Media Day arrived for many NBA teams on Sept. 30 and the Atlanta Hawks took part in the festivities at the Emory Sports Medicine Complex. With Travis Schlenk and Lloyd Pierce addressing the media on Friday, the path was cleared for the team’s roster of 20 players to speak and, for the most part, it was business as usual.
There were no grand revelations, no massive injury news (in part because the Hawks got ahead of the curve with a pre-training camp announcement) and nothing “viral” in nature. With that as the backdrop, the always dynamic and entertaining John Collins stole the show.