Locked On Hawks - Daily Podcast On The Atlanta Hawks

Brad Rowland hosts Episode 2134 of the Locked on Hawks podcast, breaking down Wednesday’s game between the Atlanta Hawks and Minnesota Timberwolves. Topics include the return of Kristaps Porzingis, a wire-to-wire victory, Atlanta's bench advantage, a monster December for Jalen Johnson, and much more. Everydayer Club If you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the Locked On Ev...

The Atlanta Hawks shine bright to end the 2025 calendar year (and its 7-game losing streak) in lieu of the return of Kristaps Porzingis and Jalen Johnson for Wednesday's early contest versus the Minnesota Timberwolves.  ATL relied much on its energy and fast start to upend MIN and crash the welcome home reunion for one of the biggest stars in the league and Atlanta-native, Anthony Edwards resultin...

Brad Rowland hosts Episode 2133 of the Locked on Hawks podcast, breaking down Monday’s game between the Atlanta Hawks and Oklahoma City Thunder. Topics include Atlanta's undermanned roster without Jalen Johnson and Trae Young, a clear game plan that was well-executed on offense, defensive struggles, a date with Minnesota on New Year's Eve, and much more. Everydayer Club If you never miss an episod...

With its 2 potential all-stars (and team's assist leaders, Jalen Johnson & Trae Young) inactive, the visiting Atlanta Hawks push the reigning defending World Champion Oklahoma City Thunder to the brink.  What did we learn and what signs of optimism exists?  Why does Atlanta look so positively different without its primary contributors?  DeShaun Tate expounds on how ATL competed down the stretch ve...

Brad Rowland hosts Episode 2132 of the Locked on Hawks podcast, breaking down the latest on Anthony Davis and everything from Hawks-Knicks on Saturday night. Topics include Chris Haynes' reporting on AD, what a deal might look like, a sixth straight loss for the Atlanta Hawks, encouraging moments in the second half, a big night for Onyeka Okongwu, and much more. Everydayer Club If you never miss a...

Fresh off a hard-fought battle to its Eastern Conference rival and one of the hottest teams in the league, New York Knicks, there's no worst time to go on a six-game losing streak than now. To add fuel to the fire, up next with a chip on its shoulder is the reigning World Champion, Oklahoma City Thunder.  After cutting into an 18-point deficit, ATL gained the lead late in the 4th Quarter led by a...

Brad Rowland (@BTRowland) hosts Episode 2131 of the Locked on Hawks podcast, breaking down Friday's game between the Atlanta Hawks and the Miami Heat. Topics include a fifth straight loss, ball security problems, a rebounding deficit, offense as the bigger problem (by a lot), far-from-perfect defense, the upcoming schedule, and much more. Everydayer Club If you never miss an episode, it’s time to...

After trailing by a dozen at the half, the Atlanta Hawks strung together consistent runs to cut the deficit in half before the Southeast Division rival Miami Heat mashed the gas without looking back at a State Farm Arena that has been rather unkind to ATL.  MIA didn't allow Bam Adebayo's inactivity in Friday's contest to derail their mission as the outrebounded Atlanta by double-digits, outscored...

Brad Rowland (@BTRowland) hosts Episode 2130 of the Locked on Hawks podcast, breaking down Tuesday's game between the Atlanta Hawks and the Chicago Bulls. Topics include the fourth straight loss for the Hawks, offensive challenges in the fourth quarter, defensive issues after halftime, rotational questions, the controversial ending, the end of N'Faly Dante's season, the signing of Malik Williams,...

Despite resulting in a disappointing ending in a high-volume scoring performance in the previous outing, the Atlanta Hawks unsuccessfully seek revenge in an overly-physical, emotional, ultra-competitive battle with the Chicago Bulls.  ATL sacrificed a 10-point lead with under 6 minutes remaining ignited by its inability to rebound, convert down the stretch, maintain its composure and costly turnov...

Brad Rowland (@BTRowland) hosts Episode 2129 of the Locked on Hawks podcast. Topics include the recent struggles of the Atlanta Hawks defense, uncertainty with the team's roster depth after multiple injuries, Luke Kennard's rough season, and Tuesday's rematch agains Chicago. Everydayer Club If you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the Locked On Everydayer Club and get ad-f...

Brad Rowland (@BTRowland) hosts Episode 2128 of the Locked on Hawks podcast, breaking down Sunday's game between the Atlanta Hawks and the Chicago Bulls. Topics include Atlanta's porous defense, what went wrong on that end of the floor, an encouraging offensive game, offensive stardom from Trae Young and Jalen Johnson, rotational tweaks in the second half, the upcoming rematch, and much more. Ever...

Brad Rowland (@BTRowland) hosts Episode 2127 of the Locked on Hawks podcast, breaking down Friday's game between the Atlanta Hawks and the San Antonio Spurs. Topics include a total destruction in all facets, Atlanta's struggles against San Antonio's offense, Victor Wembanyama making life difficult for the Hawks, three-point issues, Quin Snyder's postgame insights, and much more. Everydayer Club If...

Brad Rowland (@BTRowland) hosts Episode 2126 of the Locked on Hawks podcast, breaking down Thursday's game between the Atlanta Hawks and the Charlotte Hornets. Topics include an ugly first half, Trae Young's return, Jalen Johnson's career-best scoring game, defensive problems, a quick turnaround, and much more. Everydayer Club If you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the L...

In the Battle of the South BBQ Series where the Atlanta Hawks once trailed by 24 points, a comeback was inevitable particularly late in the 4th quarter as so many highly anticipated the return of star guard Trae Young versus division rival Charlotte Hornets.  Trae's return wasn't the only party crashed at the Spectrum Center, rising star Jalen Johnson who has been one of the league's biggest surpr...

Brad Rowland (@BTRowland) hosts Episode 2125 of the Locked on Hawks podcast. Topics include the latest trade buzz around the Atlanta Hawks, the latest on Kristaps Porzingis, Trae Young's return to practice, Jacob Toppin being waived, the state of the Eastern Conference, Asa Newell's development, the Most Improved Player race, and much more. Everydayer Club If you never miss an episode, it’s time t...

Brad Rowland (@BTRowland) hosts Episode 2124 of the Locked on Hawks podcast, breaking down Sunday's game between the Atlanta Hawks and the Philadelphia 76ers. Topics include a wild ending, poor two-point shooting on both sides, lights-out three-point shooting, defensive rebounding issues, a big game from Dyson Daniels, and much more. Everydayer Club If you never miss an episode, it’s time to make...

A season best in scoring for Paul George and Dyson Daniels was on full display at State Farm Arena early Sunday evening.  In the absence of star guard Trae Young and Kristaps Porzingis, ATL has heavily relied upon production from a combination of "plug & play" contributors to fill the void.  Onyeka Okongwu and Nickeil Alexander-Walker are playing the best basketball of their careers while Dyson Da...

Brad Rowland (@BTRowland) hosts Episode 2123 of the Locked on Hawks podcast, breaking down Friday's game between the Atlanta Hawks and the Detroit Pistons. Topics include one of Atlanta's worst defensive performances of the season, ball security woes on offense, Jalen Johnson's latest history-making endeavor, and much more. Everydayer Club If you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it officia...

50+ points off the Detroit Pistons bench help catapult the #1 team in the Eastern Conference to extend the season series lead with just 1 away from a sweep versus the well-rested Atlanta Hawks after 6 days off, it's longest since 1986.  Detroit outhustled and outmuscled Atlanta with its stifling defense, energy, physicality and frontcourt presence albeit while Nickeil Alexander-Walker led the way...

Brad Rowland (@BTRowland) hosts Episode 2122 of the Locked on Hawks podcast. Topics include the latest trade buzz on both Anthony Davis and Giannis Antetokounmpo, the opportunities and challenges associated with the Atlanta Hawks potentially pursuing either player, the state of the Pelicans and the bottom of the NBA, the struggles of the Hawks at home, Atlanta's overall schedule, and much more. Ev...

Brad Rowland (@BTRowland) hosts Episode 2121 of the Locked on Hawks podcast, and he is joined by Glen Willis of ATL and 29 for Part 2 of a 2-part conversation. The discussion centers on the Atlanta Hawks after the first 25 games of the season, including Jalen Johnson's breakout, intrigue with the offense, Atlanta's top-10 performance on defense, how good the Hawks really are, and much more. Everyd...

Brad Rowland (@BTRowland) hosts Episode 2120 of the Locked on Hawks podcast, and he is joined by Glen Willis of ATL and 29 for Part 1 of a 2-part conversation. First, the duo breaks down the news that Jacob Toppin will miss the rest of the season. Then, the rest of the discussion centers on the Atlanta Hawks after the first 25 games of the season, including Jalen Johnson's breakout, intrigue with...

Brad Rowland (@BTRowland) hosts Episode 2119 of the Locked on Hawks podcast, breaking down Saturday's game between the Atlanta Hawks and the Washington Wizards. Topics include a dominant offensive showing, Jalen Johnson's continued brilliance, a season-best rebounding effort, a third quarter defensive hiccup, and much more. Everydayer Club If you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it officia...

After an understandably disappointing loss just 24 hours ago to the Denver Nuggets, the triple-double flirtatious Jalen Johnson-led Atlanta Hawks arrive in the Nation's Capital with a 'refuse to lose' redemption mentality after being embarrassed weeks ago by the Washington Wizards.  Jalen Johnson tallied for yet another triple-double of his young, illustrious career despite a struggling team perfo...