Atlanta, GA
Water woes continue in Atlanta for third day
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Water streamed through several streets in Atlanta for the third consecutive day.
After a weekend out of town, Andrew Hagan and Zenia Nava discovered that the water wasn’t working at their apartment in Midtown.
“We’d tried to flush the toilet and it wouldn’t go,” Hagan said. “The sinks are just dripping until they’re empty and we assume the shower won’t work.”
While walking around their neighborhood, the couple was forced to tiptoe through a pond of rushing water.
This came from a major water main break at the intersection of 11th Street and West Peachtree Street NW, near the Eleventh Street Pub.
“It’s a little off-putting, I wasn’t expecting it when we got in today. It’s not fun to walk over.”
Outside State Farm Arena, Megan Reid was back from Birmingham after Friday’s Megan Thee Stallion’s concert was canceled.
“I was really frustrated because I took off work and rented a car,” she said.
Reid had driven over two hours in rush hour traffic on Friday afternoon, only to find out that the concert was rescheduled to Sunday because of widespread water issues in Atlanta.
Reid was especially upset that State Farm Arena made the announcement only two hours before the show was set to start.
“I just kind of feel like they waited as long as they possibly could,” she said. “People who traveled from other places weren’t really taken into consideration.”
While the water worked at State Farm Arena and Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Sunday, the citywide boil water advisory remained in effect.
This meant limited food and drink options, as concessions stands weren’t able to sell soda from the fountain machines.
Both venues also added an abundance of hand sanitizing stations.
Dirk Davis attended the Atlanta United match.
“I knew they were going to have hand sanitizer, limited food and vending,” he said. “Probably don’t want to be drinking a lot of water or going to the bathroom.”
Reflecting back on this weekend, Davis says these widespread water issues weren’t a good look for Atlanta’s local leaders.
“To have such a big city shutdown like this because of a water main is real strange,” he concluded. “It leaves a little black eye on the city.”
According to the Atlanta Watershed Management Department, the boil-water advisory for residents located near Joseph E. Boone Boulevard and James P. Brawley Drive could be lifted on Monday.
This would only be the case if Atlanta gets the greenlight from Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division.
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On a sad day overall for Braves Country, due to the passing of the legendary Bobby Cox, Spencer Strider gave Atlanta fans something to be happy and hopeful about with a stellar outing, shutting down the Dodgers potent offense for 6.0 innings with 8 strikeouts and 15 whiffs. He looked as good as he has in a long time. His fastball averaged 96.4 MPH, with 17 inches of induced vertical break and he had four pitches working nicely together. Even if Strider doesn’t quite return to his Jacob deGrom levels of dominance, having him as a true #1 or #2 quality starter would make a huge difference for this Braves team to pair with Chris Sale. Bryce Elder has been great this season, but shouldn’t be the second best starter in the rotation of a World Series contender. If Strider can keep something like Saturday night’s version of himself moving forward, that’s a huge development for him and this team.
The highly anticipated NBA Draft is finally going to take place tomorrow and the Atlanta Hawks are 1 of 14 teams hoping the ping pong balls bounce their way.
This is going to be the final payoff for what was arguably the best move that any team made last offseason. Atlanta traded down from the No. 13 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft and acquired the unprotected 2026 first-round pick from the New Orleans Pelicans, the most favorable of the Pelicans’ and Bucks’ selections. The Pelicans finished 7th in the lottery odds, and Milwaukee is 10th. Based on the odds, the Hawks have a 40% chance of jumping into the top four.
The last time the Hawks were in the lottery, they jumped from 10th to 1st and selected Zaccharie Risacher. While that was a huge stroke of luck, it has not always worked out that way for the Hawks.
Hawks lottery history
The Hawks have been in the NBA Lottery 16 times since 1985 and in that time span, the Hawks have:
- Moved up five times (2024-moved from 10th to 1st, 2018-moved from 4th to 3rd, 2007- moved from 4th to 3rd, 2001- moved from 5th to 3rd, and 1985- moved from 7th to 5th)
- Moved down five times (2020- moved from 4th to 6th, 2019- moved from 5th to 8th, 2006- moved from 4th to 5th, 2005- moved from 1st to 2nd, and 2000- moved from 5th to 6th)
- Stayed where they were projected to six times
Their biggest move up by far came in 2024 when the moved up to No. 1 and were able to select Risacher, which has not quite panned out.
There is an element of what if to each of these scenarios, especially the years the Hawks moved down. In 2020, they moved down in a draft that contained Anthony Edwards, who is from the state of Georgia and one of the elite players that the league has right now. Atlanta ended up selecting Onyeka Okongwu, but there is a big what if about being able to pair Edwards with Trae Young.
In 2019, the Hawks were 5th in the highly anticipated 2019 lottery that featured Zion Williamson, but they fell three spots. While WIlliamson has not had quite the career most had hoped, he is still an All-NBA caliber player and would have paired nicely with Young as a tandem.
There have been some hits and misses during the 16 times that the Hawks have been in the lottery, but there have seemingly been more missed opportunities, even when they jump up in the standings. They are hoping that they get another stroke of luck tomorrow in what could be a franchise altering day for the Hawks.
Final projected odds for the Hawks:
No. 1- 9.8% chance
No. 2- 9.9% chance
No. 3- 10.1% chance
No. 4- 10.30% chance
No. 7- 19.75% chance
No. 8- 30.18% chance
No. 9- 9.19% chance
No. 10- 0.67% chance
No. 11-
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