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Ira Winderman: Hawks injury report for tomorrow’s game vs. Miami: Jock Landale (nasal fracture): Available Aaron Wiggins (left knee contusion): Questionable Mouhamed Gueye (left foot fracture): Out Henri Veesaar (torn right ACL): Out
Justin Martinez: Mark Daigneault on the impact Lu Dort and Aaron Wiggins had on OKC: “It’s a point of pride because it’s about as mutually beneficial of a situation as you can find. They were guys who came from the back of the draft. They came from two-way contracts. They came all the way through to prominent rotational positions on highly-successful teams. It’s positioned them to make generational money and play in the NBA for 10-plus years, which both of them will. And for us, they had huge contributions to the identity, the establishment of our program and the way that we operate. And then they had a lot of on-court success. They weren’t just these culture guys. They were really, really impactful players for us. When you step back and look at it, for the program to benefit as much as we did from them and for them to benefit as much as they did from our program, that’s how you draw it up.”
JJ: Following Hawks shootaround, I asked Aaron Wiggins about adjusting to HC Quin Snyder’s difference in lingo/vocabulary: “Yea, no…this guy’s vocabulary is a different world. I didn’t expect it to be this dramatically different.”
Brandon Rahbar: Jaylin Williams on Lu Dort, Isaiah Joe and Aaron Wiggins: “Of course we all miss them. I’m happy for them.” JWill says those guys are his brothers. “I hope they succeed at the highest level.”
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Justin Martinez: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander said it "sucks" to see Lu Dort, Isaiah Joe and Aaron Wiggins no longer on the team, but he continues to be close with them: "Those guys are never more than a phone call away, and vice versa."
Etienne Catalan: Aaron Wiggins will wear No. 2 for the #Hawks. Number last worn by Keaton Wallace in 2026. Wallace will wear something else, still TBD. #NBA
Chet Holmgren, an All-Star big man set to enter his fourth season with the Thunder, offered best wishes to Luguentz Dort, Aaron Wiggins and Isaiah Joe, who left Oklahoma City in separate offseason trades. Dort, a perimeter stopper and longtime starter, and Wiggins, a reserve wing, will join the Atlanta Hawks. Joe, a backup shooting specialist, was sent to the Detroit Pistons. "That's how the business of this game goes," Holmgren said at a USA Basketball Foundation charity event in Southern California. "No team, all 17 guys, sticks together forever. But it doesn't make it hurt less when you see guys go. At the same time, I'm excited for [Dort and Wiggins] and the opportunity they're going to have in Atlanta. I'm happy for whatever major milestones they reach over there."
Shams Charania: Oklahoma City has now acquired seven second-round picks this offseason, shed $224 million in payroll and tax and positioned themselves comfortably under the second apron via the trades of Dort, Isaiah Joe and Aaron Wiggins. Rather than simply declining Dort's $17.7 million team option to save the money, the Thunder picked it up, acquired three future assets, created a $17M trade exception and place their 2025 championship stalwart in position for a new long-term deal in Atlanta which was not viable in OKC.
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Keith Smith: With Buddy Hield on the books at his full $9.6M salary, the Atlanta Hawks are roughly $7.1M under the luxury tax and $15.1M under the first apron. The Hawks have one open roster spot. This factors in the Aaron Wiggins trade, plus both first-round draft picks.
League sources say the Hawks are the most active team in discussing trade scenarios. They completed a deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night to acquire Aaron Wiggins into the trade exception they generated when they dealt Luke Kennard to the Los Angeles Lakers at the deadline. Sources have said Atlanta is discussing both trade-up and trade-down scenarios. But it also could just stay here and take the player it wants if he remains on the board.
Yossi Gozlan: Thunder reduce total roster expenses from $549 million to $476 million just by moving off Aaron Wiggins' $9.2 million salary. Expect a couple more trades to reduce it to a more palatable number.
