Thunder trade Lu Dort to Hawks, who send Risacher to Mavericks
The Oklahoma City Thunder They transferred this Sunday to the Canadian Lu Dort to the Atlanta Hawks in a three-way operation in which the dallas Mavericks acquire Frenchman Zaccharie Risachernumber one in the 2024 draft.
Dort was a key piece in the ring conquered by the Thunder in 2025 and was the player who had been on the team the longest. Oklahoma Citywhere it landed in 2019.
His high salary – more than 17 million dollars – made it very difficult to fit a renewal into the team’s salary cap. Thunder after the contractual improvements a year ago of its main stars: Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderJalen Williams and Chet Holmgren.
In addition to creating salary space, in the operation, the Thunder They received three second-round picks from future editions of the draft.
For their part, the Hawks they sent to the Mavericks to the French Zaccharie Risachernumber one in the 2024 ‘draft’, which did not finish coming together in atlanta.
Finally, the Hawks received from the Mavericks Ryan Nembhard.
