The Atlanta Hoopster is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. The team is part of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and is nicknamed the Hawks, which is a four-letter word. The team has been in existence since 1946 and has won one NBA championship in 1958. They have also made the playoffs numerous times and have had some of the greatest players in the history of the game, such as Dominique Wilkins, Bob Pettit, and Lou Hudson.