The hawks still suck
January 20 Episode:
Now that Trae can't be blamed, who is to blame? Do the Hawks actually have a level up to go anyway? Has Quinn Snyder lost the locker room? What would the Hawks need to do to actually compete for a championship in the next handful of years?
JP: No Trae anymore. And the Atlanta Hawks are on a four-game losing streak. They've lost, due to Los Angeles Lakers, 116 to 141. Again, they absolutely just got clobbered. The Lakers, in fairness to them, the Lakers had lost the night before in a back-to-back. JJ. Reddick got really mad at them. And so they came out crazy out of the gates. Then they lost to the, at the Portland Trail Blazers, a team they shouldn't have lost to. And then they lost to the Boston Celtics, 106 to 132. And then the Milwaukee Bucks yesterday on MLK Day, 110 to 112. Again, they clawed back into and was kind of even an achievement to be able to lose it at the last second. But Trae, like, is it even news at this point in time that they just aren't that good? Like, I had no, I totally forgot that they beat the Nuggets away and the Warriors away last week.
TN: Yes, they suck.
Listen to the whole thing:TOP STORY
Ca-Caw!!!
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What?
SI lists Atlanta’s top assets in order: (1) 2026 first-round pick (most favorable of Pelicans/Bucks), (2) Kristaps Porziņģis, (3) CJ McCollum, (4) Luke Kennard, (5) Zaccharie Risacher, (6) Corey Kispert. The piece notes the Trae Young trade reset and over $70M in expiring money.
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So What?
That lotto-tilted 2026 pick is labeled “untouchable,” while Porziņģis and McCollum are framed as prime matching-salary pieces—leverage that could fuel a star swing or depth consolidation without mortgaging the future. Jalen Johnson and Nickeil Alexander-Walker are deemed off-limits.
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Now What?
Track whether Atlanta packages expiring deals (Porziņģis/McCollum/Kennard) and keeps Risacher. Monitor reporting on a follow-up move before the deadline; local SI has already floated the possibility of “another trade up its sleeve.” Further reading:
