Our All Time Top 50 Atlanta Hawks have been revised to reflect the 2023-24 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2023 revision of our top 50 Atlanta Hawks.
As for all of our top 50 players in basketball, we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Basketball Association.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, the Hawks made it to the play-in but did not make the official post-season. Nevertheless, there were two new entrants and multiple elevations.
As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:
1. Bob Pettit
2. Dominique Wilkins
3. Cliff Hagan
4. John Drew
5. Mookie Blaylock
You can find the entire list here.
Guard Trae Young, named to his third All-Star Game last year, rose to #12 from #15.
Center Clint Capela moved up four spots to #26.
The two new entrants, Bogdan Bogdanovic and Onyeka Okungwe, debuted at #45 and #46, respectively.
Walt Hazzard and Antoine Carr fell off the list.
We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.
Our All-Time Atlanta Hawks have been revised to reflect the 2022-23 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022/23 revision of our top 50 Atlanta Hawks.
As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Basketball Association.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, Atlanta continued their middle-of-the-road performance, neither dazzling nor toiling in the basement. There were no new entrants but there were three elevations.
As always, we present our top five, which was not affected by the last season:
1. Bob Pettit
3. Cliff Hagan
4. John Drew
You can find the entire list here.
Two-Time All-Star, Trae Young, advanced to #15 from #21.
Power Forward, John Collins, who is now with Utah, climbed one spot to #24.
Rebounding machine, Clint Capela, advanced from #41 to #30.
We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.
Our All-Time Top 50 Atlanta Hawks have been revised to reflect the last three seasons.
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2021-22 revision of our top 50 Atlanta Hawks
As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the NBA.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Please note, that this is our first revision in three years, and as such, there are two significant debuts, that would not be so drastic had we did these the last two years.
As always, we present our top five immediately, though nothing has changed in this upper-tier.
1. Bob Pettit
3. Cliff Hagan
4. John Drew
You can find the entire list here.
The two new entries are stars of the past few years, and led Atlanta to the Eastern Conference Finals.
Power Forward and four-year veteran, John Collins enters at #28, and star three-year Guard, Trae Young, debuts at #29.
We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.
Our Top 50 All-Time Atlanta Hawks are now up
We are ready to unveil a new Top 50, and once again it comes from the hardwood. It is the Top 50 of the Atlanta Hawks.
The franchise began in Buffalo in 1946 as the Bisons in the NBL, though they were only there for a month relocating to Moline, Illinois where they were rechristened the Tri-Cities Blackhawks and would be part of the merger of the NBL and NBA in 1949.
The team would relocate to Milwaukee in in 1951 upon the realization that Moline was too small to support the team. Now named the Milwaukee Hawks, the franchise stayed there for only four years, but it do one major thing of note; it drafted Bob Pettit.
The last half of the 1950’s and early 1960’s were the best in franchise history. Now relocated to St. Louis, the Pettit led Hawks went to four NBA Finals (1957, 1958, 1960 & 1961) and would win the NBA Title in ’58, which to date is the only title the team has won. The Hawks continued to b good through the 60’s, but despite the solid crowds, the ownership sought a bigger facility, which the city of St. Louis was not willing to provide.
Relocating to Atlanta in 1968, the Hawks have yet to make the Finals since their relocation despite multiple trips to the playoffs. Currently, they have the second longest drought of not winning the NBA Title, though this does not mean that this list does not include some excellent players.
The entire list can be found here but for those who want a sneak peak, the top five are:
1. Bob Pettit
2. Dominique Wilkins
3. Cliff Hagen
4. John Drew
5. Lou Hudson
This list takes into account traditional statistics, advanced metrics and playoff performance.
It is up to the end of the 2015-16 Season.
We will be continuing our ongoing process of Top 50 teams with a return to the diamond, the Milwaukee Brewers.
As always, we thank you for your support!
2. Dominique Wilkins
The College Basketball HOF Announces its latest class
Those men are Mark Aguirre, Bob Boozer, Doug Collins, Lionel Simmons, Jamaal Wilkes and Dominique Wilkins join former coaches Hugh Durham and Mike Montgomery.
Averaging 24.5 Points per Season in his three seasons at DePaul, Mark Aguirre took the Blue Demons to a Final Four appearance as a Freshman. The following year he was named the Naismith College Player of the Year.
Playing for Kansas State in the late 1950’s, Bob Boozer would bring the Jayhawks to the Final Four in 1958. He averaged 21.9 Points per Game over his collegiate career.
Doug Collins holds the distinction of being the first scholarship player for Illinois State. In his final season, he averaged over 31 Points per Game.
Lionel Simmons played for LaSalle and remains the only player in NCAA Division One history to score 1,000 Rebounds and 3,000 Points.
Jamaal Wilkes played for UCLA and was a member of the John Wooden dynasty. He was a member of two Championship Teams.
Dominique Wilkins played for the University of Georgia averaging 21.5 Points per Game and was named the SEC Player of the Year during his Junior and last campaign with the Bulldogs.
Hugh Dunham retired with 633 wins and is the first coach to take two programs to the NCAA Final Four.
Mike Montgomery was a star coach in the Pac 12 with 282 league wins with Stanford and California.
We here at Norinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the latest class of the College Basketball Hall of Fame.