Did the Atlanta Hawks over or under perform this season?

This query goes to hang-out Atlanta Hawks common supervisor Travis Schlenk till he can begin making strikes over the offseason. I suppose that that you must put it right into a degree of perspective, do you choose it by the freakish Jap Convention Finals run from final season, or do you choose it from the season earlier than when the Hawks have been on the decrease finish of the standings.

Talking personally, I consider that the Hawks have been extremely fortunate final season and it confirmed of their efficiency this season. They’re nonetheless a really younger outfit with gamers like John Collins simply coming off his rookie deal final season and Trae Younger comes off his rookie deal on the finish of this season.

These two are nonetheless a giant a part of the Hawks play they usually have solely been within the league 5 and 4 years respectively. There are a couple of gamers who’ve taken a leap round this time of their careers however that isn’t regular. It took Michael Jordan a variety of years to get previous the Detroit Pistons so we can not choose how these Hawks are going based mostly on playoff collection victories, but.

The Atlanta Hawks over carried out final season.

At the beginning of final season the Hawks have been anticipated to be a play-in staff. Beneath head coach Lloyd Pierce they weren’t even at that degree. Then, across the All-Star break Nate McMillan took over as head coach on an interim foundation and the staff went on that magical run. This result in the Hawks making the transfer of signing McMillan on a long run deal.

The factor is, the Hawks bought fortunate throughout their playoff run final season. They took on the New York Knicks who have been a staff with little playoff expertise. Then they confronted the Philadelphia 76ers whose primary star, Joel Embiid, was injured. He pale in direction of the tip of video games and the Hawks took full benefit.

Then, due to the damage to Danny Inexperienced, the Hawks have been in a position to exploit the defensive shortcomings of Seth Curry. Within the Jap Convention Finals the Hawks got here up towards the Milwaukee Bucks who misplaced Giannis Antetokounmpo for a few video games with a knee damage opening up a window for the Hawks which was closed by the damage to Younger.

This meant that the Hawks went deeper into the playoffs than they have been anticipated to so the entrance workplace purchased the principle core again. Sadly, the remainder of the convention bought higher whereas the Hawks stayed on the similar degree. They then had one of the vital interupted seasons within the historical past of basketball.

Making the play-in was the most effective they might have hoped for. They definitely overperformed final season which was not helped by the primary couple of months of this season. There isn’t a query that the Hawks are going to make some adjustments this offseason. With the natural development they need to get, in the event that they commerce for a second star the Atlanta Hawks could have a a lot brighter future.