Atlanta Hawks: Exploring the Team’s 5 Best Two-Man Lineups
By Chris Guest
An exploration of the five-best two-man lineups for the Atlanta Hawks during the 2018-19 season.
The Atlanta Hawks have a record of 6-22, and they also have the worst point differential (-12.5) in the league according to Cleaning the Glass. While they might not technically have the worst record (that “honor” would belong to the Phoenix Suns at 5-24), Hawks fans are definitely experiencing the sharp, painful realization that a long-term rebuild might make for some ugly basketball in the early going.
However, there is light at the end of the tunnel (looking at you Zion Williamson), and there is even some dappled light to shed up on this team in the short-term as well.
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Rookie Kevin Huerter (lovingly known as Red Pepper) and second-year big man and likely future All-Star John Collins have been extremely fun to watch to start the season. Both of those players also feature heavily in the best two-man lineups for the Atlanta Hawks through the team’s first 28 games.
We’ve highlighted the 5 best two-man lineups that have played at least 200 minutes, and the results may surprise you.
Only one of these lineups does not feature Huerter, Collins or Kent Bazemore, three players that are clearly among the Atlanta Hawks’ best in the early goings of the 2018-19 season.
Read on to explore each two-man unit and some of the more interesting stats for each two-player combination.