Who Are The Atlanta Hawks Quotation Mark Legends?

Atlanta Hawks Quotation Mark Legends: First-Team

PG: Sidney Moncrief

Hall-of-Famer and two-time Defensive Player of the Year Sidney Moncrief played ten years with the Bucks from 1979 to 1989 and then briefly retired. After sitting out a season, Moncrief played one more season in Atlanta as a bench piece.

In 72 appearances, Moncrief averaged a career-low 4.7 points per game but still shot a solid 48 percent from the field. He scored 23 points in the second-to-last game of his career, forcing a game five against the Pistons in the playoffs.

SG: Tracy McGrady

Tracy McGrady was arguably a top-five player in the league during his peak with the Magic and Rockets, but he failed to have the longevity of his cousin Vince Carter thanks to nagging injuries.

McGrady’s numbers began taking sharp declines after the 2008 season, with Houston shipping him to New York soon after. After a brief stint in Detroit, The 2017 Hall-of-Fame inductee signed with Atlanta, playing 52 games in what ended up being his final season, although he did appear in the playoffs the next season with San Antonio.

He posted career-lows across the board but was well-liked by fans in his short time with the Hawks. His best game with the team came in April, with McGrady pouring in a season-high 17 points off the bench in a win over his previous team, the Pistons.

SF: Carmelo Anthony

Had to make a bit of an exception here, as Carmelo Anthony is the only player on this list not to play at least one game with the Hawks. Instead, Anthony was briefly on the Hawks’ payroll thanks to the Dennis Schroder trade, with the team quickly buying out Anthony’s contract to make him a free agent.

That didn’t stop Hawks fans from turning Anthony into an Atlanta Hawks “legend” with many memes, fake tribute videos, and jersey mock-ups making light of the situation. The joke reached it’s peak when the Hawks made Anthony an official jersey:

In total, Carmelo spent five days on the Atlanta Hawks roster, creating memories that will last a lifetime. Thank you, Carmelo.

PF: Rasheed Wallace

Unlike Carmelo, Rasheed Wallace actually played in a game for the Hawks. One game. 

The Atlanta Hawks acquired Sheed from Portland in February 2004 and quickly changed their mind on him, flipping him to Detroit 10 days later. It ended up be a win-win move, as Wallace helped the Pistons win the ’04 Finals and the Hawks used the draft pick they got in return to draft Josh Smith.

In his single game with the Hawks, Rasheed played 42 minutes, recording 20 points and six rebounds in a loss to the Nets.

C: Dwight Howard

During their head-scratching 2016 off-season, the Hawks signed Dwight Howard while they were still trying to convince fellow center Al Horford to come back. He didn’t, making Howard the starting center for the Hawks for the ’16-’17 season.

While nowhere as effective as he was in Orlando or even Houston, the Atlanta native put up solid enough numbers with the Hawks, creating a great defensive frontcourt next to Paul Millsap. He averaged 13.5 points and 12.7 rebounds per game while shooting 63 percent from the field, a career-high up to that point.

With the team headed in a different direction the following off-season, the Hawks dumped him to Charlotte.

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