Hawks dump their coach.
Kind of harsh as they have had a ton of injuries.
Started the season 10-9, and kind of collapsed when DeA Hunter went down (meniscus surgery).
Can't blame the coach for injuries.
Bodgdanovich barely saw the court. Dunn hasn't. Gallo missed a bunch of games and hasn't been right. Hunter out now for a while.
I really like Nate McM who takes over. But I guarantee N8 will be a better coach when he gets players back and healthy.
The flipside of that is PHX, where their vet additions, CP3 and Crowder, have led the talented pups forward, and they've avoided injuries. Not that ATL added anyone of Paul's stature.
Dunn and Bogdan were supposed to ease the burden on Trae to do it all. That never happened. With Hunter out, the erratic CamRed has been allowed to do his crazy thing. Should help his long term development, but not not for short term winning.
the Hawks' 11th loss after holding a fourth-quarter lead.
Does this mean that the Hawks have underachieved by blowing 4Q's or overachieved by playing well through 3Q's?
Add in all the missing personnel such as Hunter, Bogdan, Dunn and likely at least split those games and be above .500.
Lotta new players and hard to forge an identity with so many Missing in Action.