The Brooklyn Nets’ offseason makeover has already started to reshape the roster, and one familiar name is on the way out. Jalen Wilson is signing with the Atlanta Hawks on a Two-Way contract, according to a Monday report from HoopsHype NBA insider Michael Scotto.
Brooklyn had already made the move that opened the door. Earlier this offseason, the Nets declined to tender Wilson a qualifying offer, which made him an unrestricted free agent. That meant he could sign with any team without the offer-sheet process that restricted free agents face.
Wilson, 25, is leaving after a 2025-26 season in which he played 54 games and averaged 6.4 points and 2.1 rebounds per game while shooting 39.6% from the field and 35.5% from three. Most of that work came in a bench role for Brooklyn, the team that drafted him 51st overall in 2023 out of Kansas.
His strongest stretch with the Nets came in 2024-25, when he put together the best season of his three-year career. That was the first year of Brooklyn’s rebuild after the trade that sent Mikal Bridges to the New York Knicks for a package of first-round picks. Wilson appeared in 79 games and made 22 starts, posting 9.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game while shooting 39.7% from the floor and 33.7% from deep.
As Brooklyn continues to build around its five-man 2025 NBA Draft class and three-man 2026 class, Wilson became one of the players squeezed out, especially after the Nets added Minnesota Timberwolves forward Julius Randle. He now lands with an Atlanta team that gave the Knicks a scare in the NBA playoffs, and on a Two-Way deal he should be one of the more experienced players in that role around the league.
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