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Photo by Adam HagyNBAE via Getty Images The second year guard has a lot to prove. Coming into his second season in the league, Kobe Bufkin has shown what kind of player he’ll be for the Hawks when he’s on the floor. Bufkin had a rollercoaster start to his NBA career, but there was always growth that came with it. He started slow in the Summer League, but by the end, … [Read more...] about 2024-25 Atlanta Hawks player preview: Kobe Bufkin

Photo by Adam HagyNBAE via Getty Images Entering year five, Onyeka Okongwu is set for his biggest season yet in Atlanta. Of the 14 lottery selections in the 2020 NBA Draft, only a handful of those names called by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver have remained with the teams that have drafted them only four seasons later and entering their second contracts. Atlanta Hawks … [Read more...] about 2024-25 Atlanta Hawks player preview: Onyeka Okongwu

Photo by Casey Sykes/NBAE via Getty Images A new junkyard dog? It’s pretty clear that the Hawks have put a heavy emphasis on improving the perimeter defense over the offseason. Despite adding a former All-Defensive Team guard in Dejounte Murray through trade, the past two seasons of guard defense have been just as unproductive as the years that came before it. In came … [Read more...] about 2024-25 Atlanta Hawks player preview: Keaton Wallace

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The number one pick in the 2024 NBA Draft faces immediate pressure. How will he fare in his rookie season? When the Atlanta Hawks improbably won the 2024 NBA Draft lottery, speculation fueled throughout the draft process as to their intentions. Would they go for the star potential, or — being in the unique position of a fringe playoff … [Read more...] about 2024-25 Atlanta Hawks player preview: Zaccharie Risacher

Photo by Chris Marion/NBAE via Getty Images The NBA great has passed at the age of 58. Dikembe Mutombo was quite literally a towering figure on and off the court — someone who is a much remembered for his many humanitarian efforts as for his exploits as a player. The Congolese-American has devoted his post-playing career to various areas of public service, and those … [Read more...] about Hawks nation mourns death of the great Dikembe Mutombo