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The Atlanta Hawks are running out of time to save their season, with their 19-27 record and 10th-place standing in the East making a fire sale increasingly more likely. The organization knows its options are limited, and fans must come to that unpleasant realization as well. That is not an ideal situation for Quin Snyder, […]

On Wednesday night, the Atlanta Hawks found themselves in a dogfight against an Orlando Magic team that has surpassed expectations to this point of the campaign. With the game hanging in the balance, it was Dejounte Murray who came in clutch for the Hawks amid his prominent involvement in trade rumors. Murray, after Paolo Banchero […]

The Atlanta Hawks have to do something. With a 15-23 record, they simply need to make a change and find a direction. Head coach Quin Snyder and face of the franchise Trae Young should be able to lead the team to more success. Young agrees. He vouched for his coach and his coaching style, saying […]

Friday night was one that Atlanta Hawks fans would prefer to move on from, especially those who watched live against the Indiana Pacers. Without Tyrese Haliburton, the visiting Pacers overcame the Hawks, 126-108. Hawks guard Trae Young had a quiet night, prompting questions on whether health issues had something to do with his performance. Atlanta […]

The Atlanta Hawks have hovered around the middle to upper tier of the East for quite some time now, and guard Trae Young has been arguably the biggest driving force. Young is a three-point sniper extraordinaire and a thinking man’s player who has a keen eye for talent around the league. In 2021 the Hawks […]

On Thursday evening, Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks evened up their record on the 2023-24 season at 9-9 with a narrow 137-135 road victory over the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs had a chance late to either tie or take the lead after Jeremy Sochan stole the ball on a Hawks’ inbound; however, Young […]

On Wednesday night, Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks evened up their 2023-24 record at 7-7 with a thrilling 147-145 overtime victory over the Brooklyn Nets. Young was absolutely electric in the win, scoring 43 points and dishing out nine assists in a game that occurred on the heels of the Hawks’ wild loss to […]

Trae Young will never be a positive defender. He’s one of the smallest players in the NBA, generously listed at 6’1, 164 pounds, absent the physical capabilities to consistently hold up in isolation and prove disruptive as a help defender. The outsized offensive responsibilities Young shoulders with the Atlanta Hawks is always bound to somewhat affect his […]

On Wednesday evening, the Atlanta Hawks dropped to 6-5 on the young 2023-24 NBA season with a narrow 116-114 home loss to the New York Knicks. The contest was back and forth throughout but ultimately it was the Knicks who made the big plays down the stretch, marking the second time that New York has […]

The Atlanta Hawks are in the midst of a resurgent campaign with a 6-4 record to start the 2023-24 NBA season. This comes after a pair of disappointing first round playoff exits following an Eastern Conference Finals appearance in 2021. The Hawks have looked good so far under the tutelage of Quin Snyder, whom the […]

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 […]

On Wednesday evening, Quin Snyder and the Atlanta Hawks got off to a frustrating start to their 2023-24 season with a 116-110 road loss to the Charlotte Hornets. Not much went right for Atlanta offensively in this contest, as the team showed little signs of the revamped offense that Hawks fans had hoped to see […]

Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks are looking for a bounce back season in 2023-24. Although Atlanta had a relatively quiet offseason, at least by NBA standards, many are hoping that a full offseason with head coach Quin Snyder will allow Young to unlock different parts of his game, particularly with his movement off of […]

The Atlanta Hawks are always going to be a perimeter-oriented team because Trae Young steering the helm. Quin Snyder has drawn up schematics that revolve around this style of play. He has also surrounded his star with defenders and rebounders such that Young could thrive on the offensive part of the court. These are all […]

The Atlanta Hawks had an eventful offseason, with the 2023 NBA Draft being a significant highlight. They selected Kobe Bufkin from the University of Michigan with the 15th pick and Seth Lundy from Penn State with the 46th pick. Bufkin, in particular, was considered a steal as he was projected to be a top 10 […]

Quin Snyder is one of the best NBA coaches. He took over a dysfunctional Utah Jazz team and led a revamped group to several playoff appearances. He was once selected as an All-Star Game head coach. Although he eventually left his post as head coach for the Jazz, Snyder is now manning the bench for […]

Fresh off of signing his four-year, $120 million extension, Dejounte Murray of the Atlanta Hawks was at an NBA Summer League game, and detailed his close relationship with Atlanta Hawks head coach Quin Snyder, who was hired in the middle of the 2022-2023 season to replace Nate McMillan. “We actually text every day, and that […]

The Atlanta Hawks have added several players to their roster just over the course of the past year, but they have long had an issue with adding the proper depth behind face of the franchise Trae Young. Even when factoring in the fact that the Hawks have had a heliocentric offense that centers around their […]

The NBA is an ever-changing landscape. Over time, we’ve seen the game evolve in way we never expected before. With this evolution comes a need for change, and a need to embrace said change. Outdated ideas about who can call the shots on and off the court need to be removed from one’s mind. With […]

The Atlanta Hawks have hired former Phoenix Suns head coach Igor Kokoskov as Quin Snyder’s top assistant coach, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. “Igor Kokoskov has signed a deal to become Quin Snyder’s top assistant with the Atlanta Hawks, sources tell ESPN. Kokoskov, who spent a year as the Suns’ head coach, previously worked for […]

Atlanta Hawks head coach Quin Snyder is getting the band back together. After luring Antonio Lang away from the Cleveland Cavaliers earlier in May, the team is likely to add former Phoenix Suns head coach Igor Kokoskov, according to NBA correspondent Marc Stein. The two former Utah Jazz assistants under Snyder join longtime Notre Dame […]

Just two seasons ago in 2021, the Atlanta Hawks made a head coaching change in the middle of the season when they replaced Lloyd Pierce with Nate McMillan. The Hawks went on to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals that year, coming up two wins shy of reaching the NBA Finals for what would have […]

It all came crashing down for the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday after Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics secured a 128-121 win to close out their NBA Playoffs first-round series, 4-2. It was a heartbreaking way to end the season for Trae Young and Co., but you also have to give credit to this team […]

The Atlanta Hawks may have failed to go past the first round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs, but head coach Quin Snyder doesn’t think it’s a total failure for the team considering what they have done. Snyder–who took over the team in midseason after the firing of Nate McMillan–said as much during his postgame presser […]

The Atlanta Hawks suffered a tough loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of their series, and they now trail the series 3-1 heading to Boston for Game 5. Despite the loss, Rayford Young, Trae Young’s dad, took to Twitter to support his son and Hawks coach Quin Snyder. “Always be that way until […]

The Atlanta Hawks have their backs against the wall early in their first-round series against the Boston Celtics, as they lost Game 1 last Saturday to the tune of a 112-99 score. One trouble Trae Young and the Hawks had in that game was with their shooting, as Atlanta shot just 38.8 percent from the […]

The Atlanta Hawks picked up their first win under head coach Quin Snyder Friday night, beating the Portland Trail Blazers 129-111. Hawks guard Dejounte Murray didn’t hold back in giving Snyder much of the credit for the victory. “We had two back-to-back hard-a** practices so I think that’s translating over to the game,” Dejounte Murray […]

The Atlanta Hawks are beginning a new era after firing Nate McMillan and then hiring Quin Snyder as the new head coach. With superstar Trae Young leading the show, the pressure is on for the Hawks to get back to their winning ways. After a flurry of changes in Atlanta, owner Tony Ressler made some […]

The start of the Quin Snyder era in Atlanta did not get off the right foot. In his coaching debut for the Atlanta Hawks, Snyder saw his new team suffer a 119-116 home loss at the hands of the Washington Wizards Tuesday night. However, Quin Snyder isn’t one to be discouraged by one loss. While […]

The Atlanta Hawks’ hiring of new head coach Quin Snyder has been made official, and both him and Hawks general manager Landry Fields have made public comments about it. “I am thrilled to go back to Atlanta as the next head coach of the Hawks,” Quin Snyder said in a statement, via Kevin Chouinard of […]

Quin Snyder has reached an agreement on a five-year deal to become the coach of the Atlanta Hawks, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. The deal includes the rest of this season. Quin Snyder will make his debut as the Hawks head coach as soon as Tuesday against the Washington Wizards, according to Wojnarowski. Snyder […]

With the Atlanta Hawks closing in fast on Quin Snyder in their coaching search, the Utah Jazz are entitled to be compensated “because Snyder resigned from the Jazz with time left on his contract,” according to Eric Walden of The Salt Lake Tribune. However, “while the timing of the move is a bit unusual, Snyder […]

The Atlanta Hawks are wasting no time in their head coach search after firing Nate McMillan. Former Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder has quickly emerged as a favorite to land the job. Now, it looks like Quin Snyder will officially become the Hawks head coach sometime in the next couple of days, as reported […]

The Atlanta Hawks are working fast in an attempt to hire former Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder to replace Nate McMillan, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. The Hawks and Snyder have reportedly started formal discussions, with Atlanta hoping to close this deal soon. Charania reports the Hawks and Snyder had a virtual meeting […]

The Atlanta Hawks made a shocking decision on Tuesday afternoon to fire head coach Nate McMillan right before they return to action from the All-Star break. McMillan led the Hawks to a 29-30 record, which sees them sitting in just eighth place in the Eastern Conference, and it simply wasn’t good enough considering the upgrades […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been on a bit of a roll of late. They just saw their three-game winning streak snapped on Tuesday courtesy of the Phoenix Suns, but it’s hard not to see that this team appears to now be turning a corner after their rough start to the season. Darvin Ham has […]

The Los Angeles Lakers were linked to a handful of candidates before they decided to bring in Darvin Ham as their new head coach this summer. One of the names that were rumored to be in the running for the position was former Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder. Even though he wasn’t selected for […]

The Utah Jazz are continuing their search for a new head coach. As they look for Quin Snyder’s replacement on the job, they are looking heavily into someone from Ime Udoka’s Boston Celtics coaching staff. According to Andy Larsen of The Salt Lake Tribune, Will Hardy is considered the leading candidate in the head coaching […]

The Utah Jazz is officially on the search for their next head coach after Quin Snyder abruptly quit a couple of weeks ago and Danny Ainge is turning to his Celtics ties for the team’s next interview. Per Shams, the Jazz is set to interview Philadelphia 76ers assistant Sam Cassell, who was a part of […]