2002–03 Atlanta Hawks season

The 2002–03 NBA season was the Hawks' 54th season in the National Basketball Association, and 35th season in Atlanta.[1] Atlanta hosted the 2003 NBA All-Star Game. In the off-season, the Hawks acquired All-Star forward Glenn Robinson from the Milwaukee Bucks.[2] However, DerMarr Johnson missed the entire season with a broken neck sustained from an off-season car accident.[3] With the addition of Robinson, and Theo Ratliff playing his first full season with the team, the Hawks would get off to a 6–4 start, which included a road win over the 3-time defending champion Los Angeles Lakers, 95–83 at Staples Center on November 12. However, they would proceed to struggle as head coach Lon Kruger was fired after Christmas with the team floundering at 11–16. Under replacement Terry Stotts, the Hawks lost 12 of their next 15 games, including two six-game losing streaks in December and January. Despite winning six of their final eight games in April, they finished fifth in the Central Division with a 35–47 record.[4]

2002–03 Atlanta Hawks season
Head coachLon Kruger
Terry Stotts
ArenaPhilips Arena
Results
Record35–47 (.427)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Central)
Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWUPA
Fox Sports Net South
Turner South
RadioWCNN

Robinson led the Hawks in scoring with 20.8 points per game, while Shareef Abdur-Rahim averaged 19.9 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. Jason Terry provided the team with 17.2 points, 7.4 assists and 1.6 steals per game, and Ratliff led them with 3.2 blocks per game.[5] Following the season, Robinson was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers after just one season in Atlanta,[6] while Ira Newble signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Johnson and Emanual Davis were both released to free agency.

Offseason

Draft picks
Main article: 2002 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
236David Andersen Australia

Roster
2002–03 Atlanta Hawks roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F 3 Abdur-Rahim, Shareef 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) California
F 4 Crawford, Chris  6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Marquette
G 15 Davis, Emanual  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Delaware State
G 12 Dickau, Dan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Gonzaga
G 5 Glover, Dion 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 228 lb (103 kg) Georgia Tech
F 8 Ham, Darvin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Texas Tech
F 44 Henderson, Alan 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Indiana
G 6 Jackson, Jermaine 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 204 lb (93 kg) Detroit
G/F 1 Johnson, DeMarr  (IN) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 201 lb (91 kg) Cincinnati
C 2 Mohammed, Nazr 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 221 lb (100 kg) Kentucky
C 38 Moore, Mikki 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Nebraska
G/F 14 Newble, Ira 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Miami (OH)
F/C 42 Ratliff, Theo 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Wyoming
F 13 Robinson, Glenn 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Purdue
G 31 Terry, Jason 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Arizona
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (IN) Inactive
  • Injured

Roster

Roster Notes
  • Guard/forward DerMarr Johnson missed the entire season due to a broken neck sustained from a car accident.

Regular season

Season standings
Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Detroit Pistons 5032.610–30–1120–2119–9
x-Indiana Pacers 4834.585232–916–2519–9
x-New Orleans Hornets 4735.573329–1218–2317–11
x-Milwaukee Bucks 4240.512825–1617–2416–12
Atlanta Hawks 3547.4271526–159–3214–14
Chicago Bulls 3052.3662027–143–3812–16
Toronto Raptors 2458.2932615–269–3210–18
Cleveland Cavaliers 1765.2073314–273–385–23
# Eastern Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Detroit Pistons5032.610–
2 y-New Jersey Nets4933.5981
3 x-Indiana Pacers4834.5852
4 x-Philadelphia 76ers4834.5852
5 x-New Orleans Hornets4735.5733
6 x-Boston Celtics4438.5376
7 x-Milwaukee Bucks4240.5128
8 x-Orlando Magic4240.5128
9 New York Knicks3745.45113
10 Washington Wizards3745.45113
11 Atlanta Hawks3547.42715
12 Chicago Bulls3052.36620
13 Miami Heat2557.30525
14 Toronto Raptors2458.29326
15 Cleveland Cavaliers1765.20733
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
2002-03 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NJN NOH NYK ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS SEA TOR UTA WAS
Atlanta –0–32–24–00–22–01–30–21–12–22–01–11–11–32–20–21–32–21–32–13–10–20–21–11–11–11–31–12–2
Boston 3–0–2–24–00–21–12–21–10–22–22–01–12–02–21–22–01–33–14–03–22–20–21–10–20–22–01–21–11–3
Chicago 2–22–2–3–10–21–10–41–11–12–20–21–11–11–22–20–22–21–32–11–31–31–11–10–20–20–22–21–11–3
Cleveland 0–40–41–3–0–21–10–41–11–10–42–01–10–21–20–40–22–21–31–20–40–40–20–20–20–21–13–11–10–4
Dallas 2–02–02–02–0–4–02–04–04–01–14–01–34–02–00–22–22–02–02–01–12–02–22–21–32–22–22–02–22–0
Denver 0–21–11–11–10–4–0–20–40–41–11–30–42–22–01–10–40–20–20–20–20–21–32–20–41–31–31–10–41–1
Detroit 3–12–24–04–00–22–0–1–12–02–21–11–12–03–11–31–12–12–22–22–12–21–10–21–10–21–13–12–03–1
Golden State 2–01–11–11–10–44–01–1–1–31–12–22–22–21–10–21–31–11–12–01–12–02–20–40–41–32–22–02–22–0
Houston 1–12–01–11–10–44–00–23–1–1–12–22–23–11–11–12–21–11–10–22–02–03–11–32–21–32–22–01–31–1
Indiana 2–22–22–24–01–11–12–21–11–1–2–00–21–14–03–12–01–23–13–12–12–21–10–20–20–22–03–11–12–2
L.A. Clippers 0–20–22–00–20–43–11–12–22–20–2–0–42–22–01–11–31–11–11–11–10–21–31–31–31–31–31–11–30–2
L.A. Lakers 1–11–11–11–13–14–01–12–22–22–04–0–4–01–12–02–20–21–11–11–11–13–12–22–20–42–22–03–11–1
Memphis 1–10–21–12–00–42–20–22–21–31–12–20–4–2–02–00–41–11–11–12–00–21–31–30–41–31–31–11–31–1
Miami 3–12–22–12–10–20–21–31–11–10–40–21–10–2–1–31–10–40–42–20–40–42–00–21–10–20–24–00–21–3
Milwaukee 2–22–12–24–02–01–13–12–01–11–31–10–20–23–1–0–22–22–23–12–22–20–22–00–20–21–12–20–22–1
Minnesota 2–00–22–02–02–24–01–13–12–20–23–12–24–01–12–0–0–21–12–01–11–13–13–12–22–22–21–11–32–0
New Jersey 3–13–12–22–20–22–01–21–11–12–11–12–01–14–02–22–0–2–23–12–21–31–12–00–21–11–14–00–23–1
New Orleans 2–21–33–13–10–22–02–21–11–11–31–11–11–14–02–21–12–2–3–11–32–12–00–21–10–22–04–02–02–1
New York 3–10–41–22–10–22–02–20–22–01–31–11–11–12–21–30–21–31–3–2–22–22–00–21–12–01–13–11–12–2
Orlando 1–22–33–14–01–12–01–21–10–21–21–11–10–24–02–21–12–23–12–2–2–20–20–21–10–22–02–21–12–2
Philadelphia 1–32–23–14–00–22–02–20–20–22–22–01–12–04–02–21–13–11–22–22–2–0–22–00–21–11–13–01–14–0
Phoenix 2–02–01–12–02–23–11–12–21–31–13–11–33–10–22–01–31–10–20–22–02–0–3–12–23–11–31–11–31–1
Portland 2–01–11–12–02–22–22–04–03–12–03–12–23–12–00–21–30–22–02–02–00–21–3–1–32–24–02–01–31–1
Sacramento 1–12–02–02–03–14–01–14–02–22–03–12–24–01–12–02–22–01–11–11–12–02–23–1–1–33–11–13–12–0
San Antonio 1–12–02–02–02–23–12–03–13–12–03–14–03–12–02–02–21–12–00–22–01–11–32–23–1–3–12–04–01–1
Seattle 1–10–22–01–12–23–11–12–22–20–23–12–23–12–01–12–21–10–21–10–21–13–10–41–31–3–2–02–21–1
Toronto 3–12–12–21–30–21–11–30–20–21–31–10–21–10–42–21–10–40–41–32–20–31–10–21–10–20–2–0–23–1
Utah 1–11–11–11–12–24–00–22–23–11–13–11–33–12–02–03–12–00–21–11–11–13–13–11–30–42–22–0–1–1
Washington 2–23–13–14–00–21–11–30–21–12–22–01–11–13–11–20–21–31–22–22–20–41–11–10–21–11–11–31–1—

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Glenn Robinson 69 68 37.6 .432 .342 .876 6.6 3.0 1.3 0.4 20.8
Shareef Abdur-Rahim 81 81 38.1 .478 .350 .841 8.4 3.0 1.1 0.5 19.9
Jason Terry 81 81 38.0 .428 .371 .887 3.4 7.4 1.6 0.2 17.2
Dion Glover 76 42 24.9 .427 .354 .784 3.7 1.9 0.9 0.2 9.7
Theo Ratliff 81 81 31.1 .464 .000 .720 7.5 0.9 0.7 3.2 8.7
Ira Newble 73 45 26.5 .495 .381 .778 3.7 1.4 0.7 0.4 7.7
Mike Wilks 15 7 24.3 .358 .353 .724 2.7 2.8 1.1 0.1 5.7
Chris Crawford 5 0 7.6 .615 .333 .875 1.4 0.2 0.4 0.6 4.8
Alan Henderson 82 3 18.2 .468 .000 .638 4.9 0.5 0.4 0.4 4.8
Nazr Mohammed 35 0 12.7 .421 .000 .634 3.7 0.2 0.5 0.6 4.6
Corey Benjamin 9 0 16.9 .302 .154 .750 3.4 1.1 0.1 0.2 4.4
Emanual Davis 24 1 14.2 .364 .241 .773 1.8 1.5 0.5 0.0 3.7
Dan Dickau 50 0 10.3 .412 .361 .808 0.9 1.7 0.3 0.0 3.7
Mikki Moore 5 0 6.2 .417 .000 .800 1.4 0.6 0.0 0.4 3.6
Darvin Ham 75 1 12.3 .447 .000 .481 2.0 0.5 0.2 0.3 2.4
Jermaine Jackson 29 0 9.4 .452 .000 .607 1.1 1.2 0.3 0.1 1.9
Matt Maloney 14 0 7.4 .320 .333 .600 0.5 1.2 0.3 0.0 1.7
Antonio Harvey 4 0 8.0 .400 .000 .000 1.5 0.0 0.3 1.0 1.0
Amal McCaskill 11 0 6.4 .235 .000 .750 2.0 0.5 0.3 0.1 1.0
Brandon Williams 6 0 3.2 .143 .000 .000 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3
Paul Shirley 2 0 2.5 .000 .000 .000 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

References
  1. 2002-03 Atlanta Hawks
  2. "PRO BASKETBALL: NOTEBOOK; Hawks Gain a Scorer In Trade for Robinson". New York Times. August 3, 2002. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  3. "PLUS: PRO BASKETBALL; Hawks Forward Breaks Neck in Crash". New York Times. September 14, 2002. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  4. "2002–03 Atlanta Hawks Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  5. "2002–03 Atlanta Hawks Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  6. "PRO BASKETBALL; It's a Done Deal: Exit Sprewell, Enter Van Horn". New York Times. July 24, 2003. Retrieved January 14, 2022.

See also
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