CNN/SI Thinks Hawks are the sleeper Finals pick.

[HawkItus]

CNN SI roundtable discussion. Hawks are heavily discussed.

[Plainview1981]

Comparing the Hawks to the Twins and A's is correct. Those two teams have shown promise and have won games at times, but neither get to the big game. The Hawks are a money strapped team.

[FrankWhite]

I don't really have any complaints about how the Hawks are managing their payroll. The Magic are overpaying Carter and Lewis and inexplicably paying their backup center $34 mil. I'll gladly take getting Josh Smith at a serious discount rate and keeping Marvin and Bibby for what we signed them for over that kind of spending. If we keep Joe and re-up Al this offseason, the payroll will increase significantly.