Hawks Devoted 90 Percent Of Practice Time To Defense

[RealGM Wiretap]

The Atlanta Hawks spent 90 percent of practice time to defense and they now rank second in the NBA in points allowed per possession.

The Hawks have been ranked first in the NBA during 2016 by a wide margin.

Opposing teams figured out how to slow down the Hawks' offense, but they hope it can be as good as it was during the 14-15 regular season again.

"Our offense hasn't been there, so our defense has had to be better," Kyle Korver said. "There has been growth in the team because of that realization. And now we're starting to figure some things out offensively. I think we peaked too early last year. Hopefully this year, our best basketball is ahead of us."

Via Zach Lowe/ESPN

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Their defense was phenomenal against the Pistons the other night. They hacked-a-Drummond for like 6 possessions in a row when we were up by 11 points lol.

That aside, I commend them for playing hard, knowing full well that the front office put everyone on the trading block and have made it clear that they want to blow it all up this summer.