Hawks extend Dyson Daniels’ contract for four years, $100 million
The Hawks are retaining one of their key young players for a longer term.
The team announced that it signed guard Dyson Daniels to a contract. The team did not disclose Daniels’ contract details but the deal is a four-year contract extension worth $100 million, according to a league source familiar with the situation.
Daniels, 22, has played a significant role in helping turn the Hawks’ defense around. He led the NBA in steals last season and was part of the Hawks’ ascent from the league’s fourth-worst defense to, at their best, 11th.
“We are beyond thrilled to reach a long-term deal with Dyson, and we are excited to watch him continue to grow with our group,” Hawks General Manager Onsi Saleh said in a statement provided by the team. “This extension reflects our belief in him today and into the future.”
The 2025 Most Improved Player, averaged the most steals per game in a season since Alvin Robertson in the 1990-91 season. He also recorded the most total steals in a season (229) since Gary Payton in 1995-96.
Daniels also paced the league in deflections per game, averaging 5.8, as well as total deflections (443).
Last season, Daniels averaged career highs of 14.1 points, 5.9 rebounds, 4.4 assists and three steals on career best shooting of 49.3% from the field and 34% from 3.
The native of Bendigo, Australia finished second in the voting for the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year Award for the 2024-25 season. He earned the first-ever NBA Eastern Conference Defensive Player of the Month for games played in October/November. He won the award again for games played in March.
With the extension agreement, the Hawks beat Monday’s 6 p.m. deadline to sign players drafted in 2022 to rookie-scale contract extensions. The team avoids having the negotiations spilling into restricted free agency next offseason and shores up one of the team’s foundational pieces.
Daniels is the latest player that the Hawks have reached an agreement for an extension ahead of the deadline. Last season, reports that Jalen Johnson and the Hawks reached an extension agreement right around 6 p.m. The year before that, news that Hawks center Onyeka Okongwu reached a deal with the team for his extension 15 minutes before the deadline.
But with these recent agreements, the Hawks have locked in with players largely viewed as long-term pieces, all without hamstringing themselves into unfriendly deals.
The Hawks open the regular-season on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. when they host the Raptors at State Farm Arena.
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