{"id":503853,"date":"2025-10-21T00:02:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T04:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=503853"},"modified":"2025-10-21T00:02:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T04:02:57","slug":"daniels-signs-4-year-100-million-dollar-extension-with-the-hawks","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/daniels-signs-4-year-100-million-dollar-extension-with-the-hawks\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniels signs 4-year, 100 million dollar extension with the Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta Hawks All-Defensive guard Dyson Daniels will sign a 4-year, 100 million dollar rookie deal extension with the organization.<\/p>\n<p>Dyson secured the award for the NBA&#8217;s Most Improved Player of the Year, finished 2<sup>nd<\/sup> \u00a0for Defensive Player of the Year, was part of the All-Defense, and finished with 229 steals in the past campaign, the most in a campaign by any basketballer since Gary Payton almost 30 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The 8<sup>th<\/sup> selection in the NBA Draft 3 years ago, he averaged over 14 points, up from almost 6 in the previous season, almost 6 boards, almost 4.5 assists, and 3 steals in the past campaign, becoming the 1st basketballer to average 3 steals since Alvin Robertson at the beginning of 1990.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta acquired the guard and a 1<sup>st<\/sup>-round selection from the Pelicans for Dejounte Murray during the summer of 2024, and the pairing with the defensive-minded Dyson and leader Trae Young has been successful so far for the Hawks.<\/p>\n<p>He swiftly became a valuable part of the future of the franchise from Atlanta, as they can also count on Jalen Johnson and the 1st-overall selection in last year\u2019s draft, Zaccharie Risacher, as players for the future.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dyson Daniels last season:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Career-highs in PPG, RPG, APG, SPG, BPG<br \/>\u2014 Most Improved Player<br \/>\u2014 First Team All-Defense<br \/>\u2014 Second in DPOY voting<br \/>\u2014 Most STL in a season since Gary Payton<\/p>\n<p>Extended. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XAAnmp97Ux\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/XAAnmp97Ux<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; StatMuse (@statmuse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/statmuse\/status\/1980355847055462408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta Hawks All-Defensive guard Dyson Daniels will sign a 4-year, 100 million dollar rookie deal extension with the organization. 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