The start of the 2017-2018 NBA season hasn’t gone swimmingly for the Atlanta Hawks. There are bright spots with rookie John Collins, second-year swingman Taurean Prince and others but the team sports a 1-6 record that includes some highly frustrating losses.
While it was potentially foreseeable that the Hawks would struggle this season after an offseason seemingly geared toward the future, that doesn’t make it any more “fun” for the parties involved. However, owner Tony Ressler and GM Travis Schlenk spoke to David Aldridge of NBA.com this week and the duo shed quite a bit of light on their thought process.