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As has been discussed wince prior to the All-Star break, the Atlanta Hawks are a team that has been struck by injury. As the injuries piled up, the previous head coach Lloyd Pierce started to alternate games between Bruno Fernando and rookie Onyeka Okongwu.
This did not help either player and at the time I believed that the Hawks were missing the opportunity to develop the sixth pick in the 2020 draft, Okongwu. The Hawks then moved on from Pierce and installed Nate McMillan as the interim head coach.