7 Best Players on Atlanta Hawks Ahead of 2019-20 Season
By Chris Guest
An exploration of the 7 best players on the Atlanta Hawks as the team begins to gear up for what should be an entertaining 2019-20 season.
Following an action-packed and transaction-filled offseason, the Atlanta Hawks pretty much have their roster set with players that will be on the team (at least until the 2019-20 trade deadline).
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Some favorite veterans are gone (goodbye Kent Bazemore and Dewayne Dedmon) as well as some players that outsiders might’ve believed to be part of the Hawks’ blossoming young core (Taurean Prince and Omari Spellman).
After all these moves, the Hawks are left with three high-upside rookies (De’Andre Hunter, Cam Reddish and Bruno Fernando), two on-the-rise sophomores (Trae Young and Kevin Huerter) and a lone third-year star (John Collins) as the team’s young core of the future.
While Atlanta Hawks General Manager Travis Schlenk and fans of the franchise certainly hope those six players will soon be the six best players on the team, that is not currently the case as we head into the 2019-20 season, which begs the question: Who are the best players on the Atlanta Hawks for the 2019-20 season?
This list aims to explore that question at length.
Of course, this list is sure to change following the first two-plus weeks of the season, so all of these rating will be based on past performance. As such, only one rookie will be featured.
In fact, he leads off the list at #7…