NBL champions Illawarra Hawks are used to being written off by so-called experts.

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Hawks head coach Justin Tatum welcomed that only four of the NBL's 14 panel of experts tipped Illawarra to make the top four in NBL 26.

"I'm not surprised by this. It was the same thing last year," Tatum said.

"We don't want anybody on our bandwagon who doesn't see how good the Hawks are going to be towards the end of the year.

"We are happy that the odds are against us, similar to those they were last year; it just gives us more motivat

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