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.
Atlanta will send Oklahoma City its second-round pick in 2030 and the least favorable of the Hawks’ or Los Angeles Lakers’ second-rounder in 2032, per the reports.
ESPN reported that the Thunder entered this offseason with a projected luxury tax penalty of $213 million that will be reduced to $152 million with the trade. Oklahoma City, which opens a roster spot with the transaction, has picks at Nos. 12 and 17 in the NBA draft on Tuesday.
Wiggins, 27, averaged 9.4 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 21.8 minutes in 65 regular-season games (21 starts) last season. He averaged only 1.5 points and 5.8 minutes in 13 playoff games, all as a reserve as his role was reduced.
For his career, Wiggins averages 8.7 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 20.3 minutes in 339 regular-season games (100 starts). He averaged 6.0 points, 2.3 rebounds and 13.8 minutes in the 2025 postseason when the Thunder captured the NBA championship. Wiggins averaged a career-high 12.0 points during the 2024-25 regular season.
Oklahoma City selected Wiggins in the second round of the 2021 draft out of Maryland.
Wiggins has three years remaining on a contract that will pay him $9.2 million next season, per the reports. The Hawks have an $11 million trade exception created when they dealt guard Luke Kennard to the Lakers in February.
–Field Level Media
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