Atlanta Hawks

Holy crap, the Warriors are good. I could stop there, because that’s all you need to know. They’re taking over the NBA one game at a time, and assuming health, won’t be stopping anytime soon. Nor will I, because you deserve more than some pre-rankings Warriors-loving. So with that in mind, here’s a choppy portrait [...]

Here we go again. Related: Ughhhhhh. It’s not every year the Knicks have cap space. Rare is the offseason they actually have it. If they’re supposed have it, they tend to pull the trigger on a cap-clogging deal (see: Carmelo Anthony in 2011). If they do have it, they dream wild dreams—whimsical ambitions that typically [...]

Allow me to tell you a secret. Injuries suck. The NBA has been a hotbed for injuries and sad storylines early on, and it sucks and blows simultaneously. So, too, does the whole early-season confusion. There is so much inconsistency around the Association this time of year. Good teams aren’t good, bad teams aren’t bad, [...]

You guys. It wasn’t a dream. The NBA is still back. Shhh. Stop fist-pumping and -bumping and -twerking so loudly. You might scare the regular season away. There. That’s better. The first week of the 2014-15 season was crazy. There were plenty of exciting games, and even more devastating injuries.  There were surprise wins, and [...]

Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god. The NBA is back. Like, really back. Not summer-league back. Not FIBA World Cup back. Not training camp back. Not preseason back. Regular-season back. The Hoop Doctors’ totally awesome, not-at-all restrained power rankings back. That’s right. After a months-long hiatus—during which time yours [...]

Did you know Derrick Rose has a crystal ball? Me either. Confidence isn’t something the Chicago Bulls point guard lacks. Not out in the open at least. Through two major, ceiling-crippling, season-sacking injuries, he’s always spoke of returning to dominance. To call him upbeat would be a stretch, since he’s extremely stoic and often stone-faced. [...]

Carmelo Anthony knows a thing or two about free agency. After exploring the open market himself for the first time this past summer, Melo has a better understanding of how available players think and what goes into their decision-making process. And after general manager Danny Ferry and controlling owner Bruce Levenson were caught with their [...]

The Atlanta Hawks have re-signed two-time all-star power forward Elton Brand to a one year, $2 million dollar contract, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports. Brand, 35, produced 5.7 points and 4.9 rebounds in an average of 19 minutes per game last season for the Hawks. Despite his growing age, he can still be [...]

Most unfortunately, here we go again. Atlanta Hawks controlling owner Bruce Levenson will sell his share of the team after self-reporting a racially charged email he sent in 2012. Here’s NBA commissioner Adam Silver’s statement on the matter: [tweet https://twitter.com/NBA/status/508636146146889728] Although the self-reported part of this mess has been played up, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo [...]

August and the NBA don’t together. News is typically slow this time of year, leaving fans and scribes to look for topics of interest and note. When the Kevin Love rumors aren’t flowing and the San Antonio Spurs offense isn’t running like a well-oiled, time-tested machine, that’s a ridiculously hard task. Benny Kriefall of Minnesota [...]