ATLANTA — The Atlanta Hawks headed into training camp looking for a bit of a reboot.
First up: improving the communication between coach Nate McMillan and star point guard Trae Young.
McMillan already got the ball rolling after the Hawks were eliminated in the opening round of the NBA playoffs this past spring, a bitter comedown from their surprising run to the Eastern Conference title round in 2021.
In June, the coach hopped on a flight to visit Young at his Oklahoma City home, wanting to make sure everyone was on the same page when camp began Saturday.
“One of the big areas that I feel we need to improve on is the connection between the two of us,” McMillan said. “I think we need to be better at communicating with each other and what we want to do and how we want to go about doing it.”