Well if Pete Maravich is on this team, it only makes sense to have Lou Hudson.
The Hall of Famers' scoring average remains third in Hawks history. When it was all said and done, Maravich averaged 24.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game during his four seasons in Atlanta. In return for Maravich's services, the team received Bob Kaufmann, Dean Meminger, a 1974 first-round draft pick, a 1975 first-round draft pick, a 1975 second-round draft pick, a 1976 second-round draft pick and a 1980 third-round draft pick. Ready to make a change, the Hawks management made a trade with the New Orleans Jazz. Once more, Maravich made the All-Star team, but this year his Hawks didn't even make it to the playoffs. In fact, his scoring was second in the league, falling short of only the Buffalo Braves' Bob McAdoo. Maravich's final season in Atlanta saw him put up his most impressive numbers yet: 27.7 points, 4.9 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game. The point guard combined with Hudson that year to become the second duo (Jerry West and Elgin Baylor were the first for the Los Angeles Lakers in 1964-1965) to each hit the 2000-point mark in a singe season, a fact that helped him make both his first All-Star Team and the All-NBA Second Team. But once again, Pistol Pete's Hawks fell in the first round of the playoffs. Maravich struggled a bit during his second season, which ended with a second-straight first-round loss in the playoffs, but he regained his mojo in his third year, averaging 26.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game. He even managed to help increase Hudson's scoring average. However, Pistol Pete overcame those obstacles, as well as some resentment from his teammates due to his large $1.9 million contract, to make the NBA All-Rookie Team while averaging 23.2 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game. It was a somewhat controversial pick because the Hawks already had a scoring guard named Lou Hudson on the team and Pete Maravich's style didn't seem to fit well with center Walt Bellamy's. The all-time leading scorer in men's Division I college basketball history first became a member of the Atlanta Hawks when he was selected third overall by the team in the 1970 NBA draft. So with that in mind, read on for the Atlanta Hawks all-time 12-man roster.Īdam Fromal is a Featured Columnist at Bleacher Report and a syndicated writer. I don't really care at all that Moses Malone was an all-time great here because his greatness didn't come while he was wearing an Atlanta jersey.
Also, only the player's stats with the Hawks were counted. The only way to truly analyze an all-time team is to look at it subjectively.įor the purposes of this team, players had to play for at least three seasons with the Hawks, unless of course they hadn't yet played three seasons in the league.
The rule was intended to create an objective analysis rather than a subjective one. Players weren't eligible to join more than one team and that one team had to be whichever one they spent the most seasons on, regardless of where the most successful portion of their career was. You can check out the results here if you're curious: NBA Power Rankings: Ranking Each and Every Team's All-Time 12-Man Lineup.īut, to tackle such a huge project, I had to establish a few ground rules. If the Atlanta Hawks had to assemble a 12-man roster drawn from all players in the franchise's history, who would be on the squad?Ī little while ago, I attempted to tackle this question, along with the same one for the other 29 current NBA franchises.
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