The Atlanta Hawks will play host to the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday evening and, in addition to the obvious on-court ramifications, the headliner for the night is the unveiling of State Farm Arena. With that said, there is a bit of positive mojo with regard to the injury report, as head coach Lloyd Pierce indicated on Tuesday that center Dewayne Dedmon will make his 2018-19 debut.
Dedmon missed the entirety of training camp and the preseason with an avulsion fracture in his left ankle but, in recent days, optimism surfaced that the veteran big man would be available in the near future and that comes to fruition on Wednesday.