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With the Hawks off on a mini break during the NBA Cup knockout rounds, it’s time to take stock of where the team is at roughly the quarter point of the season.
Atlanta sits at 14-11, tied for eighth in the Eastern Conference entering play on Tuesday. However, the standings are incredibly bunched up around the middle of the conference, and as such the Hawks are just 1.5 games out of third place.
The team has been subjected to a frontloaded travel schedule, having played 10 games at home and 15 on the road through 25 games. Just twice have the Hawks had more than one game in a row in State Farm Arena, a three-game homestand and a two-game homestand.
We’ve seen Trae Young suffer an unfortunate knee sprain in the just fifth game of the season, a superstar leap of Jalen Johnson, and a huge scoring boost from newcomer Nickeil Alexander-Walker. Despite the injury issues, the team is between 11th and 15th in both offensive and defensive rating.
So, the big question I pose to the fans today using the familiar school grading rubric: what letter grade would you give the Hawks to this point in the season? Please answer in this poll, discuss your viewpoint below, and I’ll post the results later this week.
