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The Portland Trail Blazers were looking for some perimeter shooting, and may have found an answer in Atlanta Hawks guard Vit Krejci. The Trail Blazers reportedly acquired Krejci on Sunday, giving up two second-round picks and Duop Reath to make the deal, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.
Krejci, 25, is averaging a career-high nine points per game this season.
Krejci is known as a 3-point specialist. This season, the 25-year-old has a 42.3 shooting percentage from beyond the arc. That figure ranks within the top 20 in the league. He was even better last season, when he hit on 43.7 percent of his 3-point shots.
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The move comes a year-and-a-half after the Hawks signed Krejci to a four-year, $10 million deal. Krejci still has at least one year left on his deal, though the Trail Blazers can pick up a $3 million club option that keeps him in Portland through the 2027-28 NBA season.
In exchange, Portland will give up its 2027 second-round draft pick and a 2030 second-round pick that the team acquired from the New York Knicks. The team is also trading backup center Duop Reath to Atlanta as part of the deal. Reath was averaging 2.9 points per game before sustaining a season-ending foot injury.
With the deal, the Hawks now own seven future second-round picks between now and 2032.
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Both teams are fighting for a playoff spot, or at least a spot in the play-in game as the trade deadline approaches. The Hawks sit at 24-27 entering Sunday, good for 10th place in the Eastern Conference. The Trail Blazers are 23-26 and sit in ninth place in the West.
If either team is looking to make additional moves, that will have to happen soon. The NBA trade deadline is Thursday at 3 p.m. ET, giving the Hawks and Trail Blazers just a few more days to make upgrades and improve their playoff chances.