The Atlanta Hawks are one of three teams to have won at least one playoff series in the 2015 and 2016 playoffs. The other two teams? Golden State and Cleveland. One blaring difference between Atlanta and those teams is that the Hawks are still ringless.
As an Atlanta fan, making the playoffs is second nature. Nine uninterrupted seasons of getting to the postseason has set a standard of excellence that we have come to expect. The only problem is no one really cares about this standard, as Atlanta continues to be a team caught in the middle.
Are the Hawks doomed to always be tweeners?