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Nickeil Alexander-Walker’s ‘exciting and promising’ take on Hawks’ future
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Recently, the Atlanta Hawks ' 2025-26 season came to an end with a disastrous Game 6 loss to the New York Knicks. Atlanta amazingly fell behind by over 50 points in the first half of play in this one, and ultimately ended up losing by a score of 140-89.
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Still, it was a strong surge to end the season for the Hawks overall, working their way out of the play-in carousel and taking the Eastern Conference favorites to six games, before the wheels fell off.
Recently, Hawks guard and the NBA's newest most improved player, Nickeil Alexander-Walker , kept things in perspective on what Atlanta is building long term.
"It's exciting and it's promising," Alexander-Walker said. "And it shows that there is something there. Anytime you can have success to any degree when you work really hard, it's reassuring to the process that you're on," said Alexander-Walker, per Lauren Williams of the AJC, via Hoopshype. "And it gives you that trial and error to say, 'OK, we are doing the right thing. This is the right thing. Now, where did we go wrong along the way?' Then you kind of, like, just reshape it and keep going and keep growing."
Alexander-Walker had a breakout season with the Hawks after signing there in free agency last offseason, recording career highs across the board and playing a big role in helping Atlanta turn around their season in the last couple of months.
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Now, the Hawks will have a likely eventful offseason in front of them, with some expiring contracts coming off the books, and a potentially valuable pick from the New Orleans Pelicans coming in.
Atlanta will find out just how high that selection will be when the NBA Draft lottery gets underway on May 10 from Chicago .
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