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.
24. John Collins
John Collins showed huge progress at Wake Forest, so much so, that he earned a First Round Pick (19th Overall) in 2017 by Atlanta.
The Power Forward was a Second Team All-Rookie Selection, starting 26 of his 74 Games, and averaging 10.5 Points per Game. He shot that number up as a sophomore to 19.5 Points, and was now in the starting five. Collins continued his upward trajectory, posting a PER over 20 over three years in a row (2018-19 to 2020-21)
Collins was less featured in his last two seasons, and his PPG in 2022-23 (13.1) was his lowest since his rokkie year. The Hawks traded Collins to Utah in 2023, thus ending his run with Atlanta.