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Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Some great individual performances in this warmup contest. The Hawks began their 2024-25 campaign with a preseason matchup against the Indiana Pacers. Bogdan Bogdanovic missed this contest for apparent rest reasons after winning bronze in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris with team Serbia. Onyeka Okongwu — who is nursing a toe injury — … [Read more...] about Johnson, Risacher dazzle as Hawks steal first preseason game from Pacers, 131-130

Photo by Stephen Gosling/NBAE via Getty Images A big man to watch. Per Bradley Rowland of the Locked on Hawks podcast, the Hawks have signed Tony Bradley to an Exhibit 10 contract. Exhibit 10 deal for Bradley, per source. https://t.co/z2dTRnC8kX— Brad Rowland (@BTRowland) October 7, 2024 This will be a non-guaranteed training camp contract, and as such he’s very … [Read more...] about Hawks sign Tony Bradley to Exhibit 10 contract

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