Hawks Regaining Respect

Season tickets renewals are up, as are the Hawks' pre-season power ranking around the league. It looks as though the Hawks may have regained the respect that has been missing the last two years with a number of key trades, most notibly the ones that brought the team Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Theo Ratliff and Toni Kukoc.

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Kukoc prognosis positive

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting that Toni Kukoc has undergone a second round of shockwave therapy due to the lingering problems in the plantar fasciia of his right foot, and this time the results were 'extremely favorable'. The Dr. John Ogden performed a second procedure Aug. 17 and told the Hawks there is a 90 percent probability that Kukoc's ongoing problems have been solved. Blase explained that Ogden saw a 60 percent chance of success for longtime sufferers after one treatment. "Toni knew and we knew that there was a good chance he would need to have this again, so there's no real disappointment. There are other options open as well. We consulted with a number of specialists and we feel pretty good about things."

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Hawks transforming into Bucks?

The new look Atlanta Hawks have a lot of talent, no doubt. The Atlanta-Constitution is comparing their scoring nucleus of Jason Terry, Shareef Abdur-Rahim and Toni Kukoc to the nucleus of the Milwaukee Bucks (Robinson, Allen and Cassell), who this year made it to the Eastern Conference Finals. Add in All-Star defensive specialist Theo Ratliff and some depth in DerMarr Johnson, Nazr Mohammed, and Dion Glover - plus two new point guards in Emanual Davis and Jacque Vaughn - and you have a very dangerous combination. How how good are they? They have many around the league scratching their heads, including Bucks guard Sam Cassell is still confident about his ballclub. "Are the Hawks that good?" said Milwaukee Bucks guard Sam Cassell, with wide eyes. "I have no idea, but they've got to mess with us." Cassell then added, shaking his head in the process, "They're not contenders. Until they get past us, they're pretenders."

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