Last Updated on May 9, 2010 4:11 pm by admin
ATLANTA (AP) -After five straight years of steady progress, the Atlanta Hawks have run into a major roadblock in their quest to become one of the NBA’s elite teams.
A disheartening performance against the Orlando Magic has left the Hawks one loss away from ending this season just as they did the last one: getting swept in the second round of the playoffs.
It’s also raised major questions about whether this team should dole out a huge contract to impending free agent Joe Johnson and bring back coach Mike Woodson for another season.
Woodson says he doesn’t know what management will do, but he hopes the Hawks will keep together a core group that has helped the team improve from 13 wins in 2004-05 to 53 victories this season.