Hamstring sidelines Hawks’ Claxton

Veteran point guard Speedy Claxton pulled his hamstring late in Friday’s workout and could be out for a significant amount of time, including the entirety of this week’s three-game road trip to Orlando, Phoenix and Kansas City, where they will play Portland.

Claxton replaced second-year swingman Thomas Gardner on the inactive list for practice Saturday.

This marks Claxton’s third-straight training camp with the Hawks that has been marred by an injury. He broke his hand just days before his first training camp with the Hawks, injured a knee injury last year and missed the entire season.

And now, while trying to resurrect his career, and now the hamstring injury could derail his plans.

“He really could be out for a while,” Hawks coach Mike Woodson said. “He’ll go on the trip with us this week. But [as far as playing], I don’t know. We’ll just have to see how he responds.”