Your Atlanta Hawks All time starting 5.

[Diesel]

Keeping this Atlanta...

and

Keeping this by position.   Not the 5 best... 

I saw some atrocious lineups on Twitter.  I think Squawk can do better. 

 

[NBASupes]

Trae

Iso Joe 

Nique

JC

Horford

[TRW]

This was really tough. My top 15.

PG Trae Young, SG Lou Hudson, SF Nique, PF Bob Petit, C Dikembe. My bench: PG Lenny Wilkens, SG Pistol Pete, SF/SG Joe Johnson, PF Zelmo Beatty, C Walt Bellamy, SG/SF Steve Smith, C/PF Al Horford, PF/C Kevin Willis, SF/SG Cliff Hagan, and PG Slater Martin.

Honorable Mention:  PG Mookie Blaylock, PF Paul Millsap, SG Jumping Joe Caldwell, PG Doc Rivers, Easy Ed MaCauley, Clyde Lovellete, and SG Richie Guerin.

Some of these guys on my honorable mention list were Hall of Famers.

[TRW]

My bad, just Atlanta:

Starters:

PG Trae, SG Lou Hudson, SF Nique, PF Kevin Willis, C Dikembe 

2nd Team:

PG Pistol Pete, SG Joe Johnson, SF/Steve Smith, PF Dan Roundfield, C Walt Bellamy

Third Team:

PG Mookie, SG Joe Caldwell, SF John Drew, PF Al Horford, C Zelmo Beaty 

Honorable Mention:

PG Doc Rivers, SG Richie Guerin, SF Josh Smith, PF Paul Millsap, PF John Collins, and SG Eddie Johnson.

DR. J should be on this team but the NBA snubbed us. Can you imagine a team with The Pistol, Lou, and the Doctor making house calls in the "A"? To this day just still shaking my head.

[TheNorthCydeRises]

If it's just Atlanta ...

 

PG - Trae

G - Joe Johnson

F - Dominique 

PF - Horford 

C - Dikembe

[JayBirdHawk]

3 hours ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

If it's just Atlanta ...

 

PG - Trae

G - Joe Johnson

F - Dominique 

PF - Horford 

C - Dikembe

[Diesel]

4 hours ago, TheNorthCydeRises said:

If it's just Atlanta ...

 

PG - Trae

G - Joe Johnson

F - Dominique 

PF - Horford 

C - Dikembe

Wasn't Horford a C here?

[Diesel]

My team..

Trae

Joe  Johnson

Nique

Josh Smith

Deke

[Spud2nique]

Trae

Augmon

Nique

Grant Long

Deke

 

[Diesel]

14 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

Trae

Augmon

Nique

Grant Long

Deke

 

[REHawksFan]

8 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

Trae

Augmon

Nique

Grant Long

Deke

 

Gave you a Like for including Plastic Man. One of my favorites on one of my favorite eras of Hawks bball.  Smitty was my favorite player tho

[bird_dirt]

PG Trae

SG Tracy McGrady

SF Carmelo Anthony 

PF Vince Carter

C Rasheed Wallace

 

mic drop

[Diesel]

What do you think Trae would do with Josh Smith as his PF?

One of Josh's problems is that he didn't have a PG (Not even Bibby) who would deny him.  Mainly because Josh may have always felt like he was the star of the team.  On a Trae led team, Josh would have known that he was not the star. 

But if Trae had Joe Johnson and Josh Smith... and Dikembe Mutombo... Damn!

 

[Atlantaholic]

Just the starting five only Atlanta. Gotta go with

PG: Trae Young

SG: Steve Smith 

SF: Nique

PF: Millsap

C; Mutombo

[Diesel]

1 hour ago, Atlantaholic said:

Just the starting five only Atlanta. Gotta go with

PG: Trae Young

SG: Steve Smith 

SF: Nique

PF: Millsap

C; Mutombo

debated Millsap. 

That's a hard fight.

 

[Hawkmoor]

Pg Tree Rollins

Sg Josh Smith

Sf J.R. Rider

Pf Charlie Criss

C Spud Webb

[Wretch]

PG - Eldridge Recasner
SG - Steve Smith
SF - Ken Norman
PF - Millsap
C - Deke

[shakes]

Trae

Bazemore

TLC

Solomon HIll

Damian Jones

[AHF]

On 6/14/2022 at 2:42 AM, TheNorthCydeRises said:

If it's just Atlanta ...

 

PG - Trae

G - Joe Johnson

F - Dominique 

PF - Horford 

C - Dikembe

This for me.  With Joe playing more like he did in Phoenix (no iso), this team would be nasty.  So hard to stop while Horford and Deke would be the backbone of a great defense (obviously Joe takes top perimeter threat).

Would love to see this team play.

[Diesel]

2 hours ago, Wretch said:

PG - Eldridge Recasner
SG - Steve Smith
SF - Ken Norman
PF - Millsap
C - Deke

 

Kenny The Snake Norman!!!!