Alex Poythress knows Lloyd Pierce.
So when the player took a phone call from the new Hawks head coach, there was no need to mince words.
“He gave me some real facts,” said Poythress, the forward who officially signed a two-way contract with the Hawks this week. “What to expect. What your role would be. No (b.s.). We are going to get after it, work hard and develop you as a player.”
Poythress played for Pierce, then an assistant with the 76ers, as a rookie in 2016-17 when he signed a 10-day contract late in the season.