Despite a beautiful offseason orchestrated by new GM Onsi Saleh, the Hawks are on a seemingly inevitable collision course with their worst enemy once again: the play-in tournament.
A brutal four-game losing streak, including three dropped games against bottom-of-the-pack teams in the East, has caused the Hawks to dip below .500 for the first time since November 8th. To make matters worse, the Hawks only have one healthy center in the lineup, and he's 6'8. Kristaps Porzingis is battling an illness, while third-stringer N'Faly Dante tore his ACL.
Most troubling of all, however, is where Atlanta is losing many of its games.