Atlanta Hawks. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Atlanta Hawks fans will tell you this has been one heck of a year. The team turned around their record mid-season, went deep into the postseason, and have had a solid (if not spectacular) offseason. Yet it seems that the NBA universe still sees them as an “up-and-comer” or that last year was some sort of fluke.
Most outlets have released an updated power ranking — we did ours on the Southeast Divison — and virtually all of them have the Hawks, not only fourth in the Eastern Conference but they are consistently ranked behind the Miami Heat.