The 2008–09 Atlanta Hawks season was the 63rd season of the franchise, 60th in the National Basketball Association

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 (NBA). It ended on Monday, May 11, 2009 with a loss at home to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second-round of the playoffs.

Key dates

• June 26: The 2008 NBA Draft
  2008 NBA Draft
  The 2008 NBA Draft was held on June 26, 2008 at the Washington Mutual Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur college basketball players and other first-time eligible players, including...
  
   took place in New York City, New York
  New York
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  .
• July 1: The free agency
  Free agent
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   period started.

Draft picks

The Hawks did not have any draft picks in the 2008 NBA Draft.

Season

• Shaded block denotes team leader(s) in that statistic.

  Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
  	28	28	34.0	.458	.432	.776	3.6	5.0	1.4	0.1	15.9
  	28	4	23.8	.411	.370	.750	3.7	0.9	0.6	0.1	7.5
  	26	26	33.0	.516	.000	.719	8.5	2.7	0.6	1.7	10.9
  	28	28	39.8	.450	.354	.820	4.8	5.6	1.1	0.5	22.6
  	21	0	13.5	.578	.000	.774	3.0	0.3	0.1	0.9	3.7
  	24	0	10.3	.393	.250	.714	1.3	1.8	0.2	0.0	3.0
  	28	0	20.1	.407	.353	.746	1.9	1.4	1.1	0.2	8.7
  	26	11	18.1	.416	.000	.662	5.8	0.7	0.3	0.3	5.2
  	16	16	34.1	.426	.273	.671	7.2	2.9	1.5	1.9	13.0
  	27	27	35.3	.474	.388	.800	6.3	1.6	0.8	0.6	13.8

Playoffs The Atlanta Hawks faced the Miami Heat in the first round of the 2009 playoffs. After beating the Heat, they were swept in four games by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Free Agents

• On August 11, it was announced that Hawks forward Josh Smith will remain with the Hawks after the Hawks matched an offer sheet from the Memphis Grizzlies. The terms have not been disclosed but it's believed that Smith gets a five-year deal worth about $58 million.

Additions

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|Flip Murray || style="font-size: 80%" | August 14 || Pacers
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Subtractions

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| Josh Childress|| style="font-size: 80%"| ||Greek club Olympiakos
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See also

• 2008–09 NBA season
  2008–09 NBA season
  The 2008–09 NBA season was the 63rd season of the National Basketball Association . The 1,230-game regular season began on Tuesday, October 28, 2008, and ended on Wednesday, April 15, 2009...