37 Facts About Atlanta Hawks

Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta.

The Atlanta Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division.

The Atlanta Hawks played the Boston Celtics in all four of their trips to the NBA Finals.

However, the Atlanta Hawks are one of only four NBA teams that have qualified to play in the NBA playoffs in 10 consecutive seasons in the 21st century.

Origins of the Atlanta Hawks can be traced to the Buffalo Bisons franchise, which was founded in 1946.

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Atlanta Hawks remained one of the NBA's premier teams for the next decade.

The following year, with the acquisition of rookie Lenny Wilkens, the Atlanta Hawks repeated their success, but met the Celtics in the 1961 NBA Finals again and lost in five games.

The Atlanta Hawks occasionally played at the larger St Louis Arena, mostly against popular opponents, but Kerner was not willing to move the team there full-time because it had not been well-maintained since the 1940s.

Also in 1972, the Atlanta Hawks debuted a new logo and new colors, trading the green and blue color scheme that the team had used for two years, in favor of white, gold, and red, the same colors the Flames used.

The Hawks were the only NBA team in the Deep South, just as the Atlanta Braves were the only Major League Baseball team in the region for many years to come.

From 1985 to 1989, the Atlanta Hawks were among the league's elite, winning 50 games or more each season.

The Atlanta Hawks drafted Stacey Augmon with their ninth overall pick in the 1991 NBA draft, who would make the All-Rookie First Team.

In 1992, the Atlanta Hawks acquired guard Mookie Blaylock from the New Jersey Nets; he would spend seven years of his career as a Hawk, leading them in career steals and three-point field goals while earning an All-Star appearance in 1994.

The Atlanta Hawks defeated the Detroit Pistons in five games in the first round of the 1997 NBA playoffs, but lost in five games in the second round to the defending champs Chicago Bulls.

In 2001, the Atlanta Hawks drafted Spanish star Pau Gasol 3rd, but his rights were ceded to the Memphis Grizzlies in a trade involving Shareef Abdur-Rahim.

The Atlanta Hawks sent Kukoc to the Milwaukee Bucks for All-Star Glenn Robinson in 2002, Robinson lead the team with 20.

In February 2004, the Atlanta Hawks had the distinction of having NBA All-Star Rasheed Wallace play one game for the team.

In 2003, Atlanta Hawks hosted the All-Star game, the last an Eastern Conference team would host for nine years.

The Atlanta Hawks won all three games at Philips Arena, which hosted its first playoff games and earned its first sellout.

In mid-season the Atlanta Hawks traded Mike Bibby to the Washington Wizards for Kirk Hinrich, in hopes of bringing a defensive guard to replace the defensively liable Bibby.

In December 2011, the Atlanta Hawks signed Tracy McGrady, Jerry Stackhouse, Jason Collins, Vladimir Radmanovic, Jannero Pargo, and Willie Green.

However, the Atlanta Hawks would be eliminated in the first round by the Boston Celtics in six games, ending the Atlanta Hawks' three-year streak of advancing to the second round.

That same day, the Atlanta Hawks traded small forward Marvin Williams to the Utah Jazz for point guard Devin Harris.

That same day, the Atlanta Hawks traded a future 2nd-round pick to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for Jeremy Tyler, who was waived 15 days later.

However, the Atlanta Hawks traded Larkin to the Dallas Mavericks for the draft rights of Mike Muscala and Lucas Nogueira, as well as guard Jared Cunningham.

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The Atlanta Hawks brought back Kyle Korver with a four-year, $24 million deal and signed power forward Paul Millsap to a two-year, $19 million deal.

The 2015 All-Star Game consisted of four Atlanta Hawks All-Stars including Jeff Teague, Paul Millsap, Kyle Korver and Al Horford.

Two days later, the Atlanta Hawks selected Wake Forest power forward John Collins with the 19th overall pick.

On June 21, the Atlanta Hawks selected Luka Doncic with the third overall pick in the 2018 NBA draft and immediately traded him to the Dallas Mavericks for a 2019 protected first-round pick and the draft rights to Trae Young.

The Atlanta Hawks selected Kevin Huerter with the 19th pick and Omari Spellman with the 30th pick of the 2018 NBA draft.

In July 2018, the Atlanta Hawks acquired Jeremy Lin, and traded Dennis Schroder, after he demanded to be traded.

Atlanta Hawks was voted in as a starter and was the first Hawks player to start in an All Star Game since Dikembe Mutombo in 1998.

The Atlanta Hawks logo has shifted between variations of a full-bodied hawk holding a basketball on its claws and a silhouette of a hawk head .

From 2007 to 2015, the Atlanta Hawks returned to a red, blue and white scheme, adding silver as an accent color.

The Atlanta Hawks carried over their uniforms that they had worn the previous two seasons.

Atlanta Hawks wore special edition "City" uniforms as part of its uniform deal with Nike.

Atlanta Hawks hold the draft rights to the following unsigned draft picks who have been playing outside the NBA.