9. Atlanta Hawks
Projected Starting Five: Dennis Schroder, Kyle Korver, Kent Bazemore, Paul Millsap, Dwight Howard
Based on name recognition alone, the Atlanta Hawks starting five probably deserves to be a lot higher than No. 9 on this list. However, let’s not get carried away.
Here are my concerns with this team: Dennis Schroder, who is replacing Jeff Teague, is still very much an unknown, Kyle Korver is past his prime, Kent Bazemore is now probably one of the NBA’s most overrated players (based on his contract) and Dwight Howard is well past his prime.
Paul Millsap, though, is probably the only one reliable performer in this starting lineup that you can feel comfortable about.
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