Atlanta’s Defensive Shot Profile Is A Disaster

Stop me if you’ve heard this before: the Atlanta Hawks are within one game of being a .500 basketball team.

The game of jump rope that the Hawks have been playing with the line of mediocrity for the past 12 months has gone from amusing:

to frustrating:

Hawks now 39-39. They have scored 9,209 points and allowed 9,210. They are 24-24 against the East and 15-15 against the West. They have been within one game of .500 for 72 consecutive days.

— John Hollinger (@johnhollinger) April 3, 2023 and back to amusing:

And it is currently headed towards frustrating once again, with the team’s record sitting at 9-10 as we approach the one-quarter mark of the 2023-24 NBA season. Of course, mediocrity is better…