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Antoine Walker Scott Cunningham/NBAE/Getty Images FAST FACTS Record: 28-54 (12th in the East) Points Scored: 92.8 (15th in NBA) Points Allowed: 97.5 (23rd) Coach: Mike Woodson (first season with the Hawks) 2004 Schedule | 2004 Draft Picks | 2003 Stats Of the 15 players who began last year on the Hawks' roster, only two (Chris Crawford and Boris Diaw) remain -- the highest turnover on any team. PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP With 2003-04 statistics JASON COLLIER POS. PVR PPG RPG APG BPG SPG FG% FT% C 226 11.3 5.6 0.9 0.55 0.55 47.9 78.8 ANTOINE WALKER POS. PVR PPG RPG APG BPG SPG FG% 3FG% PF 13 14.0 8.3 4.5 0.79 0.79 42.8 26.9 BORIS DIAW POS. PVR PPG RPG APG SPG FG% 3FG% FT% SG 157 4.5 4.5 2.4 0.78 44.7 23.1 60.2 KENNY ANDERSON POS. PVR PPG RPG APG SPG FG% 3FG% FT% PG 201 6.0 1.8 2.8 0.59 44.1 25.0 72.9 AL HARRINGTON POS. PVR PPG RPG APG SPG FG% 3FG% FT% SF 37 13.3 6.4 1.7 1.01 46.3 27.3 73.4  BENCH PVR 2003-04 Stats G TONY DELK 163 6.0 ppg 0.8 apg 0.82 spg 38.0 FG% 30.3 3FG% G-F JOSH CHILDRESS (R) 192 15.7 ppg 7.5 rpg 2.7 apg 48.8 FG% 39.5 3FG% F-C PREDRAG DROBNJAK 244 6.3 ppg 3.2 rpg 0.6 apg 0.39 bpg 39.3 FG% G JON BARRY 259 6.2 ppg 2.6 apg 1.00 spg 40.4 FG% 37.0 3FG% F LONNY BAXTER 290 4.0 ppg 3.0 rpg 0.47 bpg 49.3 FG% 57.9 FT%

The new star relishes his chance to shoot, but his team will be firing blanks

While playing in Dallas last season Antoine Walker never felt like himself: a three-time All-Star used to being in the thick of the attack. He even abandoned his trademark shoulder shake, the Walker Wiggle. "I did it once or twice, then I went away from it," he says of the celebratory move he made famous during his seven seasons in Boston. "But it'll be back this year."

Now with a Hawks team in need of his high-volume scoring -- but one that will struggle to win half as many games as the Mavericks -- Walker has a spring in his step again. After averaging a career-low 14.0 points, the 6'9" forward asked for a trade and was shipped to Atlanta with Tony Delk for Jason Terry and Alan Henderson. "In Dallas we had a lot of guys who could score," says Walker. "Here I'm going to get a chance to be that first or second option again, like I was with the Celtics."

Walker's passing and perimeter scoring should mesh nicely with the blunt-force style of fellow forward Al Harrington. If Walker heeds new coach Mike Woodson's plea to launch fewer threes -- last year he made just 26.9% from downtown -- and work his way inside to increase his trips to the foul line, he could become the first Hawk to win a scoring title since Dominique Wilkins, in 1985-86.

In the final year of a contract that pays him $14.6 million, Walker would like an extension, but G.M. Billy Knight will wait and see; he could also deal Walker at midseason to a team making a playoff run. The 28-year-old Walker swears that he won't let his contract become a distraction. His focus will be on shoring up the Hawks' defense and rebounding so that Atlanta can end its five-year playoff drought. "I think we'll surprise people," he says. If he can lead the Hawks to 35 wins, that would be worth a wiggle or two. -- Marty Burns