A large chunk of the Atlanta Hawks roster from last season is going to be back for the upcoming 2026-2027 season, but there are new players, and even the returners are going to have to take on different roles than they had last season.
The Oklahoma City Thunder entered the 2026 offseason facing the difficult realities of maintaining a championship-caliber roster, and one team executive admitted the decisions to trade Aaron Wiggins, Isaiah Joe and Lu Dort were among the toughest the organization has made.
The Atlanta Hawks have had a relatively quiet offseason. After making the playoffs and avoiding the play-in tournament for the first time since 2021, it would have been easy to assume that the Hawks might try to push some of their chips in the middle with such a young team and an opportunity to go for it.
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The Oklahoma City Thunder have had a relatively quiet offseason, drafting Aday Mara out of Michigan in the first round of the 2026 NBA Draft. The Thunder also parted ways with some familiar faces for financial reasons, including Isaiah Joe and Aaron Wiggins.
The regular season is important, but NBA legends are made in the playoffs. More specifically, it's the Finals where the all-time greats have built their otherworldly reputations.
The Atlanta Hawks acquired guard Aaron Wiggins from the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday in exchange for second-round draft picks in 2030 and 2032. Wiggins, 27, was a second-round draft pick by the Thunder in 2021 and made 35 starts the following season as a rookie when he averaged 8.3 points with 3.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 50 total games.
It's another small but shrewd move for the improving Hawks.
Ahead of facing tax penalties projected to exceed north of $213 million, Oklahoma City Thunder GM Sam Presti shed a chunk of that large bill by trading Aaron Wiggins for two second-round picks ahead of this year’s draft.
The Atlanta Hawks jump-started the offseason with a pair of roster moves over the weekend, agreeing to a contract extension with veteran guard CJ McCollum and then acquiring reserve wing Aaron Wiggins in a trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Oklahoma City Thunder have been staying busy ahead of the 2026 NBA Draft, recently trading wing Aaron Wiggins to the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for two future second-round draft picks.
The financial ramifications for remaining above any luxury tax threshold are significant, and they force teams to make tough roster decisions. One team currently facing this dilemma is the Oklahoma City Thunder, the 2025 NBA champions who had their dreams of a repeat crushed by the San Antonio Spurs in heartbreaking fashion.
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The Hawks have already begun their quest to add talent this offseason. According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, Atlanta is finalizing a trade to acquire guard Aaron Wiggins from the Thunder in exchange for two second-round picks.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are trading reserve guard Aaron Wiggins to the Atlanta Hawks for two second-round draft picks, according to multiple reports on Sunday night.
The Atlanta Hawks have plucked away an experienced veteran from the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Thunder are trading Aaron Wiggins to the Hawks for two second-round picks, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports (via Twitter). Oklahoma City is facing a roster crunch and entered the offseason needing to move either players or draft picks.
Oklahoma City Thunder GM Sam Presti is reportedly expected to move up in this year’s draft and could part ways with Aaron Wiggins, along with draft capital, to do so.
Oklahoma City couldn’t get over the hump in 2026, and the struggles of a key role player may have played a role. After looking dominant through the first two rounds of their title defense, the Thunder were unable to secure another trip to the NBA Finals, falling in seven games to the San Antonio Spurs.
The Oklahoma City Thunder’s depth was unmatched this season. The team legitimately had 13 or 14 players who would be in almost every team’s rotation around the league.
Despite missing its fully healthy starting lineup from its NBA championship team last season for the entire start of the year, the Oklahoma City Thunder has started 6-0 for the second-straight season, after starting 7-0 a season ago.
The Oklahoma City Thunder stole a win Tuesday night against the Sacramento Kings to move to 5-0 on the season. The Thunder have been through multiple challenges in each of their games, but in the end, they have found a way to come out with a win in all of them.
Over the course of the rebuild, Oklahoma City has been able to hit on a lot of under the radar prospects. From second-round picks to undrafted names, the Thunder continues to find production anywhere — and that’s what makes this team so good.
The spotlight shines brightest on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren of NBA champion Oklahoma City, but there’s another Thunder player who deserves attention: guard Aaron Wiggins.
In Game 4, the Oklahoma City Thunder made the fewest three-pointers by any team in an NBA Finals win since 2010. In Game 5, their backup guards single-handedly ended their three-point drought.
Former Maryland Terrapin Aaron Wiggins is making a name for himself in the NBA. After four seasons as a contributor for the Oklahoma City Thunder, Wiggins is now averaging a career high 12.0 points per game and showing up big in some of the biggest moments.
The Oklahoma City Thunder lost a heartbreaker in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. In Game 2, the Thunder never let the Indiana Pacers get close enough to break their hearts again.
In 2014, we had Corey Brewer, and now in 2025, we have Aaron Wiggins.
The Oklahoma City made the leap last season, but could have even bigger things in store for the coming campaign.
The guard has become a valuable rotation member during his three years with the team, and the Thunder wanted to lock him down for the future.
Aaron Wiggins scored a season-high 26 points and Josh Giddey had a triple-double as the short-handed Oklahoma City Thunder beat the host Charlotte Hornets 121-118 on Sunday.
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