ATL and 29

Our guest today is Josh Longstaff, head coach of the Erie Bayhawks, the G League affiliate for the Atlanta Hawks. We talk about Erie, his work at the Hawks pre-draft workouts, being an assistant coach for USA's team trying to qualify for the World Championship, and his various stops as an NBA assistant coach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tyler and I weigh in on all aspects of the Draft: the rookies, the long-term outlook of the franchise, the prospects for the Dallas pick, and how the draftees impact some current players on the roster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tyler Jones jumps on to discuss the Hawks *other* three picks. We run through some picks that we'd like to see and some others that we wouldn't. Includes audio from the two players Tyler would like to see picked at #19. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We have a new co-host, Tyler Jones! Tyler and I talk about next week's NBA Draft and we mock out the first three picks of the draft in two ways: 1) How we think it will turn out, and 2) How it would turn out if Tyler was in charge of all three teams. Then I compare Trae Young to a 2000s-era Milwaukee Buck. Twice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In between the two Nets/Hawks games, we talk all things Brooklyn with Sandy Mui of The Brooklyn Game. We also talk a few moments with Kent Bazemore about getting spot duty at power forward at various points this season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, I made Brad pick over/unders on numbers like the Denver Nuggets' win total, Kyrie's points per game, Joel Embiid's rebounds and Chris Paul's assists. We also hear a clip from Atlanta Hawks head coach Mike Budenholzer on his approach to utilizing young players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A sampling of the more interesting quotes and stories from the Atlanta Hawks' media day and training camp. Soundbites include Travis Schlenk, Mike Budenholzer, Tyler Dorsey, Kent Bazemore, Nico Brussino, Ersan Ilyasova, and Dennis Schroder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We talk to G-League expert Adam Johnson of 2 Ways & 10 Days about the Erie BayHawks, their recent expansion draft, and the two G-Leaguers recently signed by the Hawks: Quinn Cook and Josh Magette. BONUS: We also spoke to Erie BayHawks General Manager Malik Rose about the tryout that the BayHawks held in Atlanta and the challenges strategies of assembling a G-League roster. Learn more about your ad...

We talk to James Holas of BBall Breakdown and the B.O.D. Pod about Dennis Schroder and the Hawks inevitable reliance on him for a lot of their offense. We also talk about the NBA rank of Nikola Jokic relative to his peers, a topic which James took to his Twitter time in recent days, and our thoughts on the NBA's recent jersey release. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...

All-purpose basketball blogosphere person @Cosmis is here to talk with me about our lukewarm NBA Awards beefs, the short-term future of the Minnesota Timberwolves, and Hawks rookie draft pick Alpha Kaba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We talk to Chris Barnewall of CBS Sports about some initial impressions from the NBA Draft, plus the trade that sent Marco Belinelli, Miles Plumlee to Atlanta and Dwight Howard to Charlotte. We also listen to a detailed piece audio from Hornets head coach Steve Clifford on the NBA re-inventing itself with threes, spacing, and switching defenses -- and Chris and I discuss how the Howard trade impac...

We talk to Raptors expert Payal Doshi of RealSport about the recent Raps/Bucks series, the upcoming Raps/Cavaliers series, and more important topics like 'Was the Milwaukee U-S-A, U-S-A chant corny?' and 'Is Bruno Caboclo fewer than two years away from being two years away?' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some thoughts from me on the Hawks and their transition, outlook, and choices of tactics going from Game 2 to Game 3 of their series vs. the Washington Wizards. Included is the full audio from Dennis Schroder's post-practice media scrum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's guest is Larry Luk of the Hawks 6th Man Section and the HawksBros social media accounts. Larry and I talk discuss the upcoming playoff series between the Hawks and Wizards, including: 1) Kent Bazemore coming off the bench (in Baze's own words) 2) Dwight Howard matching up against former teammate Marcin Gortat (in Dwight's own words) 3) and figuring out the backup point guard spot vs. Washi...

Today's guest is Ben Standig of the podcast Locked on Wizards Ben and I talk discuss the upcoming playoff series between the Hawks and Wizards, including the impact of adding Scott Brooks and Bojan Bogdanovic, which Wizards will be in the rotation, how Washington replaces Ian Mahinmi, and how the Wizards fare against switching defenses. We also hear a bonus bit from Jose Calderon on a series invol...

Today's guest is Kris Willis, overall guru at Peachtree Hoops Kris and I talk discuss 1) The Hawks' 126-125 overtime comeback win over the Cavaliers. 2) His preferred playoff opponent 3) The Hawks' approach to staggering their starters and backups over the course of the season. 4) What he has seen from Taurean Prince as the rookie has taken on a larger role in recent weeks. Today's episode was mad...

Welcome to Episode 27 of ATL and 29, the podcast that looks at the NBA from the starting point of Atlanta. My name is Kevin Chouinard. Today's guest is Reinis Lacis, NBA historian and host of The Handle podcast. Reinis and I talk about three things: 1) Recent inductions to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame 2) Our choices for 5 NBA people that we'd put in the Hall of Fame. 3) And we finish by as...

Today's guest is Bob Rathbun, who does the play-by-play on Fox Sports Southeast for the Atlanta Hawks. We talk about the evolution of the low-post game in the NBA and how it applies to a Hawks' offense that features two primary interior presences. We also hear from Dwight Howard and Zach Randolph for their impressions on what it means to be a low-post banger in the year 2017. Today's episode was m...

Today's guest is Thomas Jenkins, who writes for Peachtree Hoops. We talk about the three-game losing streak that the Hawks currently have going, especially the loss to the Warriors in which Dennis Schroder was benched for the final 20 minutes of the game after losing track of Steph Curry after a dead ball. We also talk about the ceiling of this year's Hawks team, as well as the acquisitions of Ers...

The Hawks are in the midst of a 6-game homestand and their next 3 games are against CLE, IND and GSW. So in between games against the best team in the East and the best team in the West, the Hawks welcome back Jeff Teague, who played here as a Hawk for seven seasons. With that in mind, today we welcome Payton (@thats_so_payton), who is undoubtedly one of the best Pacers follows on Twitter, and we'...

We are joined by Pascal Giberne to talk about the Brooklyn Nets. We discuss current Nets' coach (and former Hawks' assistant coach) Kenny Atkinson, as well as what useful pieces the Nets have on their roster and how they might escape their draft-pick-impaired future plight. We also dig into the season that Isaia Cordinier is putting together in France since being drafted by the Atlanta Hawks. Toda...

We are joined by Larry Luk, who is a member of the Hawks' Sixth Man section and a sneakerhead, to discuss the Hawks, shoes, the Falcons and more. We'll also hear from Hawks point guard Dennis Schroder about what he thinks of the executive order that instituted a travel ban to the US for people born in seven different countries. Today's episode was made possible by Poli Mortgage Group. Poli Mortgag...

Today's guest is Kris Willis of Peachtree Hoops, who, in my sketchy recollection, now holds the unofficial streak as the longest consecutively-tenured Hawks blogger. Kris and I discuss the tiers of the Eastern Conference as we try to figure out what has gone pear-shaped on the Hawks this season and what the team might do to get things rolling in the right direction. We also hear from Mike Budenhol...

Today's guest is Eric Yeboah of HawksHoop, and I'm seriously mad at Eric because he's TOO good of a guest. Dangit, Eric, stop showing me up?! Together we go FULL Hawks - OK, mostly Hawks - and discuss the changes to Atlanta's starting lineups as well as the Jekyll-and-Hyde nature of the team. We also hear from Stan Van Gundy on the Hawks' approach to surrounding Dwight Howard with complementary pl...

Today we welcome Ti Windisch of Behind the Buck Pass to the show to discuss a number of topics from the NBA, including Tom Thibodeau's fit in Minnesota and which NBA team might be bold enough to trade a center to the Warriors. Ti also picks a team from each conference that he believes will move up in the standings between now and the end of the season, as well as a team from each conference that h...