Keaton Wallace is headed overseas after landing a new deal with Maccabi Tel Aviv.
The Israeli club announced Tuesday that it has signed the free agent guard to a two-year contract. According to Tomer Givati of Israel Hayom (story in Hebrew), the agreement will pay Wallace $1.2MM per season.
Maccabi coach Oded Kattash praised the guard’s edge and effort on both ends of the court, saying, “ Keaton is a player who brings toughness and intensity on both ends of the floor,” head coach Oded Kattash said. “ We are confident he will quickly connect with the team and the fans, helping us achieve our goals this season.”
Wallace arrives after carving out a path through the G League and NBA two-way deals. He went undrafted out of Texas-San Antonio in 2021, spent a couple of seasons with the Clippers’ G League affiliate, and also had a brief two-way stint with Los Angeles during the 2022/23 campaign. He later played a third NBAGL season with the Hawks’ affiliate before signing a two-way contract with Atlanta in July 2024.
The 27-year-old point guard spent all of 2024/25 on a two-way deal and was then promoted to Atlanta’s standard roster last season. Across 84 regular season games over the past two years with the Hawks, he averaged 4.2 points, 2.1 assists, and 1.3 rebounds in 12.3 minutes per game.
Wallace was eligible for restricted free agency this summer, but Atlanta chose not to give him a qualifying offer worth roughly $3.1MM. Donatas Urbonas of BasketNews had previously reported that Maccabi Tel Aviv, which recently signed longtime NBA center Daniel Theis, was interested in Wallace.
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