5:54pm: Huerter has officially signed his extension, per NBA.com’s transactions log.
4:31pm: The Hawks and Kevin Huerter have agreed to terms on a four-year rookie scale extension worth $65MM, agents Mark Bartelstein and Andy Shiffman tell Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link). The deal is fully guaranteed, according to Tim Reynolds of The Associated Press (Twitter link).
This continues Atlanta’s trend of locking up its young core. Trae Young signed a five-year max extension in August. John Collins inked a five-year extension this summer and Clint Capela received a two-year extension.
Overall, as ESPN’s Bobby Marks notes (Twitter link), the franchise has handed out more than $400MM in contracts this offseason — Young’s $172.5MM, John Collins’ $125MM, Huerter’s deal and Capela’s $46MM. Atlanta could certainly be confronted with luxury tax issues in future years but the ownership group appears willing to do whatever it takes to keep their top players in the fold.
Huerter, 23, is one of the team’s key wing pieces. He’s a 37.6% 3-point shooter over the first three years of his career. He averaged 11.9 PPG, 3.3 RPG and 3.5 APG last season in 69 regular season games, including 49 starts. During the Hawks’ run to the Eastern Conference Finals, he started 10 of 18 games and averaged 11.1 PPG, 3.8 RPG and 2.8 APG.
Huerter’s extension is similar to the one the Clippers wing Luke Kennard received last winter.
Good deal. 10 Mil cheaper than I was expecting tbh
This is a steal, and could potentially turn into highway robbery
A good deal for both team and player.
Good for the HAWKS for locking up their key pieces – they’ll be in the East playoff mix for the foreseeable future.
Great move by ATL, they got a cheap one there!
Luke Kennard contract
$41 million guaranteed
Total contract 4 year $56 million
100% reporters said its $64 million contract
Yes, if Huerter’s is identical, it might be less than 65m… the agents released the figure and are motivated on the high side.
65 sounds about right for a good shooter who is solid all-arounnd.
Should shoot better though.
He’s okay, but he should be coming off the bench most games this year. Trae, Bogey, Hunter, Collins, Cap will be the 5 when healthy. If he plays out the contract in Atlanta I’ll be surprised.