‘We Wanted To Win’: McMillan Talks Hawks Road To NBA Eastern Conference Finals, Vision As New Head Coach

July 14th, 2021

The Atlanta Hawks nearly soared to the NBA championship finals this season, under the lead of Nate McMillan.

The team fired head coach Lloyd Pierce in March, and promoted McMillan to interim. Earlier this month, McMillan dropped that ‘interim’ title, earning his fourth NBA head coaching job.

“It’s just the beginning, and we’re about to go into the draft and free agency, where we feel we can help and try to improve this team to come back next season and keep this momentum going,” McMillan told WABE’s “All Things Considered” host Jim Burress.

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McMillan talked about that dramatic road to the Eastern Conference Finals and said it’s up to the team to keep their fans riveted and aggressively coming back to cheer at State Farm Arena.

Lily Oppenheimer contributed to this report.