The Atlanta Hawks Summer League is over. Atlanta played more basketball than a lot of teams that were participating in Summer League, due to playing in Salt Lake City and then heading to Las Vegas to compete, and there were a lot of good signs and takeaways for Atlanta, from their rookies to some of the more veteran players on the roster.
Yesterday, the Atlanta Hawks traded for All-Defensive wing Lu Dort in a three-team deal that involved the Oklahoma City Thunder and Dallas Mavericks. The Hawks also acquired Ryan Nembhard from the Mavericks and sent Zaccharie Risacher to Dallas in the deal.
It felt like it was coming after the way Zaccharie Risacher fell completely out of the Hawks rotation towards the end of his second season, but the team made it official on Sunday with a three-team trade, sending the 2024 #1 overall pick to Dallas in exchange for Lu Dort and Ryan Nembhard.
At the end of the game or in other big moments, it's usually the team's stars who have the ball. Sometimes, though, it's the role players who get the chance to shine and deliver.
The Atlanta Hawks made arguably their biggest move of the summer yesterday when they acquired Luguentz Dort from the Oklahoma City Thunder and Ryan Nembhard from the Dallas Mavericks.
The Atlanta Hawks haven’t been the most active team in terms of making moves this offseason, but the ones they have made have been impactful, to say the least.
On the day of the FIFA World Cup Final, the Atlanta Hawks managed to capture the attention of the sporting world when news came out that they had traded for lockdown defender Luguentz Dort, strengthening what already looked like an elite defensive core to begin with.
The NBA had been silent for a couple of weeks, but the Atlanta Hawks, Oklahoma City Thunder, and Dallas Mavericks disrupted that today with a pretty big three-team deal.
On Sunday, the Atlanta Hawks shook things up by trading Zaccharie Risacher to the Dallas Mavericks as part of a three-team deal that brought back Lu Dort of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Typically, the path to the NBA for most players is to spend at least a season in college to get high-level basketball and important development under their belts.
After bringing in Aaron Wiggins, the Atlanta Hawks have added another member of the Thunder's title team. Per ESPN's Shams Charania, the Hawks have acquired Lu Dort from OKC in exchange for three second-round picks and are sending former No.
The Atlanta Hawks are moving on from former No. 1 overall NBA Draft pick Zaccharie Risacher, two years after selecting him with the top pick. ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania broke the news on Sunday afternoon, as it's a three-team trade, involving the Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks and Oklahoma City Thunder.
Summer League has wrapped up, and now, the NBA heads into its quietest period until training camp begins in late September. There are still some decisions to be made, including with the Atlanta Hawks' crowded roster, but things are more or less in place for next season.
Some Atlanta Hawks fans may tell you that the team hasn’t made many moves this offseason, but if you check the transaction list, you’d see several things they did.
And just like that, Summer League is over for the Atlanta Hawks. It has been an eventful couple of weeks for the Hawks, as they started their journey in Salt Lake City and then ended it in Las Vegas, competing against every other team in the league.
The NBA world waits for LeBron James to make his decision and then the final business of the offseason can move forward. It is rare when a front office preaches a message heading into the offseason and then actually sticks to that message.
After Atlanta Hawks guard CJ McCollum agreed to a $21 million extension for the 2026-27 season, he clapped back at his critics. McCollum has earned over $279 million throughout his 13-year NBA career.
The Atlanta Hawks have been dominant in Summer League. Going into the festivities, Atlanta had one of the strongest rosters on paper. So far, that has paid dividends as the Hawks are 3-0.
Hawks forward Mouhamed Gueye fractured his left foot on Wednesday and subsequently underwent surgery to repair the injury, writes Lauren L. Williams of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Twitter link).
ATLANTA -- Twelve hours before kickoff the requirement to buy tickets in pairs was dropped, leaving the most affordable seat in the building for the World Cup semifinal between Argentina and England listed at $4,878 for one 300-level seat.
So far, the Atlanta Hawks have had quite a busy offseason. At the draft, Atlanta added three new, young players. It used the eighth pick on Kingston Flemings and the 23rd pick on Zuby Ejiofor on night one, then traded up to the 52nd pick to select Henri Veesaar.