Atlanta Hawks Acquire Draft Rights to Nikola Djurisic

Atlanta Completes Three-Team Trade with Houston and Miami

ATLANTA – The Atlanta Hawks completed a three-team trade with the Houston Rockets and Miami Heat, it was announced today. Atlanta acquires the draft rights of Nikola Djurišić (No. 43 overall pick in 2024 NBA Draft) from Miami, in exchange for cash considerations. Additionally, Houston acquires Hawks guard AJ Griffin, while Miami acquires the draft rights to Pelle Larsson (No. 44 overall pick in 2024 NBA Draft) from Houston.

Djurišić (yur-ih-chitch) appeared in 30 Adriatic League contests (all starts) with Mega (Serbia) during the 2023-24 season, tallying 15.4 points, 2.9 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 1.2 steals in 30.6 minutes of play (.463 FG%, .336 3FG%, .745 FT%). His 15.4 points per game ranked sixth in the Adriatic League. 

The 6-7 guard saw action in 36 total games during the 2023-24 campaign (34 starts) across four leagues (Liga ABA, KLS, ABA Supercup, Serbian RK Cup), recording 14.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 1.2 steals in 29.9 minutes (.444 FG%, .305 3FG%, .763 FT%).

The 2022-23 Adriatic League Top Prospect Award winner was named the U19 Adriatic Junior League MVP and 2021-22 EuroLeague Adidas Next Generation Tournament (NGT) MVP.

Djurišić, who is a two-time All-NGT Team selection (2020-21, 2021-22), represents Serbia on the Senior National Team.

Griffin was selected by the Hawks with the 16^th overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft. Named to the 2023 Jordan Rising Stars Game, the Duke product has appeared in 92 games (12 starts) over the course of his two seasons in Atlanta, averaging 7.5 points and 1.9 rebounds in 17.1 minutes (.447 FG%, .372 3FG%, .898 FT%).