2015–16 Atlanta Hawks season

The 2015–16 Atlanta Hawks season was the 66th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the 48th in Atlanta.

2015–16 Atlanta Hawks season
Head coachMike Budenholzer
OwnersTony Ressler
ArenaPhilips Arena
Results
Record48–34 (.585)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Southeast)
Conference: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishConference Semifinals
(Lost to Cavaliers 0–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionFox Sports South
Radio92.9 FM "The Game"

In the off-season, the Hawks introduced a new logo and uniforms for the season.

In the regular season, the Hawks came 12 games short of tying their franchise-best 60–22 record from their previous season. They defeated the Boston Celtics in the opening round, but were swept in four games by the LeBron James-led and eventual NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers in the Semifinals, who had also swept them in last season's Eastern Conference Finals as well as the 2009 Eastern Conference Semi Finals.

Also, this season was the end of the Al Horford era in Atlanta, as he joined the Celtics during the following offseason.

Key dates

Draft picks
Main article: 2015 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team
1 15 Kelly Oubre Jr. SF United States Kansas
2 50 Marcus Eriksson SG Sweden Barcelona
2 59 Dimitrios Agravanis PF Greece Olympiacos

Roster
Roster listing
2015–16 Atlanta Hawks roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 24 Bazemore, Kent 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 1989–07–01 Old Dominion
G 10 Hardaway Jr., Tim 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1992–03–16 Michigan
G 12 Hinrich, Kirk 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1981–01–02 Kansas
F/C 15 Horford, Al (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1986–06–03 Florida
F 43 Humphries, Kris 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1985–02–06 Minnesota
G/F 26 Korver, Kyle 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 212 lb (96 kg) 1981–03–17 Creighton
F 4 Millsap, Paul (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 246 lb (112 kg) 1985–02–10 Louisiana Tech
F/C 31 Muscala, Mike 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1991–07–01 Bucknell
G/F 13 Patterson, Lamar 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1991–08–12 Pittsburgh
G 17 Schröder, Dennis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 1993–09–15 Germany
F 32 Scott, Mike 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 237 lb (108 kg) 1988–07–16 Virginia
G/F 25 Sefolosha, Thabo 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1984–05–02 Switzerland
C 11 Splitter, Tiago 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1985–01–01 Brazil
C 22 Tavares, Walter 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1992–03–22 Cape Verde
G 0 Teague, Jeff (C) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 186 lb (84 kg) 1988–06–10 Wake Forest
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2016–04–21

Game log

Pre-season
2015 pre-season game log
Total: 4–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 3–1)
Pre-season: 4–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 3–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 October 7 @ Cleveland 98–96 Jeff Teague (17) Al Horford (8) Shelvin Mack (5) Cintas Center
10,250		 1–0
2 October 9 @ New Orleans 103–93 Dennis Schröder (11) Paul Millsap (8) Patterson, Teague (3) Veterans Memorial Arena
7,628		 2–0
3 October 14 San Antonio 100–86 Jeff Teague (19) Paul Millsap (9) Horford, Schröder (4) Philips Arena
11,801		 3–0
4 October 16 @ Dallas 91–84 Al Horford (16) Mike Scott (6) Mack, Schröder (4) American Airlines Center
19,315		 4–0
5 October 18 Miami 92–101 Mike Scott (19) Mike Scott (8) Lamar Patterson (4) Philips Arena
13,038		 4–1
6 October 21 Memphis 81–82 Kent Bazemore (18) Al Horford (14) Jeff Teague (9) Philips Arena
11,273		 4–2
7 October 23 @ Detroit 87–115 Mike Scott (20) Walter Tavares (12) Lamar Patterson (6) The Palace of Auburn Hills
12,804		 4–3
2015–16 season schedule

Standing
Southeast Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
y – Miami Heat 48 34 .585 0.0 28–13 20–21 10–6 82
x – Atlanta Hawks 48 34 .585 0.0 27–14 21–20 8–8 82
x – Charlotte Hornets 48 34 .585 0.0 30–11 18–23 8–8 82
Washington Wizards 41 41 .500 7.0 22–19 19–22 10–6 82
Orlando Magic 35 47 .427 13.0 23–18 12–29 4–12 82
Eastern Conference
# Team W L PCT GB GP
1 c – Cleveland Cavaliers * 57 25 .695 – 82
2 y – Toronto Raptors * 56 26 .683 1.0 82
3 y – Miami Heat * 48 34 .585 9.0 82
4 x – Atlanta Hawks 48 34 .585 9.0 82
5 x – Boston Celtics 48 34 .585 9.0 82
6 x – Charlotte Hornets 48 34 .585 9.0 82
7 x – Indiana Pacers 45 37 .549 12.0 82
8 x – Detroit Pistons 44 38 .537 13.0 82
9 Chicago Bulls 42 40 .512 15.0 82
10 Washington Wizards 41 41 .500 16.0 82
11 Orlando Magic 35 47 .427 22.0 82
12 Milwaukee Bucks 33 49 .402 24.0 82
13 New York Knicks 32 50 .390 25.0 82
14 Brooklyn Nets 21 61 .256 36.0 82
15 Philadelphia 76ers 10 72 .122 47.0 82

Regular season game log
2015–16 game log
Total: 48–34 (Home: 27–14; Road: 21–20)
October: 2–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–0)
November : 10–7 (Home: 6–2; Road: 4–5)
December : 9–5 (Home: 5–3; Road: 4–2)
January : 6–9 (Home: 3–2; Road: 3–7)
February : 6–5 (Home: 4–4; Road: 2–1)
March : 12–4 (Home: 5–1; Road: 7–3)
April : 3–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 0–2)
2015–16 season schedule

Playoffs

Game log
2016 playoff game log
Total: 4–6 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–4)
First Round: 4–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–2)
Conference Semifinals: 0–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–2)
2016 playoff schedule

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Regular season
Atlanta Hawks statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Kent Bazemore756827.8.441.357.8105.12.31.3.511.6
Tim Hardaway Jr.51116.9.430.338.8901.71.0.4.16.4
Kirk Hinrich*1106.9.182.167.0001.11.3.2.1.5
Justin Holiday*26110.1.329.222.5041.0.4.5.22.4
Al Horford828232.1.505.344.8027.33.2.81.515.2
Kris Humphries*21014.0.465.258.7103.4.6.5.36.4
Kyle Korver808030.0.435.399.8303.32.1.8.49.2
Shelvin Mack*2407.5.421.148.750.91.6.3.03.9
Paul Millsap818132.7.470.319.7609.03.31.81.717.1
Mike Muscala6009.4.500.308.7902.0.6.2.53.3
Lamar Patterson35011.3.350.245.7301.41.1.3.12.4
Dennis Schröder80620.3.421.322.7902.64.4.9.111.0
Mike Scott75015.3.468.392.7902.71.0.3.26.2
Thabo Sefolosha751123.4.505.339.6304.51.41.1.56.4
Tiago Splitter36216.1.523.000.8103.3.8.6.35.6
Walter Tavares1106.6.579.000.3801.9.3.1.62.3
Jeff Teague797828.5.439.400.8402.75.91.2.315.7

Transactions
Main article: List of 2015–16 NBA season transactions

Overview
Players Added

Via draft

Via free agency

Via trade

 Players Lost

Via free agency

Waived

Trades
June 25, 2015 To Atlanta Hawks
Tim Hardaway Jr. (from New York)
Two future second-round picks (from Washington)		 To New York Knicks
Draft rights to Jerian Grant (from Washington)
To Washington Wizards
Draft rights to Kelly Oubre, Jr. (from Atlanta)
July 9, 2015 To Atlanta Hawks
Tiago Splitter		 To San Antonio Spurs
Rights to Georgios Printezis
Future second-round pick
February 18, 2015 To Atlanta Hawks
Kirk Hinrich (from Chicago)		 To Chicago Bulls
Justin Holiday (from Atlanta)
2018 second-round pick (from Utah)
To Utah Jazz
Shelvin Mack (from Atlanta)

Re-signed
Player Signed Former Team
Paul Millsap[1]Signed 3-year contract worth $59 MillionAtlanta Hawks

Additions
Player Signed Former team
Walter Tavares[2]Signed 3-year contract worth $3 Million Gran Canaria (DP)
Justin Holiday[3]Signed 2-year worth $2 MillionGolden State Warriors
Lamar Patterson[4]Signed 1-year contract worth $1.5 million Tofaş (DP)
Terran Petteway[5]*Signed 2-year contract worth $1.4 millionNebraska
Jason Richardson[6]*Signed 1-year contract worth $1.5 millionPhiladelphia 76ers
DeQuan Jones[7]*Training Camp Pallacanestro Cantù
Édgar Sosa[8]*Training Camp Dinamo Sassari
Earl Barron[9]*Training CampPhoenix Suns
Arsalan Kazemi[10]*Training Camp Chongqing Soaring Dragons
Kris Humphries[11]Signed 1-year contract worth $388 thousandPhoenix Suns
* = Did not make 15-man roster

Subtractions
Player Reason left New team
Pero Antić[12]Signed a 2-year contract Fenerbahçe
DeMarre Carroll[13]Signed 4-year contract worth $58 millionToronto Raptors
Austin Daye[14]WaivedCleveland Cavaliers
John Jenkins[15]Signed 3-year contract worth $3.2 millionDallas Mavericks
Elton BrandRetired / UnretiredPhiladelphia 76ers
Jason RichardsonRetired due to injuriesN/A

References
  1. "Hawks reach agreement to resign Millsap". nba.com/hawks. July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  2. "Hawks sign Walter "Edy" Tavares".
  3. "Hawks sign Justin Holiday to multi-year contract".
  4. "Hawks sign Patterson and Petteway".
  5. "Patterson and Petteway".
  6. "Patterson and Petteway".
  7. "Hawks Finalize Training Camp Roster".
  8. "Hawks Finalize Training Camp Roster".
  9. "Hawks Finalize Training Camp Roster".
  10. "Hawks Add Kazemi to Training Camp Roster".
  11. "Hawks Sign Kris Humphries".
  12. "Pero Antic leaving Atlanta to play in Europe".
  13. "DeMarre Carroll signs north of the border".
  14. "Hawks request waivers on Austin Daye".
  15. "Mavs sign John Jenkins and Jarrid Famous". mavs.com. July 24, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
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