Atlanta Hawks: Exploring the Team’s 5 Best Two-Man Lineups
By Chris Guest
#4. Dewayne Dedmon/Kevin Huerter: -3.9 Net Rating
This lineup has somewhat surprisingly played the 9th most minutes together of any Hawks two-man unit on the season. While currently sitting in the bottom-five in terms of pace – due to Dedmon’s preference of playing a more grounded, halfcourt play style – what this grouping does, it does well.
With good size and wingspan, Dewayne Dedmon is clearly one of the best rebounders on the Atlanta Hawks roster, and it shows in this grouping as well when combined with Kevin Huerter’s underrated glass work. This two-man unit edges Bazemore and Collins by a hair – tying for second with a 50.7 percent total rebound rate.
Because of both of these players’ abilities to only focus on good shots that they are likely to make, this two-man lineups features the fourth-best true shooting percentage (55.7 percent) of any Atlanta Hawks two-man grouping.
In that same vein, this combination also features the second-highest offensive rating for any Hawks two-man unit of 101.2. Of course, that’s not a great rating, but again, the Hawks are not that great in general.
On to the next one!