The Oklahoma City Thunder are sending reserve guard Aaron Wiggins to the Atlanta Hawks, with multiple reports surfacing Sunday night confirming the deal. In return, Oklahoma City will receive two future second-round draft selections from Atlanta.
The Hawks will give up their own second-round pick in 2030, along with the less favorable of two second-round picks — either Atlanta’s or the Los Angeles Lakers’ — in 2032, according to the reports.
ESPN noted that the Thunder were facing a projected luxury tax penalty of $213 million heading into this offseason. The Wiggins trade is expected to bring that figure down to $152 million. Oklahoma City also gains an open roster spot with the move, and the team holds picks at No. 12 and No. 17 in Tuesday’s NBA draft.
During the 2024-25 regular season, the 27-year-old Wiggins appeared in 65 games, making 21 starts, and put up averages of 9.4 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 21.8 minutes per game — a career-high scoring average of 12.0 points. His role shrank significantly in the playoffs, where he averaged just 1.5 points and 5.8 minutes across 13 games, all coming off the bench.
Looking at his overall career numbers across 339 regular-season games and 100 starts, Wiggins averages 8.7 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 20.3 minutes per contest. During the 2025 postseason — when the Thunder captured the NBA championship — he contributed 6.0 points, 2.3 rebounds and 13.8 minutes per game.
Wiggins was originally selected by Oklahoma City in the second round of the 2021 NBA draft out of the University of Maryland.
He still has three years left on his current contract, which is set to pay him $9.2 million in the upcoming season. Atlanta has an $11 million trade exception available, which was created when the Hawks sent guard Luke Kennard to the Lakers back in February.
