As part of our season preview, we'll be talking to other SB Nation team blogs and asking them five questions about their team.
Last season, the Atlanta Hawks took a big leap. Long a member of the under-cooked middle in the Eastern Conference - there for a good time, gone in the first round - last year's Hawks won 60 games and took the #1 seed to the Eastern Conference Finals. Unfortunately, an untimely injury to DeMarre Carroll left them without their primary defender for LeBron James, and they were promptly swept by the Cavaliers.