Atlanta Hawks 2017 Preview - Odds, Draft and Recap
August 2017
Odds to win NBA Championship: 500/1
Odds to win NBA Eastern Conference: 100/1
Odds to win NBA SouthEast Division: 16/1
Phillips Arens - Atlanta, GA
The Atlanta Hawks are coming off of a 43-39 record and 2nd place finish in the NBA SouthEast conference. The Hawks of had a very busy off-season under the new general manager Travis Schlenk. First they re-sign head coach Mike Bodenholzer to a contract extension. Then Schlenk got busy trading Dwight Howard and their 31st overall pick to the Hornets for their 41st overall and Miles Plumlee and Marco Belinelli. The Hawks did not match the Knicks offer for Tim Hardaway Jr. and they also let veterans Thabo Sefalosha, Paul Millsap and Jose Calderon leave via free
agency.
In the first 2 rounds of the NBA draft the Hawks had 3 picks taking (F) John Collins 19 overall out of Wake Forest, (SG) Tyler Dorsey out of Oregon with pick #41 and drafting French (PF) Alpha Kaba with the 60th overall pick. Travis Schlenk also signed free agent (F) Luke Babbitt to a 1 year contract and (F) Mike Muscala to a 2 year contract to bring in some inexpensive veteran bodies to play some minutes.
The Atlanta Hawks accomplished a few things this offseason including becoming younger, more athletic and less expensive, but they also became less experienced. It's safe to say the Hawks are in rebuild mode having shed their costly veterans and are predicted to finish 4th in the SouthEast behind the Washington Wizards, Miami Heat and Charlotte Hornets. The Hawks are predicted to finish ahead of only the Orlando Magic inside the division. To be honest this does not look like a playoff team being so young but with Budenholzer at the helm do not be surprised to see a disciplined team that plays hard, smart, unselfish and overachieves, but there are still too many questions to be answered in Atlanta. We are your source for premium NBA picks, odds, predictions, free NBA picks, NBA winners and NBA playoff picks as well as NBA playoff winners, NBA total predictions and free NBA playoff picks ATS. We also provide Atlanta Hawks free picks and premium premium predictions ATS.
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