Shareef Abdur-Rahim was a better player than he really got credit for, but when you always play for bad teams, it is easy to forget you.  Abdur-Rahim actually holds the distinction of paying the most games in his career (Vancouver, Atlanta, Portland and Sacramento) before finally participating in the playoffs. 

Jeff Teague was a member of the Atlanta Hawks for the first seven years of his NBA career and in the 2014-15 season he would be named to his first All Star Game.  Teague was drafted in the middle of the 2009 First Round draft from Wake Forest and the crafty Point Guard would sport over 14 Points per Game four times.

Jason Terry would later win the NBA Sixth Man of the Year (2009) and a Championship with the Dallas Mavericks, but it was with the Atlanta Hawks where he first cut his teeth in professional basketball.  Terry was drafted 10th overall in 1999 and quickly became a feared shooter in the league.  While he would receive more accolades in Dallas, Terry’s best scoring season was with Atlanta (19.7 PPG) and aside from his rookie season, he would never fall below 16 Points per Game as a Hawk.

While “Pistol” Pete Maravich is best known for what he did in the State of Louisiana both with the New Orleans Jazz and LSU, but it should be remembered that the first four seasons he spent professionally was with the Atlanta Hawks.