Hawks New general manager Travis Schlenk has brought the tank to Atlanta. After 10 straight years of making playoff appearances, the Hawks let Paul Milsap walk, traded the away chump Dwight Howard. We’ve loaded up on draft picks possibly three 1st round picks this upcoming draft and two first rounders in the 2019 draft.

Hawks projected starting 5:

Dennis Schroeder, Kent Bazemore, Tauren Prince, Ersan Ilyasova, Dwayne Dedmon

Dennis Schroeder: This officially Dennis’ team now. The 24 year old point guard is coming off a great Euro tournament. If he continues to improve he will be an all star soon maybe not this year, but soon. Dennis will put up some great numbers this year. The team will space the floor and give Dennis his lanes to drive and dish. I’m excited to see Schrods play the pick and roll with freak athlete John Collins and great athlete Dwayne Dedmon the lobs will be reminiscence of the Highlight factory day. Oh yeah, Dennis got a slight altercation at a hookah lounge and got a misdemeanor. So what, he’s the new bad boy of the league and keep talking trash to all the points in the league.



Kent Bazomore: The energy and the FREAK athleticism. Have I mentioned the highlight factory may be back, because Kent is healthy this year, and looked way better in preseason. Kents game is very impacted on his athletic ability, so the fact that Kent struggled last year while playing hurt most of the year isn’t surprising. Kent will bounce back this year and have a good campaign.

Tauren Prince: Coming off a great close to the year last year I’m hoping Tauren can keep developing. He’s a good 3 and D wing that the NBA, covets. He can be a cornerstone in our franchise to come, let’s just beat the Sophomore slump and keep improving.

Ersan Ilyasova: The king of taking charges. Just hoping he splashes 3s and leads the league in charges taken. Hopefully he will have a good first half and we can flip him for someone young or more picks, because Ersan isn’t getting younger and shouldn’t be considered in the plans to rebuild.

Dwayne Dedmon: We signed the ex-Spur to a one year deal, in which I’m fully expecting we just flip him at the deadline. Dedmon is a super talented player and will help someone make a playoff push. Hopefully he dominates and looks amazing, and we can make a good deal for him.

Bench: Malcolm Delaney, Josh Magette, Marco Belinelli, Tyler Dorsey, DeAndre Bembry, Luke Babbit, John Collins, Mike Muscala, Miles Plumlee

Malcolm Delaney: hoping he can stick to being a mid range magician and just drill mid range shots all day off the bench. Hopefully we see improvement with him playing in the same 5 with Dennis

Josh Magette: We probably won’t see much of the Jet. He kinda looks like Coach Bud

Marco Belinelli: Interested into seeing what Marco can bring to this team. Just hoping he provides some vet wisdom.

Tyler Dorsey: Rookie from Oregon. I don’t expect Dorsey to log too many minutes this year, but it’ll be exciting to see where his career will go. When this kid gets hot he can score from anywhere on the court, fantastic shooter. Hoping he can eventually become a great scorer off the bench for the Hawks.

Mike Muscala: I expect nothing less than 6th man of the year from Moose. Get your Moose goggles ready

John Collins: Rookie of the year hopeful (dark horse), but no I’d be happy if he makes all rookie team. He’s bringing back the highlight factory no doubt.

The offense is going to struggle severely at times this year. The defense isn’t bad, if Dennis stays engaged and locked in on D we could have a pretty solid D. Coach Bud will get us a few wins because of Bud greatness. Best possible outcome we somehow stay competive in a very weak Eastern Conference and sneak into the 8th seed (but this means draft pick isn’t great so I don’t know). Worst possible outcome we just suck ass and finish with a top 4 worst record, and get a Great draft position (not terrible). I expect us to go somewhere in between finishing around 32-50