Coming into the 2020-2021 NBA season, depth was the thing that was supposed to make the biggest difference for the Atlanta Hawks in the standings as compared to the last couple of seasons. There was a general talent upgrade, by way of the additions of Bogdan Bogdanovic, Danilo Gallinari and others, that was expected to be of benefit, especially as it relates to the workload of Trae Young.
From there, historically reliable veteran contributors — in the form of Rajon Rondo, Kris Dunn, Solomon Hill and Tony Snell — were viewed as meaningful additions such that Atlanta could be at least two deep at every position on the depth chart.