{"id":69580,"date":"2024-03-21T12:47:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T16:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=69580"},"modified":"2024-03-21T12:47:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T16:47:27","slug":"atlanta-hawks-starter-out-for-at-least-one-week-jalen-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/03\/21\/atlanta-hawks-starter-out-for-at-least-one-week-jalen-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Hawks Starter Out for At Least One Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Atlanta Hawks announced starting forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnsja05.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-21_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jalen Johnson<\/a> will miss at least one week of action. According to their<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KLChouinard\/status\/1770835945874481418\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> team injury update<\/a>, Johnson suffered a right ankle injury that forced him to leave Monday&#8217;s 105-136 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n<h2>Atlanta Hawks Starter Out for At Least One Week<\/h2>\n<h3>Jalen Johnson&#8217;s Season<\/h3>\n<p>In his third season, Johnson has made a massive jump. On the season, the Duke alum has appeared in 51 games, starting a career-high 48 of them. In those games, Johnson is averaging 16.1 points, 8.6 rebounds, and 3.5 assists per game. Furthermore, he is shooting 51.3% from the field and 35.3% from behind the line. This season, Johnson has stepped up and has provided a major boost to the Hawks. His most notable moment of the season came against the aforementioned loss to the Lakers, when he posterized Lakers wing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/reaveau01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-21_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Austin Reaves<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JALEN JOHNSON WITH HIS ENTRY FOR DUNK OF THE YEAR OVER AUSTIN REAVES \ud83e\udd2f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/00WI542kVu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/00WI542kVu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClutchPoints\/status\/1769918148470575459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Why the Hawks Will Miss Jalen Johnson<\/h3>\n<p>Unfortunately for the Hawks, Johnson is not the only player on their injury report. Additionally, start point guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/y\/youngtr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-21_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trae Young<\/a> has not appeared in a game since February 23. However, he is expected to return before the end of the season. Furthermore, earlier in March, the Hawks announced wing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/beysa01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-21_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saddiq Bey<\/a> would <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/03\/11\/hawks-lose-starter-saddiq-bey-injury\/\" target=\"_self\">miss the remainder of the season<\/a>. Plus, as mentioned in their injury update, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bufkiko01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-21_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kobe Bufkin<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/griffaj01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-21_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AJ Griffin<\/a> are expected to remain sidelined for the near future. Losing Johnson, who has been a valuable piece to the Hawks this season, is a big blow for the team as is. Factoring in losing more depth and a top scorer on the team is especially rough for a team still in the Play-In hunt.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the Hawks have a 30-38 record. As it stands, they own the No. 10 seed in the Eastern Conference, the last Play-In spot. They are 4.5 games ahead of the No. 11 seed Brooklyn Nets. However, the Hawks have yet to officially clinch a Play-In spot. Additionally, Atlanta has the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tankathon.com\/remaining_schedule_strength\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ninth-toughest remaining schedule<\/a> in the league. With Johnson being out at least one week, the team loses a lot of explosiveness and offensive firepower with just a month left in the season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">22yo Jalen Johnson will be a multi-time All-Star\u2026<\/p>\n<p>6\u20199, 7\u20190 wingspan. Tape has it all: explosive &amp; brutal athlete\u2014crumples skinny &amp; blows by slow defenders. Ball-handling\/passing chops, blossoming shooting touch &amp; coordinated body control, effective on\/off ball. Elite Power-Wing <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j7OTvZMlDQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/j7OTvZMlDQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA University (@NBA_University) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA_University\/status\/1770090502462775649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>How Atlanta Can Proceed Without Jalen Johnson<\/h3>\n<p>In Johnson&#8217;s absence, the Hawks may insert <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/huntede01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-21_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">De&#8217;Andre Hunter<\/a> back into the starting lineup. Hunter has been one of the team&#8217;s best scorers this season and has played impressive for their second unit. The 26-year-old is a good short-term replacement for Johnson as he is also a great shooter who can provide an offensive boost. Additionally, the team will likely rely more heavily on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bogdabo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-03-21_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bogdan Bogdanovic<\/a>, a 16.5 point-per-game scorer this season.<\/p>\n<p>With roughly a month left in the regular season, the Hawks are holding on to their Play-In spot. Johnson&#8217;s absence will hurt, but it does seem like he should make a return before the season is over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Atlanta Hawks announced starting forward Jalen Johnson will miss at least one week of action. According to their team injury update, Johnson suffered a right ankle injury that forced him to leave Monday&#8217;s 105-136 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. Atlanta Hawks Starter Out for At Least One Week Jalen Johnson&#8217;s Season In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4631,"featured_media":66096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,2,26,62,3],"tags":[3824,4556,1227,1875,3853,4848,1732,1349],"class_list":["post-69580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hawks","category-nets","category-featured","category-lakers","category-nba","category-news","tag-aj-griffin","tag-austin-reaves","tag-bogdan-bogdanovic","tag-deandre-hunter","tag-jalen-johnson","tag-kobe-bufkin","tag-saddiq-bey","tag-trae-young"],"modified_by":"Elie Deglaoui","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}