Early in his rookie year, Omari Spellman was a significant piece in the rotation for the Atlanta Hawks. Through injury to starting power forward John Collins, Spellman was called upon to play in Collins’ spot in addition to backup center minutes, picking up a string of starts in the first part of November.
Collins’ return pushed Spellman back to the bench, but he was eventually sidelined with his own injury, a bad hip that kept him out about three weeks. Since his return, the former Villanova star has found himself not just out of the Hawks’ rotation but off the team entirely; Spellman has spent the last week with the Erie Bayhawks in the G League as he works on his conditioning and gets more consistent playing time than the Hawks can offer him at this point.