Corey Kispert went 4 of 7 from three Oct. 5 and credited a summer of "clearing my head, reestablishing my habits, getting back to what works." His arrival in a mid-season trade last year felt chaotic; after a full offseason with the Hawks he feels "more like myself."
CJ McCollum sat out the Hawks' Oct. 5 game; Quin Snyder said they learned that morning he couldn't play, no reason given. That threw Kingston Flemings, a 19-year-old rookie, into his first game. "He competed. Saw some really good things," Snyder said, with "room for growth."
Quin Snyder kept some Hawks who played the first half on the bench after the break Oct. 5: "we had made a decision that we were going to play the game a certain way, and I didn't want to deviate from that." He said the second-half group showed more of what the team wanted.
"It's like I got another point guard next to me almost at 6'10." Grizzlies guard Ty Jerome on Cameron Boozer, who he said can dribble, pass and shoot alongside him. Boozer was the first name he gave among the new playmakers around him.