Josh Childress spent his first four seasons in the NBA with the Atlanta Hawks, often serving as the team’s sixth man, a role in which he performed very well.  Despite being used predominantly off the bench, Childress would still average over 30 Minutes per Game as a Hawk and never had a season with fewer than Points per Game. Childress would shock Atlanta — and, really, the entire NBA — when he left the team for Olympiacos in the Greek League.

Did Jon Koncak live up to what you want from a 5th overall pick?  He didn’t, but you can’t leave off a player with 717 career games for a franchise, half of them as a starting Center.  The man called “Jon Contract” because he received a hefty contract for a player who was not a full-time starter, did, however, put up a solid defensive presence.  Still, we wouldn’t be surprised to hear some people upset that he is on this list at all.

There is no doubt that Moses Malone is a legend in the world of basketball, but when you think of Malone, it is not the Atlanta Hawks that you think of.  While that is not necessarily the wrong thought process, Malone did have three decent seasons in Atlanta, the first of which was an All-Star one.  Two of his three years in Atlanta were double-double campaigns, both with PERs over 20. 

A member of the Atlanta Hawks for six and a half seasons, Steve Hawes would average an even 10 Points per Game during his tenure in the ATL.  Hawes may not have put up the blocking numbers you want from a big man, but he did have efficient shooting and rebounding, which did not earn him the respect he probably should have received.