2015-16 NBA Quick Preview: Atlanta Hawks

The 2015-16 NBA season is right around the corner. You know what that means right?

IT'S TIME FOR NBA TEAM-BY-TEAM PREVIEWS!!!!!

Over the course of the next few weeks (until the NBA season tips off actually....), we will be rolling out daily team-by-team previews of every single NBA team. With 30 NBA teams to preview and each team playing over 82 games...that's a LOT of NBA games to predict. So, instead of a very detailed team preview, we will just be hitting on the things that matter. You know what I'm talking about. Things like win/loss records. Off-season transactions. Updated depth charts. All that good stuff that goes into team previews. So sit back and prepare yourselves. We may be a few weeks away from the NBA season tipping off.....but IT'S OFFICIALLY BASKETBALL SEASON PEOPLE!!!!

The Ultimate Sports Blog's

2015-16 NBA Preview

Atlanta Hawks

Head Coach: Mike Budenholzer (98-66 all-time)

Last Year's Record: 60-22

Last Playoff Series Win: 2015 Conference Semifinals vs. Washington Wizards

Last NBA Conference Finals Appearance: 2015 vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

NBA Championships Won: 1 (1958)

2014-15 Team Leaders:

PPG: Paul Millsap (16.7)

RPG: Paul Millsap (7.8)

BPG: Al Horford (1.3)

SPG: Paul Millsap (1.8)

APG: Jeff Teague (7.0)

Off-Season Transactions:

-Waived (F) Austin Daye

-Signed (C) Walter Tavares

-Traded for (F/C) Tiago Splitter

-Signed (G/F) Jason Richardson

Roster:

Projected Starting Five:

C - Al Horford (15.2 PPG, 7.2 RPG, 1.3 BPG)

PF - Paul Millsap (16.7 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 0.9 BPG)

SF - Thabo Sefolosha (5.3 PPG, 1.4 APG, 4.3 RPG)

SG - Kyle Korver (12.1 PPG, 2.6 APG, 4.1 RPG)

PG - Jeff Teague (15.9 PPG, 7.0 APG, 2.5 RPG)

Projected Bench:

Dennis Schroder (PG), Kent Bazemore (SG), Lamar Patterson (SF), Mike Scott (PF), Tiago Splitter (C), Shelvin Mack (PG), Tim Hardaway Jr. (SG), Terran Petteway (SF), Mike Muscala (C), Justin Holiday (SG), Walter Tavares (C)

The Prediction:

57-25