The Thunder are trading All-Defensive wing Luguentz Dort to the Hawks in a three-team deal that sends three second-round picks to Oklahoma City, 2024 No. 1 pick Zaccharie Risacher to the Mavericks and Ryan Nembhard to Atlanta, sources told ESPN on Sunday. Oklahoma City has now acquired seven second-round picks while going under the second apron and shedding $200 million this offseason via the trades of Dort, Isaiah Joe and Aaron Wiggins.

Rather than simply declining Dort's $17.7 million team option to save money, the Thunder picked it up, acquired three future assets, created a $17 million trade exception and placed their 2025 championship stalwart in position for a long-term deal in Atlanta that was not viable for Oklahoma City. The Hawks will team up a 27-year-old elite defender in Dort with Dyson Daniels and Nickeil Alexander-Walker on the wings and will have over $40 million in cap space next summer.

Mavericks president Masai Ujiri and general manager Mike Schmitz targeted Risacher this summer and add him to a retooling roster around young players under new coach Dusty May. Nembhard earned a standard contract after strong performances on a two-way deal as a rookie last year in Dallas. Both Dort and Nembhard are from Canada.