Hawks to Pelicans trade Dejounte Murray official

The Hawks also announced that Pelicans center Cody Zeller would be included in the deal. The Hawks will continue to evaluate their roster before deciding whether Zeller will remain with the team for next season, according to a person familiar with the situation.

Since the Hawks traded Murray to the Pelicans and forward AJ Griffin to the Rockets, they have remained silent throughout the free-agent moratorium. It was lifted at 6 p.m. Saturday, allowing teams to officially sign the free agents they negotiated with last week.

Currently, the Hawks have 15 players under contract after signing first-round draft pick Zaccharie Risacher to his rookie contract.

They have not announced whether they have signed players for any of their three two-way roster spots.

The team made qualifying offers to Vit Krejci and Seth Lundy last week and has yet to decide whether to guarantee Bruno Fernando’s contract. It has extended the deadline for that decision to July 10.

The Hawks are unlikely to keep five centers under contract and could waive Zeller. They could also seek packages that include Nance to continue to recoup assets.

The Hawks have until 5 p.m. the day before the start of the 2024-25 season to finalize their roster.

Here’s a look at the Hawks’ roster:

PE: Trae Young, Dyson Daniels, Kobe Bufkin

SG: Bogdan Bogdanovic, Garrison Mathews, Nikola Djurisic*

SF: De’Andre Hunter, Zaccharie Risacher

PF: Jalen Johnson, Mo Gueye, EJ Liddell

VS: Clint Capela, Onyeka Okongwu, Larry Nance, Cody Zeller, Bruno Fernando*

* have not signed contracts