The NBA offseason has unofficially flipped from the intrigue that surrounds the draft and free agency and into full-fledged preview mode with an eye on 2017-2018. One such manifestation of that is the roll-out of various lists that rank players, both by position and overall within the league as a whole.
Earlier in August, Mika Honkasalo of HoopsHype ranked the league’s point guards and Dennis Schröder of the Atlanta Hawks fell outside the top 20. In fact, he trailed three incoming rookies to land at No. 23 overall with the following description.
The Hawks are going down the tank this season after losing Paul Millsap in free agency and dumping Dwight Howard (but inexplicably taking on more long-term salary) to the Hornets.