Starting small forward Marvin Williams has been a decent player for the Hawks this season. He has played in 42 games (all starts) for the Hawks this season and he is averaging 30.0 minutes, 10.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. The Hawks need him to just keep playing like he is right now as they have better offensive and defensive players than him on the roster. So they just need him to remain the unselfish player that he is right now.

Josh Smith has been doing a little bit of everything for the Atlanta Hawks this year, and he is deserving of All-Star status.  The 6′9″, 240-pound Smith is only 24, but he has been a force in this league for about five years now.  Joe Johnson gets most of the credit for the Hawks success, which is deserving, but Smith is the difference-maker for the Hawks in my opinion.  He is by no means a one-dimensional player and fills up the stat sheet night after night.  This season he is averaging 15.1 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 2.2 blocks, and 1.5 steals.  Smith is also shooting 52% from the field and with his combination of size, athleticism, and jumping ability Smith often has game-changing dunks or blocks that swing the momentum in the Hawks favor.  Smith does have the ability to hit the open three, but he is not consistent from there.  That is why I like to see that he has taken that out of his game and he is more aggressive, taking it to the hole more often.  Smith is a true all-around player and he is one of the main reasons the Hawks are 29-14 this season.

Center Al Horford has been doing a solid job of doing the dirty work for the Hawks. He plays good defense and he is a great rebounder whose offense is improving. Horford has played in 40 games (all starts) for the Hawks this season and he is averaging 34.5 minutes, 13.7 points, 9.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.3 blocked shots per game. The Hawks need Horford to keep up the good work because it allows the rest of the Hawks players to leave their games wide open which makes them very dangerous.

Jamal Crawford has played in every game for the Atlanta Hawks this season, but has not started one game.  He has fit in perfectly as the Atlanta Hawks sixth man and is the Hawks’ second leading scorer behind Joe Johnson despite coming off the bench.  Crawford has a knack for hitting tough shots at key moments, something he showed a few games ago with a deep three at the buzzer to beat the Suns.  On the season, Crawford is averaging 17.0 points, 2.7 assists, and 2.5 rebounds in 30.6 minutes per game.  Crawford has always shown flashes of great play on offense ever since he came into the league, but in his 9-year career he has never made the playoffs.  Crawford is now a huge contributor to a Hawks team that will definitely make the playoffs this season and I think Crawford is starting to run away with the 6th Man of the Year Award.  Crawford is a very exciting player to watch and some of the “rainmaker” shots he makes are almost unbelievable at times.  He does it often though, especially from behind the arc, with 21 career 4-point plays to prove it.  That is only 3 behind Reggie Miller, who is the all-time leader in that category.

Starting shooting guard Joe Johnson is playing very well for the Atlanta Hawks this season. He has played in 36 games (all starts) for the Hawks this season and he is averaging 37.0 minutes, 20.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.1 steals per game. The Hawks have a lot of good basketball players on this team so Johnson doesn’t have to carry the load himself anymore on offense making his all-around game better.