They have organized team dinners, such as the birthday celebration the Hawks put on for forward John Collins. They have watched playoff games together, while the coaching staffs point out strategy as they do in normal film sessions. They have talked about racial justice issues and the importance of voting. At both their practice facilities and hotels, they have hosted games of ping-pong, air hockey and cornhole. Some players have held wine-tasting sessions, including Love, who joked, “I can sweat some of it from the night before and we can get going.” “The biggest thing we want to accomplish is just to get our group together and build more camaraderie,” Hawks general manager Travis Schlenk said. “It’s tough from a two-week window to really accomplish a lot from a basketball perspective. But from a team-building perspective, we feel like we can accomplish a lot with this little window.”
