The Atlanta Hawks have been dissected by the entire NBA world for what amounted to a strange and undoubtedly interesting offseason. However, Sports Illustrated's NBA team took to the internet to hand out offseason grades for the Southeast Division on Tuesday, and the Hawks received a relatively strong B-minus mark for their efforts.
In terms of the high end, Atlanta was credited with "giving Dennis Schröder the keys" and Jeremy Woo had this to say:
For better or worse, the most important player on the Hawks’ roster is Dennis Schröder. Though he can be tough to rein in at times, the 22-year-old German guard has shown jaw-dropping flashes off Atlanta’s bench the last couple of years and has the type of athletic ability that suggests he’s capable of more.