#1988 ATLANTA HAWKS ROSTER PROFESSIONAL#

He averaged at least 20 points in 11 consecutive seasons and won a scoring title in 1986 after averaging 30.3 points per game. However, Wilkins was traded halfway through the 57-win season in the 1993-94 campaign.Īs far as individual achievements go, Wilkins was quite the scorer for his time. Wilkins helped to lead the Hawks to a franchise-record 57 wins on two occasions, which both resulted in second-round postseason departures.

The Celtics alone were responsible for three of the Hawks' early playoff exits, including the Game 7 thriller in 1988 that featured a classic duel between Wilkins and Bird. Unfortunately, the Hawks could never get past the second round of the playoffs, constantly meeting roadblocks in the forms of Larry Bird's Boston Celtics, Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls and Isiah Thomas' Detroit Pistons. Not only did Wilkins' ferocious and gravity-defying slams bring some attention to basketball in Atlanta, but his overall game brought the most success the franchise had seen since the days in St. The most polarizing player to play in Atlanta, Dominique Wilkins was the face of the Hawks for the latter part of the 1980s and early 1990s. Maravich played on two All-Star teams in his four years with Atlanta. He was sent to the Jazz the year after as a part of a deal that brought Bob Kauffman, Dean Meminger, two first-round picks, two second-round picks and a third-round pick to Atlanta. The scoring numbers would continue to rise, topping off at 27.7 points per game in his final season with the Hawks. Maravich had career highs across the board, including dropping 26.1 points and dishing out 6.9 dimes per contest. Maravich's numbers would dip due to an injury that caused him to miss 16 games, but he would bounce back with a career season in his third year. Taken third in the 1970 draft after four years at LSU-where he averaging at least 43 points per game-Maravich earned All-Rookie first-team honors following a first-year campaign that saw him average 23.2 points, 4.4 assists and 3.7 rebounds. On two occasions, he finished second in three-pointers made overall and hit a career-high 231 in 1996.īefore he became the superstar we know him as with the New Orleans Jazz, Pete Maravich was originally a first-round draft pick of the Atlanta Hawks. He averaged as many as 2.9 threes per game on 37 percent shooting in 1996 and averaged at least 2.5 threes in three consecutive seasons. He averaged at least two steals in 11 of his 13 NBA seasons, recording at least 2.5 steals per for six consecutive seasons.Īs a result of his quick hands, Blaylock was selected to two All-Defensive first teams and four All-Defensive second teams.īlaylock was also one of the league's better perimeter threats. He made his first and only All-Star game in 1994, when he averaged 13.8 points, a career-high 9.7 assists, 5.2 rebounds and 2.6 steals.īlaylock's hands were as good as anyone's in the league in the '90s. While playing for Atlanta, Blaylock led the league in steals per game for two consecutive seasons (2.7 and 2.6 in 1997 and '98, respectively). Unfortunately, they were rarely able to persevere against the elite teams, with the exception of that giant-killer of a Hawks team in '58.Īcquired in the deal that sent Rumeal Robinson to the New Jersey Nets, Mookie Blaylock played the majority of his career in an Atlanta Hawks uniform and produced some of the best numbers of his career. Louis or their current location, have experienced success in seemingly every era of basketball. Since the team has existed for nearly seven decades, there was difficulty in narrowing down the final all-time roster, as well as a few inactive players on the 'injured reserve,' to just 12 men.

Over the course of 67 years, the Hawks have acquired some historic talent, including forgotten legends who were propping up the franchise as a title contender throughout the 1950s and '60s. In 1958, Hall of Famer Bob Pettit led the Hawks to their first and only NBA championship with an upset over a juggernaut Boston Celtics team that featured three eventual Hall of Famers in the starting lineup. Louis for 13 seasons, which featured the most prosperous years of Hawks basketball to this day. They moved to a major city five years later and became the Milwaukee Hawks for four seasons. They became the Tri-Cities Blackhawks in 1946, playing in the town of Moline, Illinois. The Hawks existed as the Bisons for one year in 1946.

#1988 ATLANTA HAWKS ROSTER PROFESSIONAL#

While the Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics, San Francisco Warriors and New York Knicks seemed to dominate the headlines in the early days of the NBA, the Hawks were also one of the league's more prominent teams in the start-up portion of organized professional basketball. Originally known as the Buffalo Bisons, the Hawks took more than two decades to finally settle into their current home of Atlanta.

1988 atlanta hawks roster