NBA Free Agency: Reorganizing Atlanta Hawks Reportedly Sign Vit Krejci

The Atlanta Hawks have agreed to a four-year, $10 million contract to keep young two-way guard Vit Krejci, a restricted free agent this summer, on the roster through the 2027-28 NBA season, Krejci’s agents, Alex Saratsis and Phillip Parun of Octagon Basketball, informed ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarwoski.

Krejci, 24, was selected 37th overall in the 2020 NBA Draft.

The 6-foot-8 combo guard spent his first NBA season with the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2021-22, averaging 6.2 points on .407/.327/.864 shooting, 3.4 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 0.6 steals per night.

In 2023-24, with the Hawks, Krejci played in 22 games (including 14 as a start) for the Hawks (36-46), the No. 10 seed in the Eastern Conference. In those 22 games, Krejci averaged 6.1 points on .490/.412/.833 shooting averages, 2.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 0.6 steals per game in 24.6 minutes.

While playing for Atlanta’s G League affiliate, the College Park Skyhawks, this year, Krejci averaged 8.9 points on .402/.275/.786 shooting percentages, 5.3 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.6 rejections in 13 G League regular-season games (12 starts).

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Krejci was traded from the Thunder to the Hawks in the 2022 offseason, appearing in 29 games for Atlanta in 2022-23. Krejci was under a non-guaranteed contract prior to the 2023-24 season, and Hawks team president Landry Fields ultimately opted to cut him last summer.

The Minnesota Timberwolves made an offer and signed him to an Exhibit 10 contract before the team’s 2023 training camp. He was not selected for the team’s final roster for the season, which would ultimately reach the Western Conference Finals. The Hawks signed him to a two-way contract two months into the season.

Atlanta finished 10th in the Eastern Conference and was eliminated 131–116 by the Chicago Bulls in their only game of the play-in tournament. The Bulls were then eliminated by the Miami Heat in their next game.

Fields opted to pivot heavily in the playoffs, moving away from the contract of young starting point guard Dejounte Murray, a former All-Star, to refocus his offense on a more heliocentric attack behind three-time All-Star point guard Trae Young.

Murray was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans in exchange for power forward Larry Nance Jr., talented young point guard Dyson Daniels (still on his rookie salary), forward EJ Liddell and two first-round picks. The Pelicans signed and traded backup center Cody Zeller to the Hawks as part of the deal.

Krejci’s return helps bolster Atlanta’s depth as the team looks to revamp its roster, with Young now firmly in charge once again in a wide-open Eastern Conference beneath the Boston Celtics, New York Knicks and aging Milwaukee Bucks.