Pistons vs Hawks preview: Atlanta welcomes Detroit for regular season opener

These two teams got together in the preseason finale, and while the result was anything but favorable for the Hawks, Atlanta elected not to show anything at all, with virtually the entire core staying at home for the trip.

Bazemore will be in the starting lineup for the Hawks’ regular-season opener Tuesday against the Pistons, Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

At the offensive end, Bazemore’s game is still a work in progress.

He played professionally last season in Turkey before signing a partially guaranteed contract in July with Atlanta after an impressive performance in the Las Vegas Summer League.

He wasn’t drafted in 2012 after his college career at Old Dominion.

Sarunas Jasikevicius, a native of Lithuania and a Solanco graduate, played in the National Basketball Association as well, with the Indiana Pacers and Golden State Warriors from 2005-07.

Patterson spent three years at McCaskey, helping the Red Tornado to three straight Lancaster-Lebanon League titles.

The Southeast Division may be the most competitive of divisions in the Eastern Conference.

With Thabo Sefolosha still getting back to full speed after sustaining a broken leg in an incident with New York City police, Bazemore was the logical choice to take Carroll’s spot.

He’s an excellent ball handler and passer who can create his own shot or set up teammates, as well as being “a very good distance shooter and midrange shooter”, Powell wrote.

The Hawks beat the New Jersey Nets and Washington Wizards in the playoffs before falling to the Cavaliers. Patterson also recorded a team high +3 on Friday against Detroit in a game in which the Atlanta Hawks fell to the Pistons 115-87. 500 over their final 54 games under first-year coach Stan Van Gundy. 500 after a 5-23 start. Andre Drummond is expected to have a monster season now that the Pistons chose to ship off Greg Monroe to the Bucks.

After for Budenholzer, he’s getting used to a new role as not only the coach but the Hawks’ de facto general manager, taking over the extra duties after the team parted with Danny Ferry. “It’s a great challenge”.

“I’m sure there’s a lot to be proven”, Budenholzer said.