On today's show, are the Atlanta Hawks a lock to make the playoffs next year?

They won the off season.

Can they win in the regular season?

We'll talk about that and more on today's Locked NBA Gameless Night.

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And welcome Lockdown NBA GameList Night. My name is Nick Angston, host of Lockdown Mavericks Podcast, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day. Thanks for reading it every day or making Lockdown to NBA your first. Listen, today's episode is brought to you by Fandual. Football season is around the corner. Feeling good about your Packers? Feeling pretty good about them. Visit the Fanduil out today and start planning your future's bets today. Joining me, as always, the voice you heard is from Lockdown Bucks. What did you see in the NBA tonight, Camille Davis? Nothing from the NBA outside of NBA players getting mad at their 2K ratings, an annual tradition like no other. You got to love it. I mean, they've made it. That's the only reason why they're still around, right? I'm a big, I'm a 2K player, though. Yes. You buy it every single year. You're one of the ones? Every year. There's no other option. I need a basketball game. This is all I have. I used to buy NBA live when I was a kid. See, I didn't know any better. But then 2K became a $20 game and I was like, ah, you got my, you got my heart. What's it going for now? What's what are you getting 22K 26 for? At least said me. And they took away the league pass option for when you order the deluxe version. You see a pass for free with the purchase and that's no longer a thing that's a deal i would pay for that

and that was like i think 160 or something like that with league pass and i was like that's a pay i'm with it but that's gone now so

no need to buy that version today's episode we're going to get into teams that missed the playoffs last year that we think

will make the playoffs or could make the playoffs this season. And so we'll talk about some teams like potentially, uh, well, maybe talk about the Dallas Mavericks. It's great. It's great. It's great. We may talk about the 76ers and hear from Mark Farsetto-locked on Sixers. They also talk about the Spurs. I guess we got to talk about the Spurs and talk about how good they are and great there at roster building.

And then let's start here with the... Mark Farsetto, Lockedon Sixers. They also talk about the Spurs. I guess we got to talk about the Spurs and talk about how good they are and great

they're at roster building.

And then let's start here with the Atlanta Hawks. And I asked Brad Roland of Locked on Hawks, what's the path for the Hawks to make the playoffs next season. This is what he said. My name is Brad Rowland. the host of the Lothon Hawks podcast and the Hawks can make the playoffs this year if things go according

to plant that might seem simple but it really is not for the Hawks the and the Hawks can make the playoffs this year if things go according to plan.

That might seem simple, but it really is not for the Hawks. The last couple of seasons, the Hawks have been admired in that play in purgatory, but this is their best roster since the conference finals run back in 2021. And the big additions to the team in this summer are a big reason why. Number one on the list is Chris has Porzingis. Porzingis is definitely a health risk, but if you can play only 50, 60 games this year, the Hawks would be certainly to have a much higher ceiling with him on the floor. He provides that floor space and that every team wants that center, plus some room protection behind him. They also add another, I would say, dual threat, two-way player and Nikol, Alexander Walker to provide depth. and also some insurance for Dyson Daniels, who obviously has been great for the Hawks that's he arrived before last season. And really, the whole thing is Jalen Johnson as well. Jalen Johnson was banged up last year, missed the second half of the season. If he is available for the Hawks, their ceiling raises quite a bit. They're on off-sports with him on the floor and off the floor last year were night and day essentially.

So if they can get Joe Johnson back, have the sibling raising potential of Porzingis and the steadiness of Alexander Walker.

The sky's limit for this team, especially in a wide open Eastern conference.

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