On Tuesday, the Atlanta Hawks fired head coach Nate McMillan after struggling to a 29-30 document by the All-Star break.

After buying and selling for All-Star guard Dejounte Murray final summer time, some thought the Hawks could be an excellent group this season, however they’ve fallen wanting these expectations, and maybe McMillan grew to become a casualty.

The group will promote assistant Joe Prunty to the position of interim head coach, and in response to NBA insider Shams Charania, they’ve a listing of candidates for the subsequent everlasting head coach.

Sources: The Hawks’ head teaching candidates are anticipated to incorporate Bucks assistant Charles Lee, Kings assistant Jordi Fernandez, Warriors assistant Kenny Atkinson, Spurs assistant Mitch Johnson, G League South Bay’s Miles Simon and former Jazz coach Quin Snyder.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 21, 2023

Of that listing, Kenny Atkinson and Quin Snyder seem like essentially the most engaging prospects.

Atkinson was on the helm of the Brooklyn Nets for 4 years beginning within the 2016-17 season, and whereas there, he helped assemble a younger and aggressive squad that finally attracted Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant in the summertime of 2019.

Since leaving Brooklyn in 2020, Atkinson has been an assistant with the Los Angeles Clippers and Golden State Warriors.

Snyder had been the pinnacle coach of the Utah Jazz for eight seasons, and upon taking up, he remade a rebuilding group right into a perennial playoff contender.

However regardless of the presence of All-Stars Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert, the Jazz by no means superior previous the second spherical of the postseason beneath Snyder, and he resigned final spring.

The Hawks have Murray and Trae Younger, however the remainder of the roster is considerably underwhelming, they usually have struggled on the defensive finish this season.

It is going to be as much as their subsequent everlasting head coach to repair these defensive points whereas unlocking the skills of the aggressive however inefficient Younger.

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