Seriously, Why Is There an NBA Team in Atlanta?

Dominique Wilkins

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The Hawks been known for starting off the first 20 games looking like a title contender for 5 years now.


don't get your hopes up.

Im not saying I got hopes for anything. Just responding to the typical ATL sports haters not giving our teams respect. Talking heads were running their mouth 2 months ago we wouldn't even make the playoffs.

Atlanta fans deserve credit for dealing w/ some of the worst owners in America.
 

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I never have figured out why Atlanta doesn't have a stronger fan base. It's been years too so we can't blame it just on the racist remarks about Deng. Considering all the women and clubs and activities to participate in you would think it would be a destination spot for players. One day they are bound to get that star though that makes them a place that free agents want to go too.
 

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I never have figured out why Atlanta doesn't have a stronger fan base. It's been years too so we can't blame it just on the racist remarks about Deng. Considering all the women and clubs and activities to participate in you would think it would be a destination spot for players. One day they are bound to get that star though that makes them a place that free agents want to go too.

b/c we have shytty owners, racist or not

they DO NOT put winning products on the court/field/whatever

PPL are not going to support that garbage. Especially when there is so much other shyt to do in ATL.

Put a winning product in front of the people and they will show up. This has been proven.
 

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b/c we have shytty owners, racist or not

they DO NOT put winning products on the court/field/whatever

PPL are not going to support that garbage. Especially when there is so much other shyt to do in ATL.

Put a winning product in front of the people and they will show up. This has been proven.

Yeah you're kind of a treadmill team but ya'll do make the playoffs damn near every season
 

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ATL's starting 5: :ehh:

Great frontline, abundance of 3 and D players and a rising PG
 

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b/c we have shytty owners, racist or not

they DO NOT put winning products on the court/field/whatever

PPL are not going to support that garbage. Especially when there is so much other shyt to do in ATL.

Put a winning product in front of the people and they will show up. This has been proven.
I feel you but the Hawks have at least been playoff contenders the past decade basically. That means that they should at least have a solid loyal fan base.
 

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I feel you but the Hawks have at least been playoff contenders the past decade basically. That means that they should at least have a solid loyal fan base.

The base is there, its just not showing up to games. Part of it is that the Hawks hit a ceiling with Josh Smith/Joe Johnson that ppl knew was going no where.

But another part of it is that we had a racist ownership group who was actively trying to recruit more old whites (who don't live in the City) instead of focusing on the NBA's base (18-35 yo white/black young professionals). Marketing a mediocre team to a group of ppl who aren't traditional basketball fans isn't going to help attendance.
 

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