1980–81 Atlanta Hawks season

1980–81 Atlanta Hawks season
1980–81 Atlanta Hawks season
Head coach	Hubie Brown (fired); Mike Fratello (interim)
General manager	Stan Kasten
Owner(s)	Ted Turner
Arena	Omni Coliseum
Results
Record	31–51 (.378)
Place	Division: 4th (Central); Conference: 8th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WTBS; SuperStation WTBS;
Radio	WSB
< 1979–80	1981–82 >

The 1980–81 NBA season was the Hawks' 32nd season in the NBA and 13th season in Atlanta.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	18	Don Collins	SF/SG	United States	Washington State
2	28	Craig Shelton		United States	Georgetown
5	110	Mike Doyle		United States	South Carolina
6	133	Mike Zagardo		United States	George Washington
7	156	Charles Hightower		United States	Dillard
9	195	Stanley Lamb		United States	Franciscan University of Steubenville

Roster

1980–81 Atlanta Hawks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
C	16	Burleson, Tommy	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1952–02–24	NC State
G	44	Collins, Art	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1954–04–14	St. Thomas (FL)
G	14	Criss, Charlie	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1948–11–06	New Mexico State
G/F	22	Drew, John	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1954–09–30	Gardner–Webb
C	10	Hawes, Steve	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1950–05–26	Washington
G	3	Johnson, Eddie	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1955–02–24	Auburn
G	1	Matthews, Wes	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1959–08–24	Wisconsin
G	33	McElroy, Jim	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1953–10–04	Central Michigan
C	54	McMillen, Tom	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1952–05–26	Maryland
F	41	Pellom, Sam	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1951–10–02	Buffalo
C	30	Rollins, Tree	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1955–06–16	Clemson
F	32	Roundfield, Dan	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1953–05–26	Central Michigan
F	11	Shelton, Craig	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1957–05–01	Georgetown

Head coach

Mike Fratello

Assistant coach(es)

Brendan Suhr

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(L) On leave from the team
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: March 26, 1981

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks	60	22	.732	–	34–7	26–15	23–7
x-Chicago Bulls	45	37	.549	15.0	26–15	19–22	20–9
x-Indiana Pacers	44	38	.537	16.0	27–14	17–24	17–12
Atlanta Hawks	31	51	.378	29.0	20–21	11–30	9–21
Cleveland Cavaliers	28	54	.341	32.0	20–21	8–33	9–21
Detroit Pistons	21	61	.256	39.0	14–27	7–34	9–21

#	Eastern Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Boston Celtics	62	20	.756	–
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	60	22	.732	2
3	x-Philadelphia 76ers	62	20	.756	–
4	x-New York Knicks	50	32	.610	12
5	x-Chicago Bulls	45	37	.549	17
6	x-Indiana Pacers	44	38	.537	18

7	Washington Bullets	39	43	.476	23
8	Atlanta Hawks	31	51	.378	31
9	Cleveland Cavaliers	28	54	.341	34
10	New Jersey Nets	24	58	.293	38
11	Detroit Pistons	21	61	.256	41

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1980-81 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	KCK	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAS	SDC	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	–	2–4	2–4	1–5	2–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	1–1	1–5	1–1	0–2	1–5	3–2	2–4	1–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–4
Boston	4–2	–	5–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	3–3	1–1	2–0	3–3	6–0	5–1	3–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	5–1
Chicago	4–2	1–5	–	5–1	1–1	1–1	5–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	3–3	3–2	3–3	2–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	5–1
Cleveland	5–1	1–4	1–5	–	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	2–4	0–2	0–2	0–6	3–3	0–5	0–6	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–2
Dallas	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	–	3–3	0–2	2–3	0–6	0–2	0–6	0–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–4	1–4	1–5	2–3	1–4	1–5	0–2
Denver	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	–	2–0	3–2	2–4	1–1	4–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–4	2–3	2–4	3–2	3–2	2–4	0–2
Detroit	2–4	1–4	1–5	3–3	2–0	0–2	–	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–5	3–3	1–5	1–4	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–5
Golden State	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–3	2–0	–	3–2	1–1	5–0	1–5	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–4	2–4	1–4	2–4	3–3	4–1	1–1
Houston	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	6–0	4–2	1–1	2–3	–	1–1	2–4	2–3	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–4	3–2	3–3	1–4	4–1	4–2	0–2
Indiana	5–1	3–3	2–3	4–2	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–1	–	2–0	0–2	2–4	5–1	3–2	0–6	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–2
Kansas City	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	6–0	2–4	1–1	0–5	4–2	0–2	–	0–5	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–2	3–2	2–4	3–2	2–3	5–1	1–1
Los Angeles	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	5–0	2–3	2–0	5–1	3–2	2–0	5–0	–	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–4	3–3	2–3	3–3	6–0	3–2	1–1
Milwaukee	5–1	3–3	3–3	6–0	2–0	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	–	5–1	3–3	3–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–1
New Jersey	2–3	0–6	2–3	3–3	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–2	1–5	0–2	0–2	1–5	–	0–6	1–5	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–3
New York	4–2	1–5	3–3	5–0	1–1	2–0	5–1	0–2	2–0	2–3	1–1	0–2	3–3	6–0	–	3–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–2
Philadelphia	5–1	3–3	4–2	6–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	6–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	5–1	3–3	–	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–2
Phoenix	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	4–1	2–0	4–2	4–1	1–1	2–3	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	–	3–3	3–2	6–0	5–1	5–0	1–1
Portland	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–2	2–0	4–2	2–3	2–0	2–3	3–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	–	2–3	4–2	4–2	2–3	2–0
San Antonio	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	4–1	3–3	0–2	4–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–3	3–2	–	4–1	3–2	5–1	1–1
San Diego	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–3	1–1	4–2	4–1	1–1	2–3	3–3	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–6	2–4	1–4	–	5–1	3–2	0–2
Seattle	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–3	2–0	3–3	1–4	2–0	3–2	0–6	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–5	2–4	2–3	1–5	–	4–1	1–1
Utah	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	1–4	2–4	1–1	1–5	2–3	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–5	3–2	1–5	2–3	1–4	–	0–2
Washington	4–1	1–5	1–5	2–4	2–0	2–0	5–1	1–1	2–0	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–4	3–3	2–4	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	—

Game log

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Player	GP	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
John Drew	67	31.0	45.6	0.0	78.7	5.7	1.2	1.5	0.2	21.7
Eddie Johnson	75	35.9	50.4	30.0	78.4	2.4	5.4	1.7	0.1	19.1
Dan Roundfield	63	33.8	52.7	0.0	72.1	10.1	2.6	1.2	1.9	17.6
Don Collins	47	25.2	43.4	0.0	84.6	4.0	2.4	1.5	0.2	12.7
Wes Matthews	34	32.5	48.8	0.0	83.7	2.1	6.2	1.8	0.2	12.5
Steve Hawes	74	31.2	52.3	25.0	79.9	7.6	2.3	1.0	0.4	12.0
Charlie Criss	66	25.9	45.4	4.8	86.4	1.5	4.3	0.9	0.0	9.5
Tom McMillen	79	19.8	48.7	16.7	74.1	3.7	0.9	0.3	0.3	7.4
Tree Rollins	40	26.1	55.2	0.0	80.7	7.2	0.9	0.7	2.9	7.0
Sam Pellom	77	19.1	48.9	0.0	69.8	4.6	0.6	0.6	1.2	5.9
Armond Hill	24	26.0	33.6	0.0	84.0	2.1	4.9	1.1	0.1	5.0
Craig Shelton	55	10.7	45.7	0.0	60.3	2.5	0.5	0.3	0.1	4.3
Jim McElroy	54	12.6	38.6	12.5	81.4	0.9	1.6	0.4	0.2	3.8
Tom Burleson	31	11.7	41.4	0.0	48.8	3.0	0.4	0.3	0.6	3.3
Art Collins	29	13.6	35.4	0.0	66.7	1.4	0.9	0.4	0.0	3.2

Player Statistics Citation:^[2]

Awards and records

Dan Roundfield, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

Transactions

References

^ 1980-81 Atlanta Hawks
^ "1980-81 Atlanta Hawks Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 12, 2021.