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Larry Drew could have sulked during his last season in Atlanta, complained to anyone who would listen about being a lame duck despite a winning record and three straight playoff appearances.

One day after the Atlanta Hawks were bounced from the NBA playoffs, Larry Drew remained their coach.

Brian McKitish provides his latest fantasy basketball rankings and looks at potential sleepers for April.

Tom Carpenter recaps Sunday in the NBA, and discusses how important it is to gather information on coaches' decisions to rest their top players.

The odds heavily favor the Celtics to advance... unless they blow Game 6.

Bob Kravitz of The Indianapolis Star: Give Bird and his front office credit. Give Frank Vogel, who needs to have the third year of his contract guaranteed (and now) credit. And give these players credit for turning themselves into the type of team --...

Buck Harvey of the San Antonio Express-News: Coaches torture themselves over success, and Gregg Popovich has been lately. He's been wondering out loud among his staff that, well, wouldn't it be better to lose a game? "That's why," one of his assistan...

With two games in the books for each matchup, we rank each series based on intrigue.

How to improve the last month of the season.

Story | Conversation | April 27, 2012

Brian McKitish offers his top 80 players for fantasy basketball playoff leagues.

Jannero Pargo hit five 3-pointers and scored 17 points, and Joe Johnson, Josh Smith and Marvin Williams each had 16 as the Atlanta Hawks beat the Orlando Magic 109-81 on Friday night.

Twice a week, Knicks writers Ian Begley and Jared Zwerling will share with you their insights and the latest news about the other teams in the Eastern Conference playoff hunt. Here's Zwerling's breakdown: Chicago Bulls Seed: First Record: 42-...

Among the surprises this season has been the strong record of the Atlanta Hawks. Despite a first round upset of the Orlando Magic in the first round of the 2011 playoffs, most folks (myself included) seemed to think this core, which had been together...

Greg Cote of The Miami Herald: "This is why LeBron James took his talents to South Beach, why he teamed up with Dwyane Wade in Miami. For this night. For this noise. For this opponent. For this feeling. The Heat's Big 3-led powerhouse was formed with...

Tom Haberstroh looks at the four teams that lost in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, and provides offseason improvement plans for each

Story | Conversation | May 04, 2011

Joe Johnson looked like a max-contract player in taking control in Game 1 against the Bulls.