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Hawks owner wants great franchise - and that means a championship

Atlanta Hawks principle owner Tony Ressler purchased the team and broke ground on a practice facility in one year.

Credit: Todd Kirkland/AP

Credit: Todd Kirkland/AP

Atlanta Hawks principle owner Tony Ressler purchased the team and broke ground on a practice facility in one year.
By Chris Vivlamore
June 26, 2016

Despite an calm outward demeanor, Tony Ressler is more impatient and competitive than he lets on publicly.

And he wants to bring a championship to Atlanta.

So if the Hawks principle owner can buy the team and then break ground on a sorely needed, state-of-the-art practice facility in just one year, who is to argue with his ultimate goal for the NBA franchise?

“Yes, we have an objective to be a great franchise,” Ressler told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is an exclusive interview. “A great franchise has to win a championship. When I use the term, I think it’s healthier to say we want to be a great franchise than say I want a championship. You can’t be a great franchise without being a champ. So, we have to be a champ at some point.

Read the complete story on myajc.com.

About the Author

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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