The Atlanta Hawks are about to start off their regular season, and it begins with a matchup against the Toronto Raptors. For the past few months, the Hawks have received a lot of praise for what they did over the offseason, bringing in players such as Kristaps Porzingis, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, and Luke Kennard to help improve the team.
They also have their core group returning from last season, and many are high on how they can continue to improve individually. Jalen Johnson is a key piece of that core group, and the Hawks were trending upward last season before he suffered a shoulder injury that knocked him out for the year.
Johnson is now back and healthy, but he wants to focus on the present instead of what the Hawks did last season.
“I don't want to look at last year an