{"id":925444,"date":"2026-06-22T04:21:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T04:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/925444\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T04:21:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T04:21:19","slug":"thunder-finalizing-trade-of-aaron-wiggins-to-hawks-for-two-second-round-picks-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/925444\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder finalizing trade of Aaron Wiggins to Hawks for two second-round picks: Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Aaron Wiggins is expected to join the Hawks after a trade with the Thunder. Sarah Stier \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

June 21, 2026 Updated 11:29 pm EDT<\/p>\n

The Oklahoma City Thunder are trading guard Aaron Wiggins to the Atlanta Hawks for two future second-round picks, sources confirmed to The Athletic on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Thunder will receive Atlanta\u2019s 2030 second-round pick, as well as the least favorable of the Hawks\/Lakers second-round pick in 2032. They also clear a roster spot while simultaneously shedding salary as they juggle several players \u2014 namely Lu Dort and Isaiah Hartenstein \u2014 with approaching team options. The trade leaves the Thunder with 14 players under contract. They will enter the first round<\/a> of the NBA Draft on Tuesday with two selections and can reduce their projected luxury tax penalty.<\/p>\n

Drafted with the 55th pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, Wiggins was among the Thunder\u2019s premier development stories. The Maryland product emerged from OKC\u2019s rebuilding seasons to become a legitimate bench scoring threat, averaging a career-high 12 points during the Thunder\u2019s title-winning 2024-25 season.<\/p>\n

Wiggins\u2019 minutes dwindled with the progression of several of the Thunder\u2019s younger guards. Between both the Western Conference semifinals and the West finals, Wiggins averaged just 4.5 minutes. He gives Atlanta, which pivoted last season with its trade of Trae Young, some firepower on its bench.<\/p>\n

Wiggins is set to make just over $9 million next season on a declining contract with three years remaining, including a team option in the final year of the deal at just 4.49 percent of the projected cap during the 2028-29 season.<\/p>\n

Atlanta holds an $11 million trade exception created by its February trade of Luke Kennard. The deal likely won\u2019t become official until July 6, when the NBA\u2019s free-agency moratorium period ends. The Hawks still possess some flexibility, with decisions on Buddy Hield (partially guaranteed) and Jonathan Kuminga (team option) pending.<\/p>\n

Taking in Wiggins without sending out any salary likely terminates any notion of the Hawks operating as a cap-room team this summer. Instead, they will take Wiggins into the $11 million traded-player exception created last February with the Kennard deal. The addition of Wiggins as yet another offense-oriented wing off the bench also makes one question the futures of Buddy Hield (partially guaranteed) and Jonathan Kuminga (team option), whose fates will be decided in the next few days.<\/p>\n

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