The Atlanta Hawks can almost be regarded as a veteran team of the NBA, founded in 1946, joined the NBA in 1949 to become part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference, the team currently has an NBA championship trophy, but it has been a long time ago, in recent years under the team's trading and draft operations, the Hawks have gradually become a regular in the Eastern Conference playoffs, but to win the next championship, the Hawks have a long way to go.
Point guards: Doug Rivers, Mucci Bleilock, Eddie Johnson, Lanny Wilkens, Jeff Teague and Trae Young are all options, but I think Trae Young is undoubtedly the best of them all, and his shooting is now seen as dead-ends, he's only 24 years old despite being one notch from the top, and he's excellent in assists. The best season was in the 21-22 season, playing in 76 games, averaging 28.4 points, 3.7 rebounds, 9.7 assists and 0.9 steals per game, and was selected to the All-Star and All-Star Third Team.
Trae Young
Shooting Guard: The team has a basketball "genius" in its history, and in the 70s, he became the most watched star of the time with his epoch-making passing style and scoring skills. He is also the first player in NBA history to wear his nickname jersey. "Pistol" Pete Maravic, who can do almost everything offensively, including his passing, is also the source of his nickname. He was also named to the NBA's 75 superstars and a Hall of Famer. He had his career peak in 73-74 , averaging 27.7 points, 4.9 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.5 steals. Selected as an All-Star.
"Pistol" Pete Maravich
Small Forward: Super Dunker from the '80s, the best forward of the time, a fearless fighter who defeated injuries, and a familiar nickname "The Essence of Human Cinema," which is probably one of the most classic nicknames in NBA history. Yes, he is the most well-known Dominic Wilkins in Hawks history, and the dunk contest with Jordan that year was hailed as a classic. In his peak season in 85-85, he played in 78 games, averaging 30.3 points, 7.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.8 steals per game, was selected to the All-Star, All-NBA team, and was elected the scoring champion.
"The essence of human cinema" Dominic Wilkins
Power forward: Bob Pettit should be one of the Hawks' best players, and probably I think Wilkins also has a place in the Hawks' all-time best. In his time, he was the best interior lineman in the league, after all, he was only 2.06 meters tall, and I would prefer to put him in the position of power forward, although there is not enough data to support it, but at least the existing ability to prove that his ability on the offensive end is at least the next top, and his rebounding ability is the top existence even in the entire NBA. He also brought the Hawks the only championship trophy in franchise history. Pettit had his peak season in 58-59, averaging 29.2 points, 16.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game (steals and blocks were not counted at the time), and was named to the All-Star and All-Season First Team. Named scoring champion, All-Star MVP, regular season MVP.
Bob Pettit
Center: The Hawks have had many excellent centers in their history, such as Kevin Willis, Zelmo Betty, Dickenberg Mutombo, Al Horford and others, and Mutombo slightly won when choosing one to play as the starting center. Mutombo's offense was the best in the Hawks, and defense was the best presence in the league. But Mutombo was already a "septocarian" at the time, and he made three All-Defensive Divisions in his career, two with the Hawks (49 with the Hawks and 26 with the 76ers in the 00-01 season). The peak of his career was in 96-97, in 80 games, averaging 13.3 points, 11.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.6 steals and 3.3 blocks per game. Named All-Star, Best Defensive First Team. Named Best Defensive Player (DPOY).
"African Mountain" Dikenbe Mutombo
Bench: Lanny Wilkens is good enough to play a backup point guard role and averaged 20+ performances per game in his peak season. Doug Rivers is on the bench because he is a big point guard with good shooting ability and good defensive performance. Louis Hudson is also an all-time scorer in Hawks history, averaging 27 points in his best season with the Hawks.
Kyle Korver is able to maximize the space on the court, he has the best scoring performance of his entire career during his time with the Hawks, and he is one of the top shooters in NBA history, but his function is only defensive and needs to be filled. Joe Johnson, the man nicknamed "Eagle King" back then, has the most killers in NBA history, and everyone has to step aside and can also play as a small forward. The partners I gave on the inside were Josh Smith and Al Horford. The former has some of the NBA's top talent on the defensive end and is the youngest player in NBA history to block 100-1,000 blocks in all stages. The latter is known as the "ball blind evaluator" and its role on the field is far greater than that reflected in the data.
Head coach: Mike Budenholzer, who led the team to a record of 17 wins in a single month in 15 years, the Hawks' starting five were also named the Eastern Conference Player of the Month, and the four were selected as All-Stars, leading the team to a team-best 60-22 record, and Budenholzer was also named NBA Head Coach of the Year.
Mike Budenholzer
Atlanta Hawks All-Time Team:
Starters: Trae Young, Pete Maravic, Dominic Wilkins, Bob Petit, Dickenberg Mutombo
Benches: Lanny Wilkens Rivers, Hudson, Korver, Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, Horford.
Head coach: Mike Budenholzer.
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