Atlanta Hawks

The Atlanta Hawks are a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. The team competes in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Eastern Conference Southeast Division and plays their home games at State Farm Arena. They were formed in 1946 as one of the charter members of the NBA’s predecessor league, the National Basketball League (NBL).

Their history has been marked by many highs and lows; they won two championships while part of both leagues but have not made it to an NBA Finals since 1961. Over time, they have changed cities numerous times—from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to St. Louis, Missouri before relocating to Atlanta for good during 1968–1969 season where their home court was originally called Alexander Memorial Coliseum until 2017 when it was renamed State Farm Arena after its most recent renovation work concluded.

Under head coach Mike Budenholzer who took over from Larry Drew during 2013-14 Season and General Manager Danny Ferry from 2012-2015,the hawks saw success with consecutive winning seasons which included five straight playoff appearances between 2008–09 season and 2014–15 season along with four division titles all within that same span including back-to-back 60 win regular seasons under Coach Budenholzer’s system resulting them being considered one best teams competing East Coast during this era due largely playing style characterized sharing ball movement unselfishness among teammates led by future Hall Of Famer Paul Millsap who served captainry role throughout his tenure here ending 2018 free agency period leaving join Denver Nuggets organization taking him away leading scorer thus far franchise history having earned All Star selections 4 out 6 years spent donning red white colors ATL uniform up becoming fan favorite amongst city’s natives citizens alike also shortly followed departure teammate Al Horford 2015 offseason sign Boston Celtics further diminishing hopes make deep postseasons runs near future though managed remain competitive 2016 even without core players set place new faces such Dwight Howard Dennis Schröder joining fold latter whom still remains key contributor squad alongside Trae Young recently drafted point guard out University Oklahoma taken #5 overall pick 2018 draft be cornerstone franchise going forward search building upon legacy established past decades yet come​