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• 2 best trades the Hawks must make before 2021 NBA trade deadline
The Atlanta Hawks have been playing better basketball since they fired previous head coach Lloyd Pierce. Under new head coach Nate McMillan, the Hawks have won six straight and are 7-3 in their last 10 games. This doesn’t mean they want to keep their roster intact though as they’re expected to make noise this coming […]
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• 2 best trade destinations for John Collins
Changes are happening in the city of Atlanta. The organization recently parted ways with its head coach Lloyd Pierce. Now, as the March 25th trade deadline approaches, the Hawks are more likely looking to shake their roster. It has been an up-and-down season for the Hawks, to say the least. The route that they’re looking […]
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• Lloyd Pierce: Clint Capela, Skal Labissiere weeks away from making debuts
A pair of centers acquired by the Hawks at the trade deadline won’t be making their debuts for the team anytime soon, according to head coach Lloyd Pierce, who said today that Clint Capela and Skal Labissiere are still “weeks” away from playing, per Chris Vivlamore of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Twitter links). Capela missed the last seven games before the All-Star break – three with Houston...2020
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• Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce blames Cam Reddish's erratic play on 'bad luck'
Cam Reddish hasn’t been the shooter the Hawks were hoping for when they made him the 10th pick of the draft, but the organization hasn’t lost faith, relays Chris Kirschner of The Athletic. Reddish has been erratic during his first three months in the NBA, shooting 32 percent from the field and 27 percent from beyond the arc. Teams have started giving him plenty of space and daring him to shoot fro...2020
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• Hawks GM: Making mistakes with free agents can kill a franchise
A report from Sam Amick of The Athletic last month indicated that the Hawks intend to be aggressive in free agency this summer, pursuing meetings with “everyone from Kevin Durant on down.” However, head coach Lloyd Pierce and general manager Travis Schlenk tell Robby Kalland of Dime Magazine that the team has no plans to force the issue or spend its cap room irresponsibly. Schlenk said: “I think w...2019
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• Trae Young confident free agents will consider Atlanta
For the Hawks, the combination of promising young talent and lucrative cap space could persuade top-level players to consider the team this summer in free agency, as star guard Trae Young explained in an interview with Alex Kennedy of HoopsHype this week. “Oh, I definitely think this is going to be a big spot that free agents look at,” Young said. “I mean, we’re a very young team, but we’ve been p...2019
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• Trae Young impressed Hawks by shooting from ‘four-point line’
Plenty of players can drain shots from the NBA three-point line, so it usually takes more than that to impress a team in a pre-draft workout. If you prove that you can make baskets from the four-point line, that has to command attention.The Atlanta Hawks introduced their rookie class on Monday, and head coach Lloyd Pierce revealed that No. 5 overall pick Trae Young was sinking shots from well beyo...2018
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• Who went where? 2018 NBA head coaching carousel recap
After a 2017 offseason in which no NBA team made a head coaching change, the coaching carousel started spinning again once the 2017-18 regular season got underway. The Suns fired Earl Watson just four games into the season, and the Bucks and Grizzlies followed suit with in-season changes of their own.At the end of the 2017-18 campaign, six more teams made coaching changes, meaning nearly one-third...2018
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• Chalmers, Wade worked out together in Miami
Free agents and former Heat teammates Dwyane Wade and Mario Chalmers have been working out together in Miami, Ira Winderman of the Sun Sentinel reports. They were Miami’s starting backcourt during its championship runs in 2012 and 2013. Wade finished last season with the Heat, while Chalmers played for the Grizzlies. They have been working out at DBC Fitness, a Miami gym run by David Alexander, on...2018
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• Hawks hire Lloyd Pierce as new head coach on three-year deal
The Atlanta Hawks have found their replacement for Mike Budenholzer.The Hawks have hired Lloyd Pierce as their new head coach and will make the announcement on Monday. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski says Pierce is getting a three-year deal with a team option for a fourth year.Pierce, 42, is an assistant with the Philadelphia 76ers and has been with them since 2013. He has been with the team throughout ...2018