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Muscala and Mike Scott have been dope. I don't think Dennis is gonna bump Mack out of that backup roll...
Pac's Resurrection: The Official 2014-15 Atlanta Hawks Season Thread
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Haha, Muscala giving Asik that work. And to think we was ready to trade Millsap for him, lol.
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If anyone is in Atlanta and interested in helping RunTheTriangle.com cover the Hawks, hit me up at Network@runthetriangle.com.
I will have media access to all Hawks practices, and will eventually get game access later on in the season.
I'd like to do some innovative things in the city on the campuses and on the blacktop, so I'd like to connect with someone out there in touch with A.
Hit me.
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Hawks are gonna be good brehs...that bench 
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Hawks are gonna be good brehs...that bench
Hawks gon win the division I think. I'm bout to lay something on that +1000 on sportsbook
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Kent Bazemore after first 5 on 5 full-contact practice:
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Hawks are balling
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Hawks are gonna be a fukkin' problem this year 
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Went from down 18 to up 19
We are so under the radar
We are going to ball this year
We are so under the radar
We are going to ball this year
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Went from down 18 to up 19
We are so under the radar
We are going to ball this year
Ashton Korver just keeps getting better with age
Those 3's he was hitting
ESPN has him ranked higher than Josh Smith this year
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And something tells me the Hawks are going to regret signing Millsap for only 2 years. Dude is gonna ball-out this year...
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Atlanta Hawks: 2014-15 roster Originally Published: October 15, 2014 By Tom Haberstroh | ESPN Insider
Here are our player scouting reports and 2013-14 projections for the Atlanta Hawks. (Note: Kevin Pelton's stat projections are for players expected to play 250 or more minutes in '14-15.)
PROJECTED STARTERS
JEFF TEAGUE, PG Pelton's 2014-15 Projections P/36 R/36 A/36 WIN % WARP Player card » 20.1 3.2 8.2 .543 6.8
Scouting report + Speedy point guard who lives in the pick-and-roll and transition. + Regularly uses floater in the lane. Not a distributor by nature. + Inconsistent defensive effort. Much better at drawing fouls.
Analysis In his third season as Atlanta's starting point guard, Teague was almost an All-Star by default because of a down year for East point guards. Really, it was a tale of two seasons for Teague. Before the Al Horford injury, Teague focused more on building his reputation as a distributor, averaging over eight assists per game. After Horford went down, Teague went back to his natural role as a score-first point guard.
The odd thing is that he fared much better when Horford was sidelined, lending credence to the idea that Teague is at his best as an attacker rather than a table-setter. Though Horford helped boost Teague's assist numbers, the point guard's turnover numbers consequently rose when he was forced to create more for others.
Jeff Teague With/Without Al Horford In 2013-14 Pts/36 Ast/36 TS% PER Horford off-court 19.1 6.8 56.1 18.0 Horford on-court 17.0 9.1 49.5 15.6 Teague is what he is: a slithery pick-and-roll specialist who can get you buckets. His elite floater was always there, but his 3-point shot abandoned him for the first half of the season. He quietly shot 42 percent from deep after the All-Star break when the Hawks went into hyper-spacing mode. If Horford can add a 3-point shot, it might allow Teague to operate more in space.
Teague still isn't a reliable defender. Real plus-minus gave him a below-average rating on that end of the floor and his box score numbers agree that he isn't contributing much there. With Lou Williams traded to Toronto and Dennis Schroder still as raw as an open wound, the Hawks will rely on Teague more than ever. He's as durable as they come, but Atlanta may regret dumping Williams' contract.
KYLE KORVER, SG Pelton's 2014-15 Projections P/36 R/36 A/36 WIN % WARP Player card » 14.9 4.7 3.2 .545 7.4
Scouting report + All-time great shooter who is automatic coming off screens. + Much better defender than given credit for. Able passer and rebounder. + Almost never drives or gets to the line. Keeps mistakes to a minimum.
Analysis If you give this guy daylight beyond the 3-point line, you're already dead. Just forget about it. Apologize to your coach and move on.
Korver is a shooting maestro whose mechanics should be put on display in Springfield. He shot 50.9 percent on catch-and-shoots last season and 71 percent after accounting for the extra value of a 3-pointer, according to Synergy Sports tracking. No player was better at this than Korver. Frankly, no one really comes close.
Best Catch-And-Shoot Shooters In 2013-14 (minimum 100 FG attempts) FGM FGA FG% eFG% Kyle Korver 165 336 50.9 71.0 Stephen Curry 93 177 47.5 67.2 Kyle Lowry 117 212 44.8 66.5 Jose Calderon 181 325 44.3 65.2 Ryan Anderson 73 131 44.3 64.1 If Korver couldn't find creative ways to get open, this wouldn't be such a problem, but he's mastered the ability to carve out space on the perimeter off of screens. He took 174 shots off them last season, which is only four fewer than the entire Houston Rockets team, per Synergy. His inability to put the ball on the deck for buckets doesn't hamstring Atlanta's offensive attack; the team scores 105.4 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, which is the highest of any Hawk player.
Korver isn't a one-way player like Steve Novak or Anthony Morrow, either. He rates as an above-average defender by real plus-minus, and his other peripheral advanced numbers point to him being average at worst. He won't create turnovers, but he also won't send his man to the line; he fouled just 2.2 times every 36 minutes last season. At 33, Korver's career should be in decline, but he has improved his 3-point percentage each of the past three seasons and he just put up the NBA's best true-shooting percentage (.653). Not bad for a late second-round pick.
DeMARRE CARROLL, SF Pelton's 2014-15 Projections P/36 R/36 A/36 WIN % WARP Player card » 13.5 6.6 2.2 .482 2.8
Scouting report + Energetic combo forward with vastly improved 3-point shot. Constantly red-lining. + Talented finisher. Can be erratic at times. Solid rebounder. + Rarely gets to the line. Not a shot-blocker. RPM star.
Analysis A journeyman his first four seasons in the NBA, Carroll had a breakout campaign for the Hawks in 2013-14. The hard-nosed small forward was a full-time starter for the first time in his career and showed off a new 3-point shot that made him a key part of the Atlanta offense.
Carroll's unbridled energy has always made him a coach's favorite, but he didn't have the skills to match. Until last season. Carroll nailed 36.2 percent of his 3-pointers and made 70 more triples last season alone than he did previously in his entire career. He was all putts and long drives last season; 73 percent of his shots were either at the rim or beyond the arc. Despite his keen ability to get to the rack, he only tallied 2.2 free throw attempts per 36 minutes. He's a good free throw shooter, so drawing more contact should be his next order of business.
Because of his energy and size, Carroll can be assigned to big 3s or athletic 2s depending on how Kyle Korver matches up with his man. The 28-year-old can pick up heaps of steals (1.7 per 36 minutes) and he cut down on his dangerously high foul rate last season. Illustrative of his two-way play, Carroll's 3.21 real plus-minus ranked fifth among all small forwards, ahead of names like Carmelo Anthony, Paul George and Rudy Gay. All in all, Carroll functions as a profitable placeholder in case the Hawks swing a deal for an elite wing player.
PAUL MILLSAP, PF Pelton's 2014-15 Projections P/36 R/36 A/36 WIN % WARP Player card » 21.0 10.3 3.5 .604 10.3
Scouting report + Undersized do-it-all power forward who boasts newly minted 3-point shot. + Crafty passer. Mobile enough to guard bigger wings. + Puts his long arms to good use defensively. Not afraid of contact.
Analysis In last year's Millsap profile, I wrote: "Give this guy 35 minutes a game and he's an All-Star." Well, not quite. Millsap played 33.5 minutes a game for the Hawks and made his first All-Star appearance. I'll take it.
Really, it wasn't hard to see that Millsap's All-Star debut was probably overdue. The migration to the shallow Eastern Conference certainly helped, but he's always been a big man with a ton of tools that went unused in Utah. One being his 3-point shot. Millsap unfurled a total of 212 3-balls last season and nailed a healthy 35.8 percent of them. No one's confusing him for Kyle Korver, but Millsap's floor-spacing helped his teammates to find nooks and crannies in the lane that wouldn't be there otherwise.
With Al Horford out because of injury, Millsap was asked to take on more offense than ever, gobbling up a career-high 25.7 percent of his team's possessions while he was on the floor. His assist and rebound rates all saw a slight uptick last season, but so did his turnovers. According to Basketball-Reference.com, Millsap turned the ball over 128 times via bad passes or losing control of the ball, up from 95 in his last season in Utah.
Defensively, Millsap was rock solid as usual. Even though he's undersized, he has extremely long arms that allow him to block unsuspecting drivers and strip the ball when his opponent brings it low. All in all, Millsap made the transition away from Josh Smith really easy for Hawks fans. He's not flashy, but that's why he's a basketball junkie's favorite. An expiring contract at just $9.5 million, Millsap is due for a big payday this summer.
AL HORFORD, C Pelton's 2014-15 Projections P/36 R/36 A/36 WIN % WARP Player card » 20.7 10.9 3.5 .581 6.7
Scouting report + Extremely skilled big man who can play the 4 or 5. Money jumper. + Can dribble coast-to-coast with ease. Good rebounder for size. Slick passer. + Improved shot-blocker. Shies from contact. Missed 116 games past three seasons
Analysis Horford should be ready for training camp after suffering a season-ending torn pectoral muscle in December, marking the second time in three years such an injury has sunk his season.
The injuries have sidetracked what has otherwise been a quietly impressive NBA career. He's a double-double machine and a knockdown midrange shooter who nailed 50 percent of his jumpers from 16 to 23 feet and 49 percent of his jumpers from 10 to 16 feet. Among big men, only Dirk Nowitzki shot a higher percentage collectively from those areas, according to Basketball-Reference.com. For someone as automatic with his jump shot as Horford, it's mind-boggling that he has ignored the 3-point shot.
The Hawks still figure to slot him at center even though he's better suited at the 4. Nonetheless, Atlanta allowed just 100.7 points per 100 possessions with Horford on the court, which would have been good enough for a top-five defense. Alas, the Hawks went 22-31 after Horford went down, underlining his vital contributions. It'll be interesting to see whether he returns to a career-high 24.7 percent usage rate from last season, or eases back after the long layoff.
Here are our player scouting reports and 2013-14 projections for the Atlanta Hawks. (Note: Kevin Pelton's stat projections are for players expected to play 250 or more minutes in '14-15.)
PROJECTED STARTERS
JEFF TEAGUE, PG Pelton's 2014-15 Projections P/36 R/36 A/36 WIN % WARP Player card » 20.1 3.2 8.2 .543 6.8
Scouting report + Speedy point guard who lives in the pick-and-roll and transition. + Regularly uses floater in the lane. Not a distributor by nature. + Inconsistent defensive effort. Much better at drawing fouls.
Analysis In his third season as Atlanta's starting point guard, Teague was almost an All-Star by default because of a down year for East point guards. Really, it was a tale of two seasons for Teague. Before the Al Horford injury, Teague focused more on building his reputation as a distributor, averaging over eight assists per game. After Horford went down, Teague went back to his natural role as a score-first point guard.
The odd thing is that he fared much better when Horford was sidelined, lending credence to the idea that Teague is at his best as an attacker rather than a table-setter. Though Horford helped boost Teague's assist numbers, the point guard's turnover numbers consequently rose when he was forced to create more for others.
Jeff Teague With/Without Al Horford In 2013-14 Pts/36 Ast/36 TS% PER Horford off-court 19.1 6.8 56.1 18.0 Horford on-court 17.0 9.1 49.5 15.6 Teague is what he is: a slithery pick-and-roll specialist who can get you buckets. His elite floater was always there, but his 3-point shot abandoned him for the first half of the season. He quietly shot 42 percent from deep after the All-Star break when the Hawks went into hyper-spacing mode. If Horford can add a 3-point shot, it might allow Teague to operate more in space.
Teague still isn't a reliable defender. Real plus-minus gave him a below-average rating on that end of the floor and his box score numbers agree that he isn't contributing much there. With Lou Williams traded to Toronto and Dennis Schroder still as raw as an open wound, the Hawks will rely on Teague more than ever. He's as durable as they come, but Atlanta may regret dumping Williams' contract.
KYLE KORVER, SG Pelton's 2014-15 Projections P/36 R/36 A/36 WIN % WARP Player card » 14.9 4.7 3.2 .545 7.4
Scouting report + All-time great shooter who is automatic coming off screens. + Much better defender than given credit for. Able passer and rebounder. + Almost never drives or gets to the line. Keeps mistakes to a minimum.
Analysis If you give this guy daylight beyond the 3-point line, you're already dead. Just forget about it. Apologize to your coach and move on.
Korver is a shooting maestro whose mechanics should be put on display in Springfield. He shot 50.9 percent on catch-and-shoots last season and 71 percent after accounting for the extra value of a 3-pointer, according to Synergy Sports tracking. No player was better at this than Korver. Frankly, no one really comes close.
Best Catch-And-Shoot Shooters In 2013-14 (minimum 100 FG attempts) FGM FGA FG% eFG% Kyle Korver 165 336 50.9 71.0 Stephen Curry 93 177 47.5 67.2 Kyle Lowry 117 212 44.8 66.5 Jose Calderon 181 325 44.3 65.2 Ryan Anderson 73 131 44.3 64.1 If Korver couldn't find creative ways to get open, this wouldn't be such a problem, but he's mastered the ability to carve out space on the perimeter off of screens. He took 174 shots off them last season, which is only four fewer than the entire Houston Rockets team, per Synergy. His inability to put the ball on the deck for buckets doesn't hamstring Atlanta's offensive attack; the team scores 105.4 points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, which is the highest of any Hawk player.
Korver isn't a one-way player like Steve Novak or Anthony Morrow, either. He rates as an above-average defender by real plus-minus, and his other peripheral advanced numbers point to him being average at worst. He won't create turnovers, but he also won't send his man to the line; he fouled just 2.2 times every 36 minutes last season. At 33, Korver's career should be in decline, but he has improved his 3-point percentage each of the past three seasons and he just put up the NBA's best true-shooting percentage (.653). Not bad for a late second-round pick.
DeMARRE CARROLL, SF Pelton's 2014-15 Projections P/36 R/36 A/36 WIN % WARP Player card » 13.5 6.6 2.2 .482 2.8
Scouting report + Energetic combo forward with vastly improved 3-point shot. Constantly red-lining. + Talented finisher. Can be erratic at times. Solid rebounder. + Rarely gets to the line. Not a shot-blocker. RPM star.
Analysis A journeyman his first four seasons in the NBA, Carroll had a breakout campaign for the Hawks in 2013-14. The hard-nosed small forward was a full-time starter for the first time in his career and showed off a new 3-point shot that made him a key part of the Atlanta offense.
Carroll's unbridled energy has always made him a coach's favorite, but he didn't have the skills to match. Until last season. Carroll nailed 36.2 percent of his 3-pointers and made 70 more triples last season alone than he did previously in his entire career. He was all putts and long drives last season; 73 percent of his shots were either at the rim or beyond the arc. Despite his keen ability to get to the rack, he only tallied 2.2 free throw attempts per 36 minutes. He's a good free throw shooter, so drawing more contact should be his next order of business.
Because of his energy and size, Carroll can be assigned to big 3s or athletic 2s depending on how Kyle Korver matches up with his man. The 28-year-old can pick up heaps of steals (1.7 per 36 minutes) and he cut down on his dangerously high foul rate last season. Illustrative of his two-way play, Carroll's 3.21 real plus-minus ranked fifth among all small forwards, ahead of names like Carmelo Anthony, Paul George and Rudy Gay. All in all, Carroll functions as a profitable placeholder in case the Hawks swing a deal for an elite wing player.
PAUL MILLSAP, PF Pelton's 2014-15 Projections P/36 R/36 A/36 WIN % WARP Player card » 21.0 10.3 3.5 .604 10.3
Scouting report + Undersized do-it-all power forward who boasts newly minted 3-point shot. + Crafty passer. Mobile enough to guard bigger wings. + Puts his long arms to good use defensively. Not afraid of contact.
Analysis In last year's Millsap profile, I wrote: "Give this guy 35 minutes a game and he's an All-Star." Well, not quite. Millsap played 33.5 minutes a game for the Hawks and made his first All-Star appearance. I'll take it.
Really, it wasn't hard to see that Millsap's All-Star debut was probably overdue. The migration to the shallow Eastern Conference certainly helped, but he's always been a big man with a ton of tools that went unused in Utah. One being his 3-point shot. Millsap unfurled a total of 212 3-balls last season and nailed a healthy 35.8 percent of them. No one's confusing him for Kyle Korver, but Millsap's floor-spacing helped his teammates to find nooks and crannies in the lane that wouldn't be there otherwise.
With Al Horford out because of injury, Millsap was asked to take on more offense than ever, gobbling up a career-high 25.7 percent of his team's possessions while he was on the floor. His assist and rebound rates all saw a slight uptick last season, but so did his turnovers. According to Basketball-Reference.com, Millsap turned the ball over 128 times via bad passes or losing control of the ball, up from 95 in his last season in Utah.
Defensively, Millsap was rock solid as usual. Even though he's undersized, he has extremely long arms that allow him to block unsuspecting drivers and strip the ball when his opponent brings it low. All in all, Millsap made the transition away from Josh Smith really easy for Hawks fans. He's not flashy, but that's why he's a basketball junkie's favorite. An expiring contract at just $9.5 million, Millsap is due for a big payday this summer.
AL HORFORD, C Pelton's 2014-15 Projections P/36 R/36 A/36 WIN % WARP Player card » 20.7 10.9 3.5 .581 6.7
Scouting report + Extremely skilled big man who can play the 4 or 5. Money jumper. + Can dribble coast-to-coast with ease. Good rebounder for size. Slick passer. + Improved shot-blocker. Shies from contact. Missed 116 games past three seasons
Analysis Horford should be ready for training camp after suffering a season-ending torn pectoral muscle in December, marking the second time in three years such an injury has sunk his season.
The injuries have sidetracked what has otherwise been a quietly impressive NBA career. He's a double-double machine and a knockdown midrange shooter who nailed 50 percent of his jumpers from 16 to 23 feet and 49 percent of his jumpers from 10 to 16 feet. Among big men, only Dirk Nowitzki shot a higher percentage collectively from those areas, according to Basketball-Reference.com. For someone as automatic with his jump shot as Horford, it's mind-boggling that he has ignored the 3-point shot.
The Hawks still figure to slot him at center even though he's better suited at the 4. Nonetheless, Atlanta allowed just 100.7 points per 100 possessions with Horford on the court, which would have been good enough for a top-five defense. Alas, the Hawks went 22-31 after Horford went down, underlining his vital contributions. It'll be interesting to see whether he returns to a career-high 24.7 percent usage rate from last season, or eases back after the long layoff.