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Should Hawks move weekday start times?

By Chris Vivlamore
Aug 3, 2016
102715 ATLANTA: -- Hawks Al Horford battles Pistons Andre Drummond for the opening tip off to begin their first regular season basketball game "home opener" on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com

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I wrote earlier today that the Hawks are giving serious consideration to moving start times up to 7:30 p.m. for weekday games. Here is the link to the story with the details.

The team moved start times to 8 p.m. for Monday-Friday games last season with the hope that it would help with traffic congestion and have more fans in their seats for the opening tip-off.

A decision has yet to be made and likely won’t until the NBA releases the regular-season schedule in the next two weeks.

What do you think? Should the Hawks move game times to 7:30 p.m. or keep them at 8 p.m.?

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Chris Vivlamore is the sports editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has served as reporter and editor at the AJC since 2003.

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