It’s easy to give up hamburger and fries when your dream is at stake.
The Hawks wanted Lamar Patterson to lose some weight – and hence get quicker – after they obtained him in a second-round draft night trade last year. The guard/forward spent last season playing professionally in Turkey. He came to Atlanta soon after the season to work out and was signed a partially guaranteed contract. His first NBA training camp begins in earnest tonight when the Hawks open the exhibition season against the Cavaliers in Cincinnati.
