Maravich struggled a bit during his second season, which ended with a second-straight first-round loss in the playoffs, but he regained his mojo in his third year, averaging 26.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game.

He even managed to help increase Hudson's scoring average. However, Pistol Pete overcame those obstacles, as well as some resentment from his teammates due to his large $1.9 million contract, to make the NBA All-Rookie Team while averaging 23.2 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game. It was a somewhat controversial pick because the Hawks already had a scoring guard named Lou Hudson on the team and Pete Maravich's style didn't seem to fit well with center Walt Bellamy's. The all-time leading scorer in men's Division I college basketball history first became a member of the Atlanta Hawks when he was selected third overall by the team in the 1970 NBA draft. So with that in mind, read on for the Atlanta Hawks all-time 12-man roster.Īdam Fromal is a Featured Columnist at Bleacher Report and a syndicated writer. I don't really care at all that Moses Malone was an all-time great here because his greatness didn't come while he was wearing an Atlanta jersey. Also, only the player's stats with the Hawks were counted. The only way to truly analyze an all-time team is to look at it subjectively.įor the purposes of this team, players had to play for at least three seasons with the Hawks, unless of course they hadn't yet played three seasons in the league. The rule was intended to create an objective analysis rather than a subjective one. Players weren't eligible to join more than one team and that one team had to be whichever one they spent the most seasons on, regardless of where the most successful portion of their career was. You can check out the results here if you're curious: NBA Power Rankings: Ranking Each and Every Team's All-Time 12-Man Lineup.īut, to tackle such a huge project, I had to establish a few ground rules. Please consider supporting local journalism by subscribing to the Journal Sentinel at /deal.If the Atlanta Hawks had to assemble a 12-man roster drawn from all players in the franchise's history, who would be on the squad?Ī little while ago, I attempted to tackle this question, along with the same one for the other 29 current NBA franchises. Our subscribers make this reporting possible. They reached the 2018-19 Western Conference Finals and he departed with the most wins in franchise history.ĭuring his tenure the Trail Blazers finished in the top five in offensive rating (points per 100 possessions) and finished in the top 10 two other times. He was fired after 64 games in the 2006-07 season.Īfter a stint assisting in Dallas – which included winning the 2010-11 NBA championship – he was the head coach in Portland from 2012-21 where the Trail Blazers went 402-318 in the regular season and 22-40 in the playoffs. He held that position for the better part of two seasons, compiling a 63-83 record in the regular season and a 1-4 mark in the playoffs. After earning his first head coaching job with the Hawks for parts of two seasons he was an assistant in Golden State for one year before becoming the Bucks’ head coach in 2005. Stotts, 65, first came to Milwaukee as an assistant coach under George Karl in 1998 and stayed on the Bucks’ bench until moving to Atlanta in 2002. This will be his third trip through Milwaukee.

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