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With Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young returning to practice, the good news is followed by a concerning situation involving big man Kristaps Porzingis. Though the Hawks’ star in Porzingis has shut down concerns about a repeat illness from his time with the Boston Celtics, Shams Charania of ESPN reports that the 30-year-old “will miss the […]

ATLANTA, GA- It was all good for the Atlanta Hawks in the first half against the Denver Nuggets. They were making almost all of their 3-pointers, getting to the rim at ease, and most importantly, they had pretty much contained Nikola Jokic. Through that process, Jalen Johnson had done something no Hawks player has ever […]

The Atlanta Hawks had been without Kristaps Porzingis for the past four games as he dealt with an illness, but he was able to return against the Denver Nuggets. It was uncertain what the illness was, but some thought that it might have been connected to the same illness that he had late last season […]

The Atlanta Hawks will be facing the Denver Nuggets at home, and there’s a chance they get their two frontcourt starters back in the game. Jalen Johnson missed the last game against the Los Angeles Clippers with right calf tightness, and Kristaps Porzingis has missed the past four games with an illness. The Hawks have […]

On Sunday night, the Atlanta Hawks will hit the floor at home to take on the Charlotte Hornets for the first time this season. Both teams will be on the second night of a back to back in this one, and for Atlanta, the injury report is a rather crowded one, with names like Kristaps […]

On Thursday night, the Atlanta Hawks squared off against the San Antonio Spurs in a clash between two teams missing their respective best players, Trae Young and Victor Wembanyama. In the end, it was the home team Spurs that emerged with the win, 135-126, sending the Hawks to 9-7 on the season. It remains admirable […]

The Atlanta Hawks have been one of the better teams in the Eastern Conference so far with an 8-5 record. The team has also managed to withstand an injury to star point guard Trey Young. The Hawks were hit with another injury update, however, in the form of Kristaps Porzingis as they head into their […]

BOSTON — The offseason talk surrounding the Boston Celtics was mostly about what they lost and what they lack. They’re missing six-time All-Star Jayson Tatum, who is still rehabbing an Achilles rupture and isn’t guaranteed to play during the 2025-26 season. They’re without multiple key players from their 2024 championship team, including Kristaps Porzingis, Al […]

The Atlanta Hawks (4–5) will be short-handed on Saturday night when they host the surging Los Angeles Lakers (7–2), who enter the matchup on a five-game winning streak. The game tips off at 8:00 p.m. ET on NBA TV. ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk reported Saturday afternoon that Kristaps Porzingis (illness management), Luke Kennard (illness), and Nikola […]

ATLANTA, GA – It was all good until it wasn’t. The Atlanta Hawks came out in the first half of their game against the Toronto Raptors, clicking on all cylinders. The ball was moving on a string, the shots were falling, and the defense was stifling. Without Trae Young, this is how the Hawks are […]

The Atlanta Hawks have started the season 1-2, and it’s obvious that they’re still trying to gel with the new pieces they’ve added. At the same time, they haven’t been very healthy the past two games, and it’s been to three starters on the team: Kristaps Porzingis, Jalen Johnson, and Zaccharie Risacher. With a four-game […]

On Saturday, the Atlanta Hawks will take on the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder. Meanwhile, two of their top players remain on the injured list. Currently, Kristaps Porzingis and Jalen Johnson are listed as questionable before the game, per the NBA Injured List.  Johnson is battling a sprain on his right ankle, whereas Porzingis is […]

“The Unicorn” Kristaps Porzingis’ time with the Boston Celtics took a strange turn last postseason. The big man, who was once a dominant force in the Celtics’ frontcourt, saw his energy disappear overnight. Now that Kristaps Porzingis has joined the Altanta Hawks, fans finally know what happened. Doctors diagnosed the 7-foot-3 star with postural orthostatic […]

Kristaps Porziņģis was still half-asleep when the Latvian big man’s phone began buzzing on the morning he was traded to the Atlanta Hawks. Dozens of texts filled his screen. He quickly realized what they meant. Porzingis’s time with the Boston Celtics was over. At home in Latvia, Porzingis opened a group chat expecting confirmation of […]

The Atlanta Hawks and Kristaps Porzingis share a mutual interest in extending their partnership beyond this season. But both sides appear comfortable waiting to see how things develop before the Hawks or Porzingis commit. Porzingis, entering the final year of a two-year, $60 million contract, can negotiate a new deal anytime before June 30, 2026. […]

With the beginning of the 2025-26 NBA regular season looming, ClutchPoints took the time to rank the league’s top 100 players. The list saw some young stars take leaps up the board. However, veteran players and former All-Stars saw their ranking slip dramatically. Anfernee Simons, Bradley Beal, Kristaps Porzingis, Paul George, and Rudy Gobert all […]

The Atlanta Hawks are busy getting through their preseason schedule before the regular season kicks off next week against the Toronto Raptors. Hawks fans have already gotten to see some of this busy offseason’s acquisitions in action, including Kristaps Porzingis, whom the team acquired from the Boston Celtics over the summer. Porzingis is currently entering […]

This past offseason, one of the major moves the Atlanta Hawks made was to trade for Kristaps Porzingis. With the Boston Celtics opting to shift focus in the wake of Jayson Tatum’s Achilles injury, the Hawks took advantage of the Celtics’ somewhat fire sale and added much-needed strength in the frontcourt. Kristaps Porzingis scored his […]

One of the first moves that the Atlanta Hawks made this season was acquiring Kristaps Porzingis from the Boston Celtics, as they had plans of shedding salary. The Hawks now have one of the more skilled big men in the league in Porzingis, as he can shoot from the perimeter and also defend the interior. […]

As the Boston Celtics prepare for the 2025-26 season, the team will look a little different with some subtractions, though it will be led by star Jaylen Brown as Jayson Tatum recovers from an Achilles injury. With the Celtics signing players to round out their roster for the upcoming season, Brown had something to say […]

Atlanta Hawks center Kristaps Porzingis revealed he was pleasantly surprised when he found out he had been traded to the Hawks and not the San Antonio Spurs. He sees Atlanta as a team that’s on the cusp of competing for a championship and feels he could be the missing piece to push them over the […]

Atlanta Hawks center Kristaps Porzingis delivered a dominant performance for Latvia on Saturday, though it was not enough to prevent an 88-79 defeat to Lithuania in the Round of 16 at FIBA EuroBasket 2025. Porzingis finished with game-highs across nearly every statistical category, posting 34 points, 19 rebounds, two blocks, one steal and one assist […]

The Boston Celtics are expected to compete for championships year in and year out, and ever since guard Derrick White arrived in Beantown, they’ve accomplished that. Following White’s trade to Boston in 2022, the Celtics have made two NBA Finals, won one championship, and extended their playoff appearance streak to 11 straight seasons. Essentially, the […]

The Boston Celtics experienced a lot of change this summer, with trades, free agent departures, and new ownership significantly altering the franchise. But through all the offseason shakeup, Celtics guard Derrick White has remained, and so has his love for Boston. The former San Antonio Spur wasn’t totally prepared to come to Beantown when he […]

Stars of both the NBA and the international basketball world are currently taking part in the EuroBasket tournament, representing their various European countries. Among them are NBA MVP candidates like Luka Doncic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Nikola Jokic, as well as one of this summer’s biggest trade acquisitions in Kristaps Porzingis, who was traded from the […]

Nearly 2,500 people have donated to professional wrestler Syko Stu‘s GoFundMe after the brutal attack by Raja Jackson, the son of Rampage Jackson, including Atlanta Hawks star Kristaps Porzingis. Some of the top donators include fellow professional wrestler, AEW star Chris Jericho, who donated $2,500. Porzingis donated $500. Assuming this is actually the Hawks forward, […]

The Atlanta Hawks enter the 2025-26 NBA season looking like one of the Eastern Conference’s most improved teams. They added size, shooting, and defensive versatility while keeping their franchise cornerstone intact. Yet, NBA 2K26 seems to have gotten its ratings completely wrong. From underestimating key contributors to overvaluing certain role players, the ratings fail to […]

Average is the best word that could be used to describe the Atlanta Hawks over the last handful of years. After reaching the Eastern Conference Finals with a 41-31 record during the 2020-21 season, Trae Young and the Hawks have struggled to take that next step as a franchise. Obviously, that led to major changes […]

After an exhibition matchup against Greece, the Latvia and Atlanta Hawks center Kristaps Porzingis revealed he’d consider returning to Europe, where his professional basketball career began. From 2012 to 2015, he played for Sevilla in Spain before entering the NBA Draft. Porzingis teased an MMA career after the NBA earlier this summer. However, he didn’t […]

With Eurobasket action set to begin in around a week, Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is ramping up to try and get his home country of Greece some silverware. On Wednesday, Antetokounmpo’s Greece faced off against Kristaps Porzingis’ Latvia and came out on top, taking a 104-86 win in Athens. The Bucks star did not […]

The Boston Celtics could be in for a bizarre season. With star forward Jayson Tatum recovering from an untimely Achilles rupture, Boston will be down its go-to guy for an extended period of time. The six-time All-Star hasn’t even missed 20 games in a single season before, so the 2025-26 campaign will come with a […]

The Atlanta Hawks were one of the teams this offseason that made a flurry of moves to improve their team for next season and beyond. It all started with the promotion of Onsi Saleh as the general manager, and from there, he went to work. He traded for Kristaps Porzingis, drafted Asa Newell and traded […]

Atlanta Hawks center Kristaps Porzingis has hinted at pursuing a mixed martial arts career once his time in the NBA ends. In a recent interview with Sporta Centrs, the 30-year-old Latvian detailed his passion for the sport and his involvement in a developing MMA-related project. “MMA is a sport that is very close to my […]

The Atlanta Hawks enter 2025-26 as one of the Eastern Conference’s most interesting stories. After meaningful draft picks, savvy free-agent acquisitions, and a splash trade for Kristaps Porziņģis, they’ve built a roster that balances youthful upside with veteran stability. The likes of Jalen Johnson, Zaccharie Risacher, Dyson Daniels, and incoming rookies Asa Newell and Nikola […]

The Boston Celtics have kept busy this summer, moving around multiple key pieces in order to circumvent the second apron. And although Massachusetts native Georges Niang was hoping to prove himself in Boston, the forward was dealt to the Utah Jazz before he had a chance, departing on Tuesday afternoon as part of a salary-dumping […]

The Boston Celtics had one goal this offseason: shed as much money as possible. Without Jayson Tatum on the court, the Celtics’ roster was far too expensive to keep together. The team’s first two moves in the offseason saw them save hundreds of millions of dollars. Boston sent Jrue Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers […]

The Boston Celtics had no choice but to pivot this offseason. After Jayson Tatum tore his Achilles during the 2025 NBA playoffs, the title window that once seemed wide open was suddenly forced shut. In response, team president Brad Stevens executed a swift roster reshuffle, prioritizing financial flexibility and long-term planning over short-term contention. The […]

From 40 wins and a play-in exit to a legitimate Eastern Conference dark horse, that’s the transformation Atlanta Hawks fans are hoping for after one of the boldest offseasons in franchise history. New general manager Onsi Saleh didn’t wait to ease into his new role. Instead, he delivered one of the best offseason sequences across […]

Immediately after the Boston Celtics were booted from the 2025 NBA Playoffs, Derrick White told reporters that he may have just played alongside some of his teammates for the last time. He was right, and the first one to go was two-time NBA champion Jrue Holiday. In late June, the C’s dealt Holiday to the […]