Bally Sports Southeast is the official broadcasting partner of the Atlanta Hawks. During the regular season, telecasts are anchored by their flagship pregame show, Hawks LIVE, delivering expert analysis 30 minutes before each game. Atlanta Hawks games are available through cable, satellite and streaming providers that carry Bally Sports Southeast. Games can also be streamed on BallySports.com, the Bally Sports app * and Bally Sports+, a streaming platform that offers Hawks games on Bally Sports on a direct-to-consumer basis within the networks' territory on a monthly or annual subscription basis.
Hawks games on Bally Sports Southeast are widely available throughout Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee through cable, satellite and over-the-top providers, including AT&T U-verse, DIRECTV, DIRECTV STREAM, Spectrum and Xfinity.
Game telecasts can also be streamed live on BallySports.com, the Bally Sports app when a consumer authenticates through their pay-tv service and Bally Sports+, a streaming platform that offers Hawks games on Bally Sports on a direct-to-consumer basis within the networks' territory on a monthly or annual subscription basis. The Bally Sports app is available on mobile and tablet devices, including iOS and Android, as well as the following connected devices: Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Roku Players and Roku TV and Xbox One. Fans can also download the app for free from the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Amazon App Store, Roku App Store, XBOX One App Store and Windows App Store. Bally Sports+ can be accessed through web, iOS, tvOS, Android, Android TV, Amazon Fire and Roku. For more regional sports content, follow @BallySportsSO on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Additional content from the network is available on Twitter @HawksOnBally.
Hall-of-Famer Dominique Wilkins is his 14th season with Bally Sports Southeast as an analyst for the Atlanta Hawks telecasts.
Hall-of-Famer Dominique Wilkins is his 14th season with Bally Sports Southeast as an analyst for the Atlanta Hawks telecasts.
Wilkins also serves as the Hawks' vice president of basketball & Special Advisor to CEO.
Wilkins, a 6-8 forward, is the 15th all-time leading scorer (26,668 points) in NBA history and his 24.8 career scoring average is 14th on the all-time charts.
Wilkins' 23,292 points with the Hawks are the franchise's best, and he ranks second overall in team history in steals (1,245), fourth in rebounds (6,119), sixth in blocked shots (588) and seventh in assists (2,321).
In 2001, Wilkins became the third player in Hawks history to have his uniform number (#21) retired, joining Hawks legends Bob Pettit and Lou Hudson.
In 2015, the Hawks unveiled a 13.5-foot-tall, 18,500-pound granite sculpture of Wilkins outside of State Farm Arena.
Wilkins ended his University of Georgia career as the school's all-time scoring leader with averages of 21.6 points to go along with his 7.5 rebounds. A three-time All-SEC performer who also took home the Most Valuable Player award from the 1981 Southeastern Conference tournament, he was selected with the third overall pick in the first round by the Utah Jazz in 1982.
He was a member of the NBA All-Rookie Team in 1983 and was named to seven All-NBA teams, nine consecutive All-Star squads and was a two-time winner of the NBA Slam Dunk Championship (1985 and 1990).
Wilkins was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on September 8, 2006; the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame on April 3, 2004; and the Atlanta Sports Hall of Fame's inaugural class on June 10, 2005. He was named to the NBA75 team in 2021. In 2011, Wilkins was inducted into the Boys & Girls Clubs of America Alumni Hall of Fame.
Extremely active with local and national charity endeavors, Wilkins has done work with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Special Olympics, Muscular Dystrophy Association and American Lung Association.
In March 2010, Wilkins was honored by the Georgia State Legislature as they presented a State Resolution naming him the Diabetes Ambassador for the state of Georgia. He is also a diabetes ambassador for Novo Nordisk, a world leader in Diabetes care.
Wilkins was born in Paris, France.
Bob Rathbun is in his 27th season as the Bally Sports Southeast play-by-play voice for the Atlanta Hawks.
Bob Rathbun is in his 27th season as the Bally Sports Southeast play-by-play voice for the Atlanta Hawks.
Rathbun is the longest-tenured TV play-by-play announcer in the franchise's history.
Additionally, Rathbun served as the play-by-play announcer for the Atlanta Dream (WNBA) for 10 seasons on FOX Sports South and FOX Sports Southeast.
Rathbun has covered the NBA for TNT and NBA TV, and collegiate sports for CBS, ABC, and ESPN.
In 2019, Rathbun was inducted into the Hampton Roads Sports Media Hall of Fame, his 4th HOF recognition.
In 2012, Rathbun was named the Georgia Sportscaster of the Year honors from the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.
Rathbun has won twelve Regional Emmy Awards and has earned eight Sportscaster of the Year honors (Virginia: 1980-82, 1985, 1988-89; Georgia 1998, 2012).
Rathbun also received a Distinguished Service Award from the ACC (1994), and a Distinguished Alumni Award from Catawba College (1988).
Rathbun graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech from Catawba College and was inducted into their Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.
Treavor Scales enters his second season as host of Hawks LIVE, the network's pre- and postgame show.
Treavor Scales enters his second season as host of Hawks LIVE, the network's pre- and postgame show.
Scales was hired in September, 2021 as the host of Hawks LIVE and Braves LIVE. He made his network debut as host of Braves LIVE on Sept. 14, 2021.
Prior to joining Bally Sports, Scales was a commentator for ESPN for six years, hosting SportsNation on ESPN+, SportsCenter on Snapchat, The College Football Show on Twitter, YouTube and the ESPN app and What's Good on ESPN IGTV.
He started at ESPN as a crewing coordinator in 2013 before being accepted into a two-year fellowship program at ESPN to become an on-air talent. He was a host and anchor of SportsCenter and ESPN New York 98.7 FM during his fellowship program.
Scales is a native of Stone Mountain, Ga. and graduated from Dunwoody High School in 2009. He went on to play football at Harvard and was a four-time All-Ivy League running back. He graduated in 2013 with a bachelor's degree in economics.
Lauren Jbara is in her second season as a courtside reporter for Atlanta Hawks telecasts on Bally Sports Southeast after she was hired in September, 2021.
Lauren Jbara is in her second season as a courtside reporter for Atlanta Hawks telecasts on Bally Sports Southeast after she was hired in September, 2021.
She also has contributed to Bally Sports as a host of Braves LIVE during the 2022 season and as a sideline reporter for ACC football games on Bally Sports South in 2021 and 2022, making her network debut on Sept. 25, 2021 at the Central Connecticut State vs. Miami game.
Prior to joining Bally Sports, Jbara worked as a host/reporter for Altitude Sports for two seasons on Colorado Avalanche games and Colorado Rapids matches.
She has also worked with the World Showdown of Esports as a host, was an in-arena host for the Detroit Pistons for three years and was a sideline reporter for Oakland University men's basketball games.
Jbara is a Michigan native who graduated from the University of Michigan in 2015 with a bachelor's degree in communications.
Brian Oliver enters her second season as an analyst on Hawks LIVE, the network's pre- and postgame show for Atlanta Hawks telecasts.
Brian Oliver enters her second season as an analyst on Hawks LIVE, the network's pre- and postgame show for Atlanta Hawks telecasts.
Oliver was hired in October, 2021 and filled in as a game analyst throughout his first season.
Oliver has been an analyst for Bally Sports South for ACC men's basketball games since 2017 and has called ACC games for Raycom Sports since 2015. Prior to that he was an analyst for Comcast Sports Net in Philadelphia from 2011-14, calling Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball games. He worked for Comcast Sports South from 2008-14 as a Conference USA basketball analyst and studio expert for college basketball shows.
Before starting his career in television, Oliver played professional basketball from 1990-2007, including four seasons in the NBA and 12 seasons overseas. He played five games with the Atlanta Hawks in the 1997-98 season and was named MVP three times overseas.
He was drafted No. 32 overall in the 1990 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. He played collegiately at Georgia Tech where he as honorable mention All-America and MVP of the ACC Championship game in 1990. That season he helped lead his team to the NCAA Final Four as part of the “Lethal Weapon III” trio with Dennis Scott and Kenny Anderson.
Oliver earned a business construction degree from Georgia Tech and his now a senior project manager for DPR Construction.