What if the Atlanta Hawks had signed a different big money free agent over the summer?
The Atlanta Hawks can hang with the big boys, as evidenced by their most recent victory, a 114- 98 throttling of the Boston Celtics on the road Monday night. They can also regress to the lowest of lows, losing to lesser quality opponents.
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This season, Atlanta has been victorious against Washington, Houston (twice), Cleveland, Toronto, Oklahoma City, San Antonio and the aforementioned Boston Celtics.
Those teams have a combined record of 272- 143, for a .655 winning percentage. They also came within two possessions of defeating the Golden State Warriors early in the season, 105-100.
The Hawks have also fallen to the following group of terrible teams; Los Angeles Lakers (twice), Detroit (twice), Phoenix, Minnesota (twice), Orlando (twice), Miami (twice), and Sacramento.
Collectively, they boast a 164- 257 record for a winning percentage of. 389.