Arrived until the conference final against all expectations and with a workforce almost unchanged from last season, will the Hawks benefit from a new status in the coming exercise? Asked about the subject, Bogdan Bogdanovic felt that it was first necessary to confirm before being further considered.
For now, the Hawks will still be seen as underdogs in the East, according to the Serbian full-back.
” Oh yes. People still don’t believe in us, and that’s okay. To prove someone wrong, you have to do it several times. You can’t do it just once, because once doesn’t mean anything today. Whatever you do, you must continue to be on top. It cannot be a “one shot”. You have to succeed continuously for many years. This is what builds respect in the league, we are not going to earn it in one season ”, he told “The Athletic”. “We cannot do it one year and then the following season find ourselves eliminated in the first round of the playoffs”.
The surprise effect is over
On the other hand, the Hawks will no longer benefit from the surprise effect compared to last season, when the group incorporated major new elements such as Clint Capela, Danilo Gallinari or even Lou Williams, who arrived during the exercise.
Atlanta will be expected, which will make the task of Bogdan Bogdanovic’s teammates all the more complicated, even if the collective of Nate McMillan will have an additional year of experience.
“We have to be able to handle the pressure this year because every time the teams play against us they will have that sense of urgency. Atlanta is no longer a place to come, to win an easy victory and to go back to it. It wasn’t like that last season. Maybe in previous years. The teams will take us seriously. We must take care of our field, continue to build this cohesion between us, with the fans too and with the city ”, he added.
Each player is going to have to raise their level of play if the Hawks are to do at least as well as the previous season in a conference that should once again be dominated by the Bucks, Nets and Sixers. Bogdan Bogdanovic would like to take a step forward in outside shooting.
“I want to compete with the best shooters in the league. I feel like I can do it and I want to see where I am this season, in terms of shooting. This is my best asset. I want to prove that I am one of the best in the league. There is still a lot of room to improve, even after what I did last year ”.
| Bogdan Bogdanovic | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2017-18 | SAC | 78 | 28 | 44.6 | 39.2 | 84.0 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 11.8 |
| 2018-19 | SAC | 70 | 28 | 41.8 | 36.0 | 82.7 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 14.1 |
| 2019-20 | SAC | 61 | 29 | 44.0 | 37.2 | 74.1 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 15.2 |
| 2020-21 | ATL | 44 | 30 | 47.3 | 43.8 | 90.9 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 16.4 |
| Total | 253 | 28 | 44.1 | 38.8 | 81.6 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 14.0 | |
