Trae Young's knee injury could spell disaster for Atlanta, and the Hawks' offensive numbers without him tell the story.

Despite having five players score at least 17 points — including three starters eclipsing 20 — the Hawks dropped their third game out of four to start the

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Hawks tip off the 2025-26 NBA season tonight at home with a swell of optimism despite missing the playoffs last year.

Hawks star Trae Young is getting further testing on his injured right knee after he left a game against the Nets early on Wednesday.

Last time out, the Thunder (2-0) survived another double-overtime game. They collected a 141-135 2OT win over the Indiana Pacers on Thursday. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 55 points. He turned into Superman to carry a short-handed OKC squad.

Brooklyn will try to end its four-game slide when the Brooklyn Nets play Atlanta. The teams match up Wednesday for the first time this season.

In his career with the Hawks, Young has averaged 25.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 9.8 assists per game. The Hawks would be replacing these numbers with Ball’s career stats of 21 points, six rebounds, and 7.4 assists per game.

After a terrible opening game vs Toronto, the Hawks were able to get back on track last night with a tough road win against the Orlanod Magic. It was not always