Playoff roundtable: Staff predictions for Hawks-Knicks
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Playoff roundtable: Atlanta’s most glaring potential weakness against Knicks
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The Atlanta Hawks and New York Knicks begin a seven-game series this weekend at Madison Square Garden. Before tip-off, the Peachtree Hoops crew weighs in by answering five roundtable questions. In the second edition, the focus is on potential pitfalls for Atlanta in this matchup.
Brad Rowland: This is a tough one because, as much as things didn’t go Atlanta’s way in the regular season series, the matchup is relatively friendly. One area to keep an eye on will be shooting inside the arc, with the Knicks in the top five in limiting two-point shooting and the Hawks falling below the league-average in converting two-point attempts. Beyond that, simply defending Julius Randle is a question mark. Atlanta had all kinds of trouble with Randle in the regular season, and they don’t have a perfect defender against him. John Collins will almost certainly have the
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The 2020-21 NBA season is nearly here and, after the longest break in recorded history, the Atlanta Hawks will return to action in the coming days. Before the regular season tips off on Dec. 23, the Peachtree Hoops is coming together for a ten-part roundtable series, setting the stage for what’s to come. In the final installment, our staff predicts Atlanta’s final record for the upcoming campaign.
Brad Rowland: As a reminder to everyone, the 2020-21 season is scheduled for only 72 games, so the traditional 82-game format (with 41-41 as the .500 mark, etc.) is out the window. Beyond that, there could be cancellations and flexibility is key. Now, with that out of the way, I’ll go with 38-34. That is higher than the national baseline (and the over/unders are between 34.5 and 36.5 as a consensus), but this is a team with five top-100 players, quality young talent and real depth. That should be helpful over the course of a frenzied s
Atlanta Hawks roundtable: What is the team’s biggest strength?
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The 2020-21 NBA season is nearly here and, after the longest break in recorded history, the Atlanta Hawks will return to action in the coming days. Before the regular season tips off on Dec. 23, the Peachtree Hoops is coming together for a ten-part roundtable series, setting the stage for what’s to come. In part eight, our staff looks to find Atlanta’s biggest strength as a team this season.
Brad Rowland: The easy answer is Trae Young, especially in a league that rewards star-level talent above all else. I’ll let somebody else take that one and say depth. The 2019-20 season was a prime example of how much depth matters, simply because the Hawks didn’t have any and it killed them. This time around, some even view Atlanta as
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