The Atlanta Hawks made a few announcements on Wednesday evening. CEO Steve Koonin presided over the unveiling of a throwback uniform and a new court design before taking the assembled crowd through a preview of what is to come with the newly renovated Philips Arena before it opens in October. As you might expect, it was a festive atmosphere at Terminal West in Atlanta but, after some of the pomp and circumstance slowed, NBA TV’s Kristen Ledlow sat down for an interesting interview with Koonin, GM Travis Schlenk and principal owner Tony Ressler.
While the entire thing is worth a viewing (and available on the team’s Facebook page), Ressler left no doubt as to how the team’s leadership, headlined by himself, views its “job” moving forward.