The Hawks are making a push in the second half of the season for a playoff spot, and with recent moves ahead of the trade deadline, including trading Trae Young, they have a new roster and a new push forward.
Jalen Johnson, who earned his first All-Star selection, is just one of the key pieces who can help turn things around.
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The NBA fined Hawks forward Mouhamed Gueye on Wednesday for his part in an on-court altercation with Timberwolves forward Naz Reid.
The league announced that it would fine Gueye and Reid $35,000 each for their confrontation during the Hawks matchup against the Timberwolves in Minnesota on Monday.
With 11:52 remaining in the fourth quarter of the Timberwolves’ 138-116 victory over the Hawks at Target Center, Gueye committed a defensive foul on Reid by pushing Reid from behind, which caused him to stumble after tripping over Hawks guard Gabe Vincent. After Reid stood up, he approached Gueye, and they aggressively grabbed each other’s jerseys.
Their confrontation cleared the benches of each team, with coaches and team security spilling out to separate them.
Both players received technical fouls and officials ejected them from the game.
Hawks forward Zaccharie Risacher will participate in the Rising Stars games during All-Star weekend in Los Angeles.
Risacher, in his second season, replaces Thunder guard Ajay Mitchell and will play on Team T-Mac in Friday night's event. It's the second straight season that Risacher will participate in the event, which includes first- and second-year players.
Mitchell has an abdominal strain, which will keep him out of the game.
Hawks forward Jalen Johnson has earned another nod from the NBA as the Eastern Conference Player of the Week.
Johnson won the honor for games played from Feb. 2-8 after helping to lead the Hawks to a 2-1 record. In those three games, Johnson averaged 27.3 points, 12.0 rebounds, 11.3 assists and 1.0 steals in 38.2 minutes of action. He shot 40% or better from 3 in two of the three games played last week.
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