NBA Power Rankings: Here come the Golden State Warriors

125. Things for the Atlanta Hawks have hit a slight snag after the year got off to such a great start for the team. Back-to-back losses to the Charlotte Hornets and the New York Knicks have brought this team back down to Earth in the last few days. The injuries have begun to pile up for the Hawks. With Tim Hardaway Jr. going down against the Knicks on Sunday, they could potentially be without Hardaway, Mike Scott, Thabo Sefolosha, and Tiago Splitter for an extended time. All four players are big parts of head coach Mike Budenholzer’s plan. Atlanta’s ability to build depth and capitalize off it has been one of the biggest keys to it’s success under the former San Antonio Spurs assistant coach. In order for the Hawks to keep this up they will need to make sure that they can find a way to keep the contributions that they are currently getting as consistent as possible. Trusting a team to the temperaments of Dennis Schroeder and Dwight Howard isn’t my idea of how to best run a franchise, but then again Coach Bud has forgotten more basketball than I know. If he can get those two personalities to be on the same page than just about anything could happen in the ATL.. (9-4). Previous: . Atlanta Hawks. 6. team