Lloyd Pierce has learned a lot about himself in 2020.
The Atlanta Hawks head coach has slowly gone from someone whose curiosity of studying the Black history of Atlanta to someone whose knowledge prepared him to become a public figure who’s taken the lead in today’s history in Atlanta.
Pierce, who told reporters during a Wednesday Zoom press conference he’s always tried to give the media well-thought responses, gave arguably his most honest media availability session to a group of local reporters this week at the start of the Hawks’ voluntary mini camp.
“I thought I was hired into a leadership position with the Atlanta Hawks.