Photo by: USA TODAY Sports The Atlanta Hawks could accomplish the playoffs for an eighth beeline season.
The Atlanta Hawks accept fabricated the playoffs in seven beeline seasons and acknowledgment majority of aftermost year's roster. With a additional division beneath arch drillmaster Mike Budenholzer, addition playoff bid absolutely isn't out of the question.
Here's your 2014 Atlanta Hawks NBA preview.
Key Additions: Adreian Payne, Thabo Sefolosha, Kent Bazemore
Key Losses: Louis Williams
Biggest Strength: While the three-ball was the Atlanta Hawks bigger backbone aftermost season, I'd say their adeptness to canyon the brawl will be their backbone this season. People balloon that the Hawks were additional in the alliance aftermost division in assists, and that was after Al Horford on the floor, who is a absolute underrated casual big man. With the acknowledgment of Horford, the Hawks will accept six players who averaged at atomic 2.6 assists a bold aftermost season. The adeptness to set teammates up and accomplish the added canyon is additionally the acumen the Hawks attempt a air-conditioned 36.3 percent from city as a aggregation aftermost season. The Hawks are a actual altruistic basketball aggregation and will abide to get affection looks with their casual ability.
Biggest Weakness: While Al Horford, Paul Millsap and Jeff Teague are all solid players, the Atlanta Hawks still don't accept that go-to guy who scares their opponents. It's been the Hawks atrophy for years. Great basketball teams accept a solid accumulation of guys and a acknowledging cast, but they additionally accept that one amateur who can put the aggregation on his aback in crisis time and takeover a game. Millsap or Horford can do that at times but it's far from a constant thing. The Hawks don't accept a superstar and don't accept that amateur who can accord you 30-plus every night. The Hawks will abide to be a characterless aggregation until it finds a baton and constant All-Star.
Expectations: I anticipate the expectations for the Atlanta Hawks are what they've been for years. A aggregation that wins 35-40 amateur and is bounced in the aboriginal annular of the playoffs. The Hawks will be a bigger basketball aggregation with a advantageous Horford on the floor, but he's artlessly not abundant to get them over the bulge in a bigger East. The Hawks are an boilerplate aggregation that will either aloof absence or aloof accomplish the playoffs, a lot like aftermost season.
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