Atlanta Hawks Additions And Departures In 2025 Offseason: Dark Horse In The East originally appeared on Fadeaway World. The Atlanta Hawks made it to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2021 but have been mired in mediocrity ever since. They haven't won a playoff series since then and haven't even made it to the playoffs in the last two seasons.

The signings and trades of the NBA offseason are starting to become official this week, and the Atlanta Hawks have been dubbed by nearly ever national media outlet as one of the offseason’s winners, including at ESPN.

A play-in exit, major signings, and a top draft pick, are the Hawks finally taking flight? Ranking their chance in the Eastern Conference.

NBA free agency is officially underway. Players were legally allowed to begin negotiating with teams across the league as of June 30, and there has been a flurry of activity. The most surprising free agency news to date happened Tuesday morning when the Bucks said they were signing big man Myles Turner,

After two seasons with the team, the Boston Celtics traded Kristaps Porzingis to the Atlanta Hawks as part of a three-team trade with the Brooklyn Nets earlier this offseason. This trade was widely anticipated due to Boston looking to move under the second apron, and the Latvian native is now officially on his third team in four years.

The Brooklyn Nets confirmed on Monday that the trade in which they acquired forwards Terance Mann and Drake Powell are now official.

NBA free agency started pretty slowly, picked up a little, and then died back out quickly (there are still a few more interesting moves to come). But a couple monster moves have saved us from what could've been a dud summer: Kevin Durant to Houston being one,

The Hawks have made many winning moves in this year's free agency, and this player is coming in as a huge help for their contending hopes.