Kyle Korver News

With Josh Smith's contract coming off of the books, the Atlanta Hawks will have plenty of cap space to pursue free agents this offseason and take the next step in becoming an elite franchise in the NBA .

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 .

After failing to sign an extension prior to the 2012-13 season, Sacramento Kings guard Tyreke Evans is slated for free agency this offseason.

The Atlanta Hawks are aggressively pursuing Stan Van Gundy for the franchises head-coaching job, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

Predicting the 2013-14 starting five for each of the 30 NBA teams is an impossible task, but why should we let that stop us? Even still, there's a lot to consider.

May 3, 2013; Atlanta, GA, USA; Atlanta Hawks center Al Horford shoots a basket over Indiana Pacers center Ian Mahinmi in the first half of game six of the first round of the 2013 NBA Playoffs at Philips Arena.

It was a season that was marred by inconsistency and unrealized potential. Although they were unable to get out of the first round, there will still impressive individual performances.

The Pacers held the Hawks to just nine points in the second quarter, beat up Atlanta on the boards for the second game in a row and wrapped up their opening-round series with an 81-73 victory Friday night.

The home team had won every game until the Hawks returned to Philips Arena and set a franchise record with just nine points in the second quarter on 1-of-15 shooting.

Anthony Morrow didn't start the season in Dallas, so obviously he was not included in our season preview series back in September.

After a dismal playoff performance, the Atlanta Hawks decided it was best to spend some time away from each other.

May 1, 2013; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana Pacers guard Lance Stephenson tries to sneak in with Atlanta Hawks Jeff Teague , Devin Harris , Al Horford , Ivan Johnson and Kyle Korver as they huddle up in game five of the first round of the 2013 NBA Playoffs at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

APRIL 29: Al Horford #15 of the Atlanta Hawks grabs a rebound against Roy Hibbert #55 of the Indiana Pacers during Game Four of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals of the 2013 NBA Playoffs at Philips Arena on April 29, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Atlanta Hawks withstood an Indiana comeback over the final two quarters to even their first-round playoff series with a 102-91 victory over the Pacers in Game Four on Monday, while the Brooklyn Nets cut the Chicago Bulls' lead to 3-2 with a 110-91 win in their series.

We are seeing the other side of the Hawks' looking glass - the team that hustles, the players who share the ball for open looks, the Josh Smith who defends at one end, attacks at the other and broods at neither .

Chris Broussard, who covers the NBA for ESPN, had said on the air that Collins and others in the NBA who engage in premarital sex or adultery were "walking in open rebellion to God, and to Jesus Christ." Broussard, a former reporter for The New York Times, spoke during ESPN's "Outside the Lines" program Monday discussing Collins' announcement.

It was a night of surprises as Houston Rockets, Brooklyn Nets and Atlanta Hawks all pulled off wins to keep their respective play-off series alive.

Josh Smith scored a career playoff-best 29 points as the Hawks built a 17-point lead at halftime, then withstood an Indiana comeback to even the series with a 102-91 victory over the Pacers in Game 4 Monday night.

Josh Smith scored 29 points as the Atlanta Hawks built a 17-point lead at halftime, then withstood an Indiana comeback over the final two quarters to even the series with a 102-91 victory in Game 4 on Monday night.

Boston Celtics centre Jason Collins, grabs a rebound away from Atlanta Hawks guard Kyle Korver in the first half of their NBA basketball game in Atlanta in this file photo taken Jan.