The good news is that the Atlanta Hawks played both the Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers tough within the past week. The bad news is that the losses still continue to add up for the Hawks as they are fighting to avoid the worst record in basketball.
On the positive side, the return of John Collins is just a week away but, unfortunately, many power rankings this week do not reflect my relatively positive outlook.
To get started, John Schuhmann of NBA.com puts Atlanta at No. 27 this week.
There’s nothing wrong with having a little swagger.