Inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame mostly for what he did with the New York Knicks, Richie Guerin was with the St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks for six seasons, five of which he served as a Player/Coach.  Guerin was not the player he was when he was a Knick, but he was there to help in a dual role.  Guerin would still average 13.0 Points per Game.  Interestingly enough, he had been drafted by the expansion Seattle SuperSonics prior to the 1967-68 season and retired rather than play for the new team so he could coach Atlanta full-time.  Incidentally, that year he would be named Coach of the Year.  The Sonics would eventually trade his rights back to Atlanta, allowing him to be a Player/Coach a little longer.

His Hall of Fame call came in 2013.

A lot of people were concerned when the Atlanta Hawks drafted 2nd overall in 2005, as though he had high potential, but he was only the sixth man on the NCAA Champion North Carolina Tar Heels.  As it turned out, Williams had a good career in the NBA (not 2nd Pick overall worthy) and played for the Hawks for 7 years, predominantly at Small Forward.  Except for his rookie season, Williams would always finish a season over ten Points per Game.

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.