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Hawks Add N’Faly Dante After Rockets Decline to Match Two-Year Offer Sheet

First-apron limits left Houston unable to match the deal.

8/18/25

Overview

  • Atlanta’s offer is for two years and about $4.5 million at or near the minimum, according to multiple reports.
  • Houston was roughly $1.26 million below the first-apron hard cap and had its three two-way slots filled with Kevon Harris, Isaiah Crawford and JD Davison.
  • Dante, undrafted in 2024, appeared in four NBA games on a two-way contract and averaged about 15 points, 9.8 rebounds and just over two blocks across 42 G League outings for Rio Grande Valley.
  • The addition brings Atlanta to 14 players on standard contracts with all three two-way spots occupied.
  • The Hawks become the first team since 2020 to sign a restricted free agent to an offer sheet that went unmatched.