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<\/p>\n4:04 pm:\u00a0Daniels\u2019 extension is now official, the Hawks announced in a press release.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe are beyond thrilled to reach a long-term deal with Dyson, and we are excited to watch him continue to grow with our group,\u201d said general manager Onsi Saleh. \u201cThis extension reflects our belief in him today and into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
2:16 pm: The Hawks and guard Dyson Daniels<\/a> have agreed to a four-year, $100MM rookie scale extension, according to ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania (Twitter link<\/a>). There are no team or player options on the contract, The Athletic\u2019s Fred Katz tweets<\/a>.<\/p>\n Daniels spent his first two seasons with New Orleans after being selected with the eighth pick in the 2022 draft. His career blossomed after he was traded to Atlanta in the Dejounte Murray<\/a> blockbuster prior to last season. Daniels became a fixture in the Hawks\u2019 lineup and established himself as one of the premier perimeter defenders in the league.<\/p>\n Daniels captured the NBA\u2019s Most Improved Player of the Year award and was runner-up for Defensive Player of the Year. He also made first team All-Defense and racked up 229 steals, the most in a single season by any player since Gary Payton in 1995\/96.<\/p>\n Daniels posted averages of 14.1 points, 5.9 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 3.0 steals in 33.8 minutes per game while making 76 starts. He also shot a career-best 49.3% overall and 34.1% on three-point attempts.<\/p>\n Daniels is the ninth player in his draft class to sign or agree to a rookie scale extension that will begin in 2026\/27, joining Christian Braun<\/a>, Paolo Banchero<\/a>,\u00a0Jalen Williams<\/a>,\u00a0Chet Holmgren<\/a>,\u00a0Jabari Smith Jr.<\/a>,\u00a0Keegan Murray<\/a>,\u00a0Nikola Jovic<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Shaedon Sharpe<\/a>.<\/p>\n Like Braun, Daniels will get an average annual value of $25MM on his new deal, though Braun\u2019s new contract with Denver includes a fifth year.<\/p>\n Daniels and Trae Young<\/a> meshed well in Atlanta\u2019s backcourt but it\u2019s uncertain how long that pairing will last. Young holds a $48.97MM player option on his contract for 2026\/27 and could become a free agent next summer. He and the Hawks aren\u2019t expected<\/a> to reach an extension at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"4:04 pm:\u00a0Daniels\u2019 extension is now official, the Hawks announced in a press release. \u201cWe are beyond thrilled to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,12840,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-228796","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-dyson-daniels","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}