HAWKS PREVIEW: ROSTER

G MIKE BIBBY 10

> Height: 6-2

> Weight: 195

> Age: 30

> Experience: 11th year

> Salary this season: $14.9 million

> Know your role: Bibby has to direct this orchestra like a maestro and make up for his slump during the playoffs.

G SPEEDY CLAXTON 12

> Height: 5-11

> Weight: 170

> Age: 30

> Experience: 7th year

> Salary this season: $5.7 million

> Know your role: Get healthy first —- and stay that way —- and then a role can be discussed.

G/F MAURICE EVANS 1

> Height: 6-5

> Weight: 220

> Age: 29

> Experience: 6th year

> Salary this season: $2.5 million

> Know your role: He’s got the number, now he must perform like super sub Josh Childress did the past four years.

G THOMAS GARDNER 3

> Height: 6-5

> Weight: 225

> Age: 23

> Experience: 2nd year

> Salary this season: $711,000

> Know your role: A dead-eye shooter, his duty is to stay ready for that inevitable midseason call to the rotation.

C/F AL HORFORD 15

> Height: 6-10

> Weight: 245

> Age: 22

> Experience: 2nd year

> Salary this season: $4 million

> Know your role: Perform the way he did a year ago and all is well. But he should be even better and score much more.

F OTHELLO HUNTER 50

> Height: 6-8

> Weight: 225

> Age: 22

> Experience: Rookie

> Salary this season: $442,114

> Know your role: Hunter’s first season is a learning experience that probably won’t include much playing time.

G JOE JOHNSON 2

> Height: 6-7

> Weight: 240

> Age: 27

> Experience: 8th year

> Salary this season: $14.2 million

> Know your role: Now that he has support, Johnson can take on an even greater scoring load.

F SOLOMON JONES 44

> Height: 6-10

> Weight: 245

> Age: 24

> Experience: 3rd year

> Salary this season: $797,581

> Know your role: After two years, Jones finally appears ready to assume a permanent spot on the second unit.

G ACIE LAW IV 4

> Height: 6-3

> Weight: 202

> Age: 23

> Experience: 2nd year

> Salary this season: $2 million

> Know your role: If the preseason is any indication, Law will play major minutes spelling Bibby.

C RANDOLPH MORRIS 33

> Height: 6-11

> Weight: 275

> Age: 22

> Experience: 3rd year

> Salary this season: $797,581

> Know your role: His shooting touch and size will come in handy. He’s an ideal third center.

G FLIP MURRAY 22

> Height: 6-3

> Weight: 200

> Age: 29

> Experience: 7th year

> Salary this season: $1.5 million

> Know your role: The leader of the second unit, Murray will have to score in bunches while playing three positions.

F/C ZAZA PACHULIA 27

> Height: 6-11

> Weight: 275

> Age: 24

> Experience: 6th year

> Salary this season: $4 million

> Know your role: Now that he’s back to his form from two years ago, Pachulia’s minutes and productivity should rise.

F JOSH SMITH 5

> Position: Forward

> Height: 6-9

> Weight: 240

> Age: 22

> Experience: 5th year

> Salary this season: $10 million

> Know your role: The all-court menace from those playoff wins has to show up on a nightly basis.

G MARIO WEST 6

> Height: 6-5

> Weight: 210

> Age: 24

> Experience: 2nd year

> Salary this season: $711,000

> Know your role: The human version of Red Bull, West will be called upon as a situational defensive stopper.

F MARVIN WILLIAMS 24

> Height: 6-9

> Weight: 240

> Age: 22

> Experience: 4th year

> Salary this season: $5.6 million

> Know your role: With a 3-point shot added, Williams has to become a steady offensive weapon to stretch defenses.