John Jenkins News

Prior to Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals, the NBA Draft Lottery was held for next season.

The Atlanta Hawks season can to an abrupt end when they were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Indiana Pacers, immediately putting them in preparation for the off-season. Besides finding a replacement for Josh Smith and trying to keep Jeff Teague around, one of their other top priorities should be to retain shooter Kyle Korver .

The Atlanta Hawks will be sending John Jenkins, Mike Scott and Shelvin Mack to participate in this year's NBA Summer League Tournament held in Las Vegas, according to Chris Vivlamore of the AJC.

The Atlanta Hawks returned to Philips Arena Saturday to clean out lockers after losing Game 6 81-73, to the Indiana Pacers.

With the season now over for the Atlanta Hawks the focus now is on what will be one of the busiest offseasons in franchise history.

Whether he sticks around much longer is the most pressing issue for a team that expects a radical transformation this summer.

Hawks coach Larry Drew reiterated Thursday that he had no problem with the officiating in the team's Game 5 loss to the Pacers.

The Atlanta Hawks will be among the teams that participate in the Las Vegas Summer League starting on July 12.

Unfortunately, at that rate of progress, it would take two months for the Hawks to win a playoff game, and they don't quite have that long.