ATLANTA – On the second evening of a row, the Atlanta Hawks misplaced extra key gamers as they tried to earn a house victory in opposition to the Washington Wizards. Sadly, the dearth of depth caught up with them, and despite the fact that it was a last-ditch effort, the Hawks had been unable to tug out a victory.
In 4 video games, the Hawks have suffered accidents to Bogdan Bogdanovic and De’Andre Hunter. Earlier than the season began, Kobe Bufkin suffered a proper shoulder damage that stored him sidelined for the very possible future. Onyeka Okongwu was recovering from a toe damage throughout coaching camp, however was capable of play within the Hawks’ first three video games; he was dominated out for damage administration in opposition to the Wizards. To make issues worse, through the match Vit Krejci was dominated out as a result of a proper adductor damage.
Which means there’s extra strain on Trae Younger to get going, and in a sport the place he shot 2 of 15, having a couple of further gamers to lean on would have been nice. After the matchYounger talked in regards to the accidents the Hawks needed to take care of early within the season.
“It’s not nice; it isn’t enjoyable. I would love my group to be full and wholesome,” Younger mentioned. “I really feel like I have been by rather a lot since I have been right here. I want I may have everybody there. I do know they make issues rather a lot simpler for me, however we’ve got to grasp that. It’s a subsequent man up mentality on this league. I do know it is cliché and everybody says it, however we’ve got to reside by it and we’ve got to maneuver ahead.
Over the previous few seasons, Hunter and Bogdanovic have been out and in of the Hawks’ lineup with a variety of accidents, and there hasn’t been a lot depth behind them. This offseason, the Hawks made positive to handle that challenge by including stable gamers off the bench who can contribute, however having three of your greatest 9 gamers in a sport will nonetheless be troublesome.
Hawks battle accidents to start out season
The Hawks continued to take care of accidents early within the season, and that was the case for many of their key gamers. Onyeka Okongwu was the newest participant to look on the damage report, as he was dominated out in opposition to the Wizards as a result of a left massive toe damage.
Earlier than the sport, head coach Quin Snyder spoke about Okongwu’s damage and his plan transferring ahead.
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“This stuff differ from participant to participant,” Snyder mentioned. “I’d hesitate to set expectations somehow. I do know he is doing an excellent job for us; we all know we wish him to be full, wholesome, proceed to enhance and all that great things, and these guys will make that call with Onyeka’s damage.
Bogdan Bogdanovic hasn’t performed because the Hawks’ season opener as a result of a proper hamstring damage, and Snyder supplied an replace on his standing final week.
“Lingering is slightly ambiguous with these things,” Snyder mentioned. “There’s a course of it’s a must to comply with. He did not play a lot within the preseason, in all probability half the video games, which displays 80 or 79 video games final common season and a full summer season of coaching and competitors. We’re conscious of this and, subsequently, we wish it to be 100% or, failing that, shut, [and] he isn’t there.
Regardless of the accidents, the Hawks have performed effectively and with it being early within the season there should not be a lot concern until a few of these gamers are out for an extended time frame.
