The Hawks wrapped up their third preseason game last night with a 120-111 loss to the Heat. However, the score should be taken with a grain of salt, as several of the Hawks’ key pieces did not play at all, while others played in a limited capacity.
Jalen Johnson played only the first half of the Atlanta Hawks' 120-111 preseason road loss to the Miami Heat on Wednesday night. But the 2020-21 Duke basketball one-and-done's 17 minutes as a starter were all he needed to post a team-high 21 points in the contest.
Johnson’s first half marks a positive note for Hawks fans The Hawks fell to the Miami Heat in their third preseason contest. They put out the following lineup to start: Trae Young, Dyson Daniels, Vit Krejci, Jalen Johnson, and Clint Capela.
Whatever sport you are talking about, top-100 player rankings are usually one of the hottest talking points leading up to a season. Everyone has different opinions on who is ranked where and that is one thing you can say about the recently released top-100 NBA players list from ESPN.
The hardest archetype to develop in the NBA is the self-creating wing. Plenty of wings come into the NBA and lack the physical tools to finish well at the rim.
There is a lot to be excited about. The Hawks showcased both their new players and even a new way of playing basketball on Tuesday night in a 131-130 win over the Indiana Pacers.
The Atlanta Hawks will be coming into the season looking for a player that will complement Trae Young. The past two seasons, Dejounte Murray was that player, but it didn’t produce the results that the Hawks wanted, which warranted a trade.
The Atlanta Hawks have a host of new faces on their team and one of them is forward/center Larry Nance. The Hawks are a relatively young team with budding talent coming into this season, but Nance is one of the veterans and will be counted on for leadership on this team.
Hawks forward Jalen Johnson is seen as one of the ascending talents in the NBA coming into the 2024-2025 season and it has to do with the growth that he showed last year.
If he had not had any injuries last season, there was a good chance that Hawks forward Jalen Johnson was going to win the NBA's Most Improved Player Award.
The 2024-2025 NBA Season is getting closer and closer and that means it is time for top 100 player lists to start coming out. Going into last season, the Hawks had two players that were in top 100 lists and those were Trae Young and Dejounte Murray.
The Hawks are approaching an offseason littered with franchise-altering decisions. It begins on Wednesday with the No. 1 overall pick; then, attention will immediately shift to the looming choice of trading Trae Young or Dejounte Murray.
The Hawks' push for a playoff berth may have ended days before their play-in game against the Bulls tips off.
Atlanta Hawks forward Jalen Johnson's breakout season is over due to a nagging ankle injury. The team said Thursday that an MRI revealed a Grade 2 lateral sprain of his right ankle.
Atlanta Hawks forward Jalen Johnson departed Tuesday night's home game against the Miami Heat with his third right ankle injury in less than five weeks.
Jalen Johnson recorded the first triple-double of his career and the Atlanta Hawks clinched a spot in the play-in tournament with a 121-113 win over the visiting Detroit Pistons on Wednesday.
Atlanta Hawks forward Jalen Johnson will return for Monday night's game at Chicago after missing the past two weeks with a sprained ankle, The Athletic reported.
There’s optimism that injured Hawks forward Jalen Johnson could be back in action as soon as Tuesday vs. Chicago, sources tell Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
Atlanta Hawks forward Jalen Johnson is expected to miss four-to-six weeks with a left wrist injury, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. Johnson, 21, is 6-foot-9 and suffered the injury in Saturday’s win over the Washington Wizards.
Hawks forward Jalen Johnson is expected to miss 4-6 weeks due to a left wrist injury.
Hawks forward Jalen Johnson will undergo further testing on his left wrist.
Johnson has spent most of his time this offseason working out in Atlanta and Los Angeles, which allowed him to cross paths with LeBron James.
The offseason has cooled tremendously in the NBA. After a flurry of free agent signings that featured ridiculously lucrative contracts, all that remains are minor moves and the prospect of a couple of blockbuster trades involving Damian Lillard and Pascal Siakam.
The Hawks have a hoard of youngsters with exciting potential. Onyeka Okongwu has a much higher ceiling than Clint Capela and deserves starter minutes. AJ Griffin is just 19 years old and shot nearly 50/40/90 as a rookie, and Jalen Johnson is poised to break out in the wake of the John Collins trade.
Hawks coach Quin Snyder needs to make some serious adjustments, and fast. Or the Celtics are going to send the Hawks out of the playoffs like Williams rejecting a soft floater in the lane.
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