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Jason Terry is the Hawks Future at the Point

May 30, 2002 5:45 PM EST

Times are tough for fans of NBA lottery teams.

The league is in the throws of a renaissance of sorts with a terrific playoff run that your team is not involved in.

Unless you are the Rockets, the draft holds little excitement, save the daily reports of the latest “can’t miss” draftee that dogs it through your team’s workouts because he wants to play in a better market.

Making it worse is that the national media doesn’t know your team at all; making it difficult to get a decent read on trades, drafts, etc.

In Atlanta, it is worse because the Hawks don’t have a draft pick to discuss, and even the local media misses the bus on the franchise and its players.

Exhibit A of the ignorance regarding the Hawks roster is the role of Jason Terry.

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Don’t rule the Hawks out of the first round yet

May 29, 2002 7:36 AM EST

The Atlanta Hawks officially lost their pick to the Los Angeles Clippers as part of the sign and trade deal for Lorenzen Wright on draft night, but as Jeffrey Denberg reports do not rule them out of the first round just yet.

Atlanta will learn by June 10 if they get the 23rd pick in the NBA draft, Hawks GM Pete Babcock said yesterday. The pick belongs to Detroit, which owes Houston a pick. If Detroit deals it, Houston owes Atlanta a first-rounder from last year's trade for the draft rights to Maryland's Terence Morris. The Rockets must give the Hawks a pick by the 2004 draft.

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Nique’ to the Lottery

May 19, 2002 6:59 AM EST

He’s back! Jeffrey Denberg of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Pete Babcock is so tired of the NBA lottery that he will not be attending this year, opening the door for Hawks All-Time great Dominique Wilkins to attend.

The lottery is all-important for the Hawks, if the team lands one of the top three picks they get to keep their selection, otherwise it is relayed to the Los Angeles Clippers as part of the Lorenzen Wright trade in the 1999 sign-and-trade deal.

The Hawks finished the season with the eighth worst record. Last year they finished with the sixth worst record but landed the third overall pick, trading it in the package for Shareef Abdur Rahim.

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Hawks May 2002 Archive

  • Hawks need lucky lottery to get a pick

    | May 19, 2002

    Unless they move from their current position of eighth into the top four, the Hawks won't even have a selection in the first round, satisfying a debt to the Los Angeles Clippers.

  • Why Is Pete Babcock Still the Hawks GM?

    | May 17, 2002

    On Valentine's Day a dozen years ago, Stan Kasten hired Pete Babcock, a hotshot young general manager from the Denver Nuggets, to run the Hawks' basketball operations and acquire the talent to bring an NBA championship to Atlanta.

  • Hawks Hire Billy Knight, Increase Role for 'Nique

    | May 15, 2002

    In a press release Wednesday afternoon, Pete Babcock announced that the Atlanta Hawks have hired former Memphis Grizzlies GM Billy Knight as the new Director of Basketball Operations.

  • Understanding Replacement Value

    | May 14, 2002

    If you could buy a Coke for a dollar or a Pepsi for five dollars, which would you purchase? If you were paying 60 dollars a month for internet access, then found a similar plan for 40 a month, would you still pay the 60? Understanding that basic concept is the same as understanding the theory of replacement value talent in pro sports.

  • Atlanta Sunday Notebook/Who Might Be Traded?

    | May 12, 2002

    Jeff Denberg of the AJC takes a quick look at the names of the top players in this year's draft as the NBA Lotto approaches next Saturday.

  • Babcock Offered to Resign to Make Room For West

    | May 7, 2002

    It's good to have Jeff Denberg of the AJC back to work, and he writes about General Manager Pete Babcock's willingness to step aside as a part of the process of trying to land Memphis President Jerry West.

  • Hawks were among first to think globally

    | May 5, 2002

    Mark Bradley of the AJC writes that once upon a time, the Hawks were ahead of their time.

  • Give Assistant Post to 'Nique

    | May 1, 2002

    Terence Moore of the AJC writes that the Hawks suddenly have an opening for an assistant coach.

  • Wilkins Won't Get Shot

    | May 1, 2002

    The talk for Dominique Wilkins as an assistant coach for the Atlanta Hawks must cease and desist immediately.