Dan is joined by Lauren Williams (@WilliamsLaurenL) from The Atlanta Journal Constitution to break down the 2024-25 Atlanta Hawks. Find her work at the AJC here: https://www.ajc.com/staff/lauren-williams/. TIMESTAMPS⬇️

0:00 – INTRO
5:04 – The Dejounte Murray trade
9:11 – How the draft impacted the offseason
12:58 – Is Trae Young more adaptable than advertised?
19:56 – Lauren’s biggest storylines
23:46 – The development plan for Zaccharie Risacher
31:45 – What will Dyson Daniels’ role be?
35:20 – Thoughts on Vit Krecji, Kobe Bufkin and Garrison Mathews
42:48 – Continued development of Jalen Johnson
50:29 – How will the big-man rotation shake out?
57:40 – How much better can Atlanta be defensively?
1:00:25 – Biggest roster needs
1:04:30 – Are we sleeping on the ceiling of Risacher?
1:09:18 – The top-10 rotation
1:11:07 – Go-to crunch-time lineup, Funky lineups we want to see
1:16:25 – Win totals, Where do the Hawks stand in the East
1:23:26 – Be on the lookout for Mouhamed Gueye?, Closing Thoughts

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