The Hawks and Trail Blazers have agreed to a trade, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania, who reports (via Twitter) that Vit Krejci will be heading to Portland for Duop Reath and two second-round picks.
The Hawks will receive their own 2027 second-round pick back from Portland as well as New York’s 2030 second-rounder, per Jake Fischer of The Stein Line (Twitter link). The Blazers controlled both of those picks from previous trades.
Reath, a 6’9″ big man, recently underwent season-ending foot surgery. Although he doesn’t state it outright, Charania suggests Reath could be waived to open a roster spot for the Hawks (Twitter link). N’Faly Dante, who is also out for the season after tearing his ACL, is another candidate to be released, tweets cap expert Yossi Gozlan.
According to Marc Stein of The Stein Line (Twitter link), the Trail Blazers have been very active in trade conversations. They plan to promote two-way players Caleb Love and Sidy Cissoko to standard contracts after the February 5 deadline, Stein adds.
As several NBA insiders have noted, Atlanta evidently viewed Krejci as expendable after the team acquired Corey Kispert from Washington.
A 6’8″ guard, Krejci has averaged 9.0 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists while shooting 42.3% from three-point range in 46 appearances this season (22.3 minutes per game). The 25-year-old is on a very affordable contract, earning $2.3MM this season, a non-guaranteed $2.7MM in 2026/27, with a $3MM team option for ’27/28.
Krejci’s outside shooting fills an immediate need for Portland, which is last in the league in three-point percentage (33.4%). The former second-round pick will be extension-eligible in July, per ESPN’s Bobby Marks (Twitter link).
Reath, meanwhile, is earning $2.2MM this season and could be a restricted free agent in the summer if he’s given a qualifying offer, though that seems unlikely.
Idk what Atlanta doing here…Vit is good young and cheap, and they trade him for their second big man on the roster who’s out for the year
Seems like they want to gather as many picks as possible, maybe to package in a bigger trade
They will be opening up roster spot. Hawks also have plenty of picks, Vit would have been lost in rotation. This move helps him.
Nice move by Portland adding a guy who hits 3pt shots at over 40%. Guys who can shoot 3pt shot have value
Hawks are working on another deal to be dropping payroll
The Hawks have 2 guys who are out for the season on minimums: N’Faly Dante and now Duop Reath. They got assets in this deal but it doesn’t make sense to have 2 guys on standard contracts who can’t play.
Guess they value the picks and the slight cap relief more? Idk
I guess they feel confident Dyson CJ and NAW can take the point minutes. Jalen offers playmaking too. While creating more minutes for Kispert and Kennard at the 2 spot.
Your adding picks back it’s not bad for ATL
Good for Vit. He has earned and deserves more playing time. The depth in Atlanta made it tough for this to happen.
Big Hawks fan, but glad for Vit to go somewhere where he might get more minutes.
Same here. Dude was great off the bench and will be missed. Seems like a jovial guy that is a fit for team chemistry. Will miss him.
Great trade for POR. Trade is questionable for the Hawks. It depends on what they do next with the 2nds. They are probably waiving Reath who is out for the season
And they told me this trade deadline would be boring…
It has been unless you are a Hawks fan.