1994–95 Atlanta Hawks season

The 1994–95 NBA season was the Hawks' 46th season in the National Basketball Association, and 27th season in Atlanta.^[1] This was the team's first season since 1981–82 without All-Star forward Dominique Wilkins, as he signed as a free agent with the Boston Celtics in the off-season.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} During the off-season, the Hawks acquired Ken Norman from the Milwaukee Bucks,^[7][8][9] and Tyrone Corbin from the Utah Jazz.^[10][11][12] Early into the season, they traded Kevin Willis to the Miami Heat in exchange for Steve Smith and Grant Long after the first two games.^{[13][14][15][16]} The Hawks struggled losing their first four games, held a 12–19 record as of January 4, and later held a 22–26 record at the All-Star break.^[17] However, head coach Lenny Wilkens made history by becoming the NBA's all-time winningest coach, surpassing Red Auerbach on January 6, 1995, with 939 wins in a 112–90 home win over the Washington Bullets.^{[18][19][20][21]} The Hawks won seven of their final ten games, finishing fifth in the Central Division with a mediocre 42–40 record.^[22]

Mookie Blaylock led the team with 17.2 points, 7.7 assists, 2.5 steals per game and 199 three-point field goals, which was tied in second in the league, and was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team. In addition, Smith finished second on the team in scoring averaging 16.2 points per game, while Stacey Augmon provided the team with 13.9 points and 1.3 steals per game. Norman contributed 12.7 points and 4.9 rebounds per game, while Long provided with 11.7 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game, and Andrew Lang averaged 9.7 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game.^[23] Sixth man Craig Ehlo contributed 9.7 points per game off the bench, but only played just 49 games due to a knee injury.^[24][25][26]

However, in the

For the season, the Hawks added new black alternate road uniforms, which only lasted for just one season.[36]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	34	Gaylon Nickerson (from L.A. Clippers)	Guard	United States	NW Oklahoma State

Roster

1994–95 Atlanta Hawks roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From C 0 Anderson, Greg 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1964–06–22 Houston F 2 Augmon, Stacey 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1968–08–01 UNLV G 10 Blaylock, Mookie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1967–03–20 Oklahoma G/F 33 Corbin, Tyrone 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1962–12–31 DePaul F 34 Edwards, Doug 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1971–01–21 Florida State G 3 Ehlo, Craig 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1961–08–11 Washington State C 32 Koncak, Jon 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1963–05–17 SMU C 28 Lang, Andrew 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1966–06–28 Arkansas G 14 Les, Jim  5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1963–08–18 Bradley F 43 Long, Grant 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1966–03–12 Eastern Michigan F 5 Norman, Ken 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1964–09–05 Illinois C 41 Rasmussen, Blair  (IN) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1962–11–03 Oregon G 8 Smith, Steve 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1969–03–31 Michigan State G 1 Whatley, Ennis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 177 lb (80 kg) 1962–08–11 Alabama	Head coach Lenny Wilkens Assistant coach(es) Dick Helm Brian Winters Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (IN) Inactive Injured Roster Last transaction: {{{access-date}}}

Roster Notes

• Center Blair Rasmussen missed the entire season due to a back injury.

Regular season

Season standings

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Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Awards

• NBA All-Defensive First Team

Trades

November 7, 1994

• Traded Kevin Willis, and a 1996 first round draft pick to the Miami Heat for Grant Long, Steve Smith, and a 1996 second round draft pick.

Player Transactions Citation:^[38]

See also

• 1994–95 NBA season

References