The Hawks and Roger played the most spectacular regular season in history.
As far as regular seasons go, this Hawks team was more dazzling than the '96 Magic that was included in the "Top Ten NBA Teams" and more hopeful than the '96 Bulls.
So, how good were the 2000 Hawks?
The assessment from "SportsCenter" was very fair:
"Never has an NBA team faced such a high level of exposure and collective fan attention, with every away game feeling like a Michael Jackson concert, and still maintained focus and hunger."
Their defense and confidence on the court were impressive, and their chemistry and locker room morale were unbelievably good. Roger was consistently stable in all 82 games, even though he got a supermodel girlfriend.
But the problem is, they still had to go through the playoffs.
Before that, no one could place where the 2000 Hawks rightfully belonged."
This time, Keith Olbermann wasn't blindly praising Roger.
