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The Hawks’ whole starting five is January’s Eastern Conference Player of the Month (Ball Don’t Lie)
Add one more bit of January history for the Atlanta Hawks: The NBA announced Wednesday evening that the entire Atlanta starting five — center Al Horford, power forward Paul Millsap, small forward DeMarre Carroll, shooting guard Kyle Korver and point guard Jeff Teague — has been named the Eastern Conference Player(s) of the Month for January, during which the Hawks went undefeated en route to becoming the first team ever to go 17-0 in a calendar month. [ Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball ] They look pretty stoked about it — especially Carroll: BREAKING: Our starting 5 will share East Player of the Month honors for January! pic.twitter.com/Fp1zsV684F — Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) February 5, 2015 If you didn't know the NBA could do that, you're not alone; it was a new one on me, too. But there was precedent for multiple teammates sharing Player of the Month honors — LeBron James and Dwyane Wade did with the Miami Heat in December 2010; the Dallas Mavericks trio of Dirk Nowitzki, Steve Nash and Michael Finley got a three-way split of the Western nod in November 2002; and Boston Celtics stars Paul Pierce and Antoine...
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