Hawks News

NBA to hold Bucks-Hawks preseason games in United Arab Emirates

The NBA moved its 2017 All-Star Weekend from Charlotte because LBGT employees within the league didn’t feel comfortable attending given an anti-LBGT law...

Former Michigan State star Adreian Payne killed at age 31

Adreian Payne rose to national prominence in 2014 when starring at Michigan State and befriending Lacey Holsworth, an 8-year-old girl with a fatal...

Hawks GM Schlenk says team looking to upgrade, not just run it back

After a surprise run to the Eastern Conference Finals a season ago, Hawks GM Travis Schlenk decided to let it ride. Rather than...

Jimmy Butler out for Heat-Hawks Game 5 (knee)

Jimmy Butler has been tearing through the Hawks offensively and playing a key role in the Heat’s suffocating defense. Atlanta will get a...

Without Butler, Heat defense still enough to eliminate Hawks with Game 5 win

Miami entered this series with the fourth-best defense in the NBA this season. Atlanta entered with the second-best offense, fueled by an All-NBA...

Heat’s Lowry officially questionable for Game 4 with hamstring injury

Officially, Kyle Lowry is listed as questionable for Game 4 of the Heat’s first-round series against the Hawks due to a hamstring strain....

Heat defense shuts down Trae Young, Hawks; Miami cruises to win, 3-1 series lead

The Miami Heat had the fourth-ranked defense in the NBA this season, but with Kyle Lowry out injured and facing a Hawks team...

The good, the bad and the ugly through two weekends of NBA playoffs

Monday marks 10 days of NBA playoff games, and as it always seems to the NBA playoffs are living up to the hype....

Watch Trae Young hit game-winning floater, keep Hawks playoff hopes alive

Knowing that with a loss their season was essentially over, the Atlanta Hawks played with desperation. They did it from the opening tip....

Heat-Hawks delayed nearly an hour by suspicious package outside arena

ATLANTA (AP) — The NBA playoff game between the Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks was delayed Friday night after a suspicious package was...

Former Clippers standout Freeman Williams dies

At Portland State, Freeman Williams scored the second-most points in Division I college basketball history (behind only LSU’s Pete Maravich). Williams later played...

Jimmy Butler asserts himself with 45 points in Heat’s Game 2 win over Hawks

Even when the Hawks fouled him as he shot inside, Jimmy Butler made half his “shots.” Though Atlanta looked more comfortable than Game...

With Capela out, Hawks’ Collins reportedly will attempt to return vs. Heat

The news on Clint Capela‘s knee injury was as good as could be hoped for: He is out for a week and will...

Heat smother Hawks in Game 1

Jimmy Butler and Trae Young got into a stare down. Why? Because after the stars became tangled following a foul, Butler grabbed Young...