The Atlanta Hawks have named San Antonio Spurs assistant Mike Budenholzer the team’s new head coach, President of Basketball Operations/General Manager Danny Ferry announced today. “We are thrilled to have Mike as the next coach of the Atlanta Hawks. He has an incredible basketball acumen and has a keen awareness of the league and what […]
NBA free agent and former Atlanta Hawks player Jason Collins made history today when he announced he is gay, becoming the first active player in a major American team sport to publicly discloses his homosexuality. Collins made the announcement in a cover story for Sports Illustrated. “I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m […]
Despite persistent trade rumors, Josh Smith will remain with the Atlanta Hawks. The NBA trade deadline passed today at 3pm, and with no trade of Smith, the Atlanta-native and former All-Star will stay with the team until at least the end of the regular season, when he will become an unrestricted free agent. While the […]
ATL’s own T.I. already wears a lot of hats, but tonight he can add another one to the collection when he joins the Atlanta Hawks vs. Miami Heat broadcast as a color commentator on SportSouth! The King of the South will join longtime SportSouth commentator Bob Rathbun and former Atlanta Hawk Duane Ferrell at Philips Arena […]
New Atlanta Hawks general manager Danny Ferry has already made his presence felt just one week after accepting the job. In separate deals Monday, the Hawks agreed to trade All-Star guard Joe Johnson to the Brooklyn Nets for several players plus a draft pick, and sent forward Marvin Williams to the Utah Jazz for guard […]
In a special to CNN, Etan Thomas of the Atlanta Hawks wrote a commentary giving his opinion on Donald Trump’s recent accusations that President Obama was not qualified for the Ivy League. Here’s what Etan said, in part: Donald Trump’s most recent challenge to President Barack Obama took me back to my collegiate years at […]
It came down to the very last seconds, but the Atlanta Hawks managed to finish off the Orlando Magic last night in game 6 at Philips Arena, beating them 84-81 to advance to the Eastern Conference semi-finals. The fifth-seeded Hawks will open the second round on Monday at No. 1 seed Chicago. Unfortunately the Hawks […]
An ex-NBA referee named Rashan S. Michel waited in Philips Arena after the Hawks-Magic game last night just long enough to demand $12,500 from NBA Hall of Famer and Hawks analyst Dominique Wilkins. As seen in the TMZ-branded video below, Michel confronted Wilkins, shoved him, punched a security guard, and judging from his mug shot, […]
A body believed to be that of former Atlanta Hawks player Lorenzen Wright was found in southeast Memphis today according to sources. Wright was reported missing on July 22nd.
Lorenzen Wright, a former player for the NBA's Atlanta Hawks, has been a declared a missing person. His sister told police that he was last heard from over a week ago when he was visiting his children in Collierville, Tennessee. Wright lives in Atlanta.
Free agent Joe Johnson is staying with the Atlanta Hawks, his agent said in a blog published in the Huffington Post website on Sunday. Arn Tellem, Johnson's agent, said that Johnson was impressed with the team's commitment to him and would accept the club's offer of the six years at the NBA's maximum salary.
When it came time for the Atlanta Hawks to pick in the draft Thursday night, they liked enough players still available that they felt comfortable making a trade to move down. The move paid off for the Hawks. They still got a player they coveted, Xavier guard Jordan Crawford, while also acquiring another second-round draft pick.
