It’s been a long and winding road for the Atlanta Hawks, as the team has compiled a 2-12 record to this point. While the team has certainly struggled in predictable fashion, the schedule has not helped Mike Budenholzer’s squad but, on Wednesday, Atlanta will be favored (according to the good folks in Las Vegas) for the first time all season.
That is the backdrop as the Sacramento Kings arrive at Philips Arena with a 3-10 mark of their own and they are on the short list of teams seemingly bound for the NBA’s basement. While the Kings do have considerable talent, it is almost all assigned through the prism of youth and the team’s veteran additions of not influenced winning as some envisioned.