re: 2019 NBA Draft: What will the Hawks do?

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The Hawks actually had decent attendance last year. They just scaled the size of their arena down.

The years in which the Hawks were competitive, they were consistently in the top half of the league.

The new arena is amazing. I think everyone should go check it out. It's got amazing sightlines, unique to Atlanta vendors, and I love the fact it's in the city. Gives it a "big game" vibe, and, is accessible by Marta.

I love the Braves, but the location of that sterile, bland, chain-mall of a stadium complex in the burbs is just awful. I bet guys that wear PFGs and hate going ITP love it, but the team has lost what made them the Atlanta Braves.

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The Hawks were dead last in attendance last year and 17th out of 30 teams the year they went to the conference finals.

The battery is considered one of the biggest successes in major league baseball right now. I love how they justified it with a front page metro map on the AJC showing where the majority of their season ticket holders reside. The team is now consistently in the top ten in attendance in accordance with the market size.