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NBA professional basketball team season
The 1968–69 Atlanta Hawks season was the team's first season in Atlanta, after their relocation from St. Louis , where the franchise played the previous thirteen seasons. The franchise traded Lenny Wilkens to the Seattle SuperSonics in exchange for Walt Hazzard.[ 1] Hazzard would help lead the Hawks to a second-place finish with a record of 48 wins and 34 losses. In the playoffs, the Hawks eliminated the San Diego Rockets in six games. In the Western Conference Finals, the Hawks challenged the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers would eliminate the Hawks in 5 games.[ 1]
Draft picks
[ 2]
Roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
C
31
Beaty, Zelmo
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
225 lb (102 kg)
Prairie View A&M
F/C
32
Bridges, Bill
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
228 lb (103 kg)
Kansas
G/F
27
Caldwell, Joe
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
Arizona State
F/C
24
Davis, Jim
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
225 lb (102 kg)
Colorado
G
18–19
Guerin, Richie
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
Iona
F
12
Hamilton, Dennis
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
Arizona State
G
21
Harlicka, Skip (DP)
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
South Carolina
G
42
Hazzard, Walt
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
UCLA
G/F
23
Hudson, Lou
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
Minnesota
G
20
Lehmann, George
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
Campbell College
G
10
Ohl, Don
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
Illinois
F/C
29
Silas, Paul
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
Creighton
F
16–34
Waller, Dwight (DP)
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
Tennessee State
Head coach
Legend
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
1968–69 NBA records
Team
ATL
BAL
BOS
CHI
CIN
DET
LAL
MIL
NYK
PHI
PHO
SDR
SFW
SEA
Atlanta
—
2–4
3–3
6–1
4–2
6–0
3–4
4–2
2–4
1–5
6–0
3–4
4–3
4–2
Baltimore
4–2
—
5–2
6–0
4–3
7–0
3–3
5–1
3–4
2–4
6–0
5–1
3–3
4–2
Boston
3–3
2–5
—
4–2
5–2
5–1
2–4
5–1
1–6
5–2
6–0
4–2
3–3
3–3
Chicago
1–6
0–6
2–4
—
1–5
3–3
3–4
5–1
2–4
1–5
4–2
3–3
4–3
4–3
Cincinnati
2–4
3–4
2–5
5–1
—
3–4
2–4
5–1
4–2
3–4
4–2
2–4
3–3
3–3
Detroit
0–6
0–7
1–5
3–3
4–3
—
3–3
2–4
3–4
3–4
4–2
3–3
2–4
4–2
Los Angeles
4–3
3–3
4–2
4–3
4–2
3–3
—
5–1
5–1
1–5
6–0
7–0
4–3
5–1
Milwaukee
2–4
1–5
1–5
1–5
1–5
4–2
1–5
—
0–6
0–6
6–2
4–2
3–3
3–5
New York
4–2
4–3
6–1
4–2
2–4
4–3
1–5
6–0
—
4–3
5–1
3–3
5–1
6–0
Philadelphia
5–1
4–2
2–5
5–1
4–3
4–3
5–1
6–0
3–4
—
5–1
4–2
2–4
6–0
Phoenix
0–6
0–6
0–6
2–4
2–4
2–4
0–6
2–6
1–5
1–5
—
1–7
2–4
3–3
San Diego
4–3
1–5
2–4
3–3
4–2
3–3
0–7
2–4
3–3
2–4
7–1
—
3–3
3–3
San Francisco
3–4
3–3
3–3
3–4
3–3
4–2
3–4
3–3
1–5
4–2
4–2
3–3
—
4–3
Seattle
2–4
2–4
3–3
3–4
3–3
2–4
1–5
5–3
0–6
0–6
3–3
3–3
3–4
—
Game log
Playoffs
Player statistics
Season
Playoffs
Awards
Transactions
Atlanta Hawks
Players Added
Via Draft
Via Trade
Players Lost
Via Trade
References
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