular season is the seventh selection in the draft come June 23rd, a stark disappointment for a team that entered lottery night with the sixth-best odds […]

Miami Heat veteran Markieff Morris just got slapped with a $25,000 fine by the NBA for a rather contentious incident in their Game 5 win over the Atlanta Hawks. At this point, however, Morris does not appear to be too concerned with the hefty payout. Morris was assessed with an unsportsmanlike foul on De’Andre Hunter […]

Miami Heat forward Markieff Morris was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Wednesday in regards to an incident from Game 5 against the Hawks. The NBA just fined Markieff Morris $25K for this play (h/t @AhnFireDigital ) pic.twitter.com/5TWKIvyb9I — NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) April 28, 2022 In the third quarter, Morris intentionally grabbed DeAndre Hunter on the […]

The Atlanta Hawks are just one win away from making the playoffs again after beating the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA Play-In Tournament on Wednesday. The Cleveland Cavaliers now stand in their way, who lost to the Brooklyn Nets earlier in the week.   The Hawks came out firing against Charlotte and ultimately won by […]

On Thursday, the Atlanta Hawks sent Cam Reddish, Solomon Hill and a 2025 2nd round pick to the New York Knicks in exchange for Kevin Knox and a 2022 first-round pick. The first-round pick initially belonged to the Charlotte Hornets, so it appears to be a mid-round pick at best. The Hornets are playing very […]

The Atlanta Hawks have been without young wing De’Andre Hunter since Nov. 12 because of a wrist injury. But Hunter is on the verge of a return to help out a struggling Hawks team. With Atlanta set to face the Miami Heat on Wednesday night, fans want to know: Is De’Andre Hunter playing vs. the […]

Atlanta Hawks superstar Trae Young went for a career-high 56 points while also handing out 14 assists against a Portland Trail Blazers team missing Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum on Monday night. The Hawks still suffered a 136-131 loss, dropping them to a disappointing 16-20 on the season after entering 2021-22 with high expectations following […]

It seems Atlanta Hawks forward DeAndre Hunter simply can’t catch a break. Just a few games into his supposed comeback season, he is set to miss extended time yet again. Last season, Hunter only suited up for 23 games for the Hawks due to a right knee injury, derailing what was expected as a strong […]

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 […]

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 […]