DeAndre’ Bembry entered this season having logged just 826 minutes in his NBA career after being selected with the No. 21 overall pick by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2016 NBA Draft. His lack of playing time during his rookie season was mostly the result of him not being in the rotation on a team that was trying to win as many games as they could. This was reasonable, especially given that Atlanta had reached at least the Eastern Conference semi-finals in the previous two seasons.
During the 2017-18 season, he missed significant time due to injury, which was a disappointment given that the Hawks won just 24 games.