9:02pm: While also announcing the trade is official via press release, the Thunder provided more details regarding the picks involved. The second rounder is a 2029 pick. Oklahoma City will also receive amendments on the conditions of a previously traded 2025 second-round pick from the Hawks. The amended 2025 second-round pick will now be top-40 protected. Previously that pick was protected for selections 31-55.
8:28pm: The trade is official, according to a Hawks press release.
4:31pm: the thunder are trading Vit Krejci to the Hawks for Maurice Harkless and a second-round pick, Shams Charania of The Athletic tweets.
After signing a multiyear contract ahead of the 2021/22 NBA season, Krejci appeared in 30 games in his first NBA season, averaging 6.2 PPG, 3.4 RPG and 1.9 APG. He posted shooting splits of .407/.327/.864.
An early 2020 second-round pick, Krejci underwent an arthroscopic knee procedure in April. He’s pegged to make $1,563,518 this season.
The 6’8” Krejci, who turned 22 in June, could work his way into a rotation spot with Atlanta.
Harkless, 29, has been in the league since the 2012/13 season. He spent last season with the Kings, appearing in 47 games (24 starts) while averaging 4.6 PPG and 2.4 RPG. He’s also played for Orlando, Portland, the Los Angeles Clippers, New York and Miami. Overall, Harkless has appeared in 621 NBA games and averaged 6.9 PPG and 3.5 RPG in 22.6 MPG.
Harkless has an expiring $4,564,980 contract and it’s uncertain whether the Thunder plan to keep him or waive him. Oklahoma City applied for a Disabled Player Exception in late August worth $4.95MM in the wake of Chet Holmgren’s season-ending injury. Harkless’ contract will slot into that exception, which was granted last week, ESPN’s Bobby Marks tweets.
Atlanta drops from $1.7MM over the luxury tax line to $1.3MM below it by dealing Harkless, Yossi Gozlan of Hoops Hype tweets.
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