DETROIT — NBA teams must possess many attributes to seriously contend, with talent, toughness and intelligence at the forefront. But, sometimes, a healthy dose of intentional ignorance doesn't hurt either, the ability to be entirely oblivious to outside forces and opinions.
So you can safely add that to the assets of the Atlanta Hawks, who had already surprised many by scaling the Eastern Conference standings before hopping over Stan Van Gundy's wall on Friday, raising their record to 23-3 in their past 26 games with a 106-103 win against the Pistons. But the Hawks seem to have little clue, or care, about whom they're surprising, or even that any other team exists at all.
"I have no idea what other people think about us," Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer said dryly.
You can take this as typical coach-speak, from a man who, with the media, is typically mighty bland.
Just allow for the possibility that, in this rare care, it may actually be true—and not just for him, but for every single one of his individually underrated, heretofore overlooked and remarkably under-aware group of ...
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