“With the 1st pick of the 2004 NBA Draft the Orlando Magic select, Dwight Howard !” Now fast forward 12 years later, this 6’11 center from my hometown Atlanta, GA now plays for the Atlanta Hawks. Howard said back in 2010 that he would not be able to handle the pressure of playing for his hometown team. He obviously changed his mind since then and will be snatching down boards and slamming in put-back dunks for the Hawks this upcoming season. This is a very good edition for the Hawks in my opinion due to the loss of Al Horford. The Hawks also traded away Jeff Teague in the off season and he was definitely a Hawks fan favorite along with Horford, they were both drafted by the Hawks and big contributors to their recent success. Although Teague left, this means Hawks fans will be able to see the true potential of the German backup guard, Dennis Schroeder. The coaching staff and fans have high hopes for Schroeder a lot of weight will be on his shoulders. The Hawks resigned Kris Humphries after he produced some solid numbers at the end of the regular season. They also signed Jarrett Jack (another Georgia native) to the team. In the draft they selected 6’7 SG Taurean Prince from Baylor, he is a good three and D player. With their second pick they took 6’6 Deandre Bembry from St. Joseph’s University. Bembry is an old- school player who could potentially grow to be a superstar. I predict the starting line-up will be Schroeder at point guard, Korver at shooting guard, Bazemore as the small forward, Millsap playing the power forward and Howard at center.
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