Peachtree Hoops Sep 19, 2017
Atlanta Hawks 2017-2018 player preview: Mike Muscala
The fan favorite returns on a new contract and with a big opportunity to increase his value. Mike Muscala played a career high 1,237 minutes during the 2016-17 season but that number might look quite small next to the number of minutes he could play this season for the Atlanta Hawks. Roster decisions the last two summer have resulted in the respective exits of veteran big men Al Horford, Dwight Howard and Paul Millsap who collectively have started more than 2,000 games, played almost 80,000 minutes and made a combined 16 all-star appearances in their careers. The centers and power forwards...
Peachtree Hoops Sep 11, 2017
Dennis Schröder lands at No. 96 in ESPN preseason player rankings
Not as optimistic as many are on the young point guard. Prior to the 2016-2017 NBA season, the NBA crew over at ESPN ranked Dennis Schröder as the No. 91 overall player in the NBA. After a strong season in which he improved his counting numbers and overall efficiency, the now 23-year-old point guard has... slipped in those same rankings. On Monday, the worldwide leader unveiled its first segment of #NBARank for 2017-2018 and Schröder was included at No. 96 overall with the following caption. With the departure of Paul Millsap, Dennis Schroder is now the leader of a rebuilding Hawks...
Peachtree Hoops Sep 1, 2017
Atlanta Hawks offensive playbook: Off-ball screens part two
Wrapping up the off-ball screen segment in style. This is the sixth edition of our Atlanta Hawks playbook series. This time around, we are going to start to look at more plays that involve off-the-ball screens. We will focus on the interactions between bigs and wings operating together off of the ball. As we dig in, you will notice that reads, timing and rhythm can often be more important in this action than actually getting a defensive player physically dislodged from the player he is defending. This is simple action the Hawks are able to use as Paul Millsap and Kent Bazemore occupy space...
