With one preseason game in 11 days followed by six regular-season games in 10 days, the Hawks know the calm before the storm ends when they take the floor for the season opener Thursday.
Kevin Huerter embraces the switch.
"Yesterday was the first day where I really was like, 'Man, I'm sick and tired of guarding Dre and Bogi (De'Andre Hunter and Bogdan Bogdanovic) every single day. I'm ready to guard someone else and take it out on other teams.'"
Based on the preseason rotation (and the fact that he is guarding Dre and Bogi in practice), Huerter figures to begin the season as a plug-and-play sixth man capable of subbing in at any of the perimeter positions, and equally ready to jump into the starting lineup when the Hawks need a sub due to injury.