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Atlanta Hawks

Arena
Philips
NBA Division
Southeast
Founded
1946
Atlanta Hawks

The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays its home games at State Farm Arena. The team's origins can be traced to the establishment of the Buffalo Bisons in 1946 in Buffalo, New York, a member of the National Basketball League owned by Ben Kerner and Leo Ferris. After 38 days in Buffalo, the team moved to Moline, Illinois, where they were renamed the Tri-Cities Blackhawks. In 1949, they joined the NBA as part of the merger between the NBL and the Basketball Association of America, and briefly had Red Auerbach as coach. In 1951, Kerner moved the team to Milwaukee, where they changed their name to the Hawks. Kerner and the team moved again in 1955 to St. Louis, where they won their only NBA Championship in 1958 and qualified to play in the NBA Finals in 1957, 1960 and 1961.

Conference Eastern
Division Southeast
Founded 1946
History Buffalo Bisons, 1946, Tri-Cities Blackhawks, 1946–1951, Milwaukee Hawks, 1951–1955, St. Louis Hawks, 1955–1968, Atlanta Hawks, 1968–present
Arena State Farm Arena
Location Atlanta, Georgia
Team colors Torch red, legacy yellow, infinity black, granite gray
Main sponsor Sharecare
President Travis Schlenk
General manager Travis Schlenk
Head coach Nate McMillan (interim)
Ownership Tony Ressler (principal owner)
Affiliation(s) College Park Skyhawks
Championships 1 (1958)
Division titles 12 (1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1970, 1980, 1987, 1994, 2015, 2021)
Retired numbers 6 (9, 21, 23, 44, 55, 59)

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Won the 1958 NBA Championship during the team's tenure in St. Louis. The franchise moved to Atlanta 10 years later in 1968.

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The franchise was first established as the Buffalo Bisons. They were the Tri-Cities Blackhawks from 1946 to 1951 and the Milwaukee Hawks from 1951 to 1955 before becoming the St. Louis Hawks. 

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Información más reciente sobre Atlanta Hawks actualizada el 28 de Julio, 2021.