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Dyson Daniels is seeking a five-year, $150 million contract extension from the Atlanta Hawks as his agent, Daniel Moldovan, is using Jalen Suggs' deal with the Orlando Magic ahead of last season as a comparison.

Daniels finished second in Defensive Player of the Year voting in his breakout Most Improved Player season with the Hawks following his trade from the New Orleans Pelicans. Daniels also increased his offensive output from 5.8 points to 14.1 points per game.

The Hawks completed a five-year, $150 million extension with Jalen Johnson just ahead of the deadline in 2024.

Atlanta has an uncertain cap future because Trae Young has a $49 million player option for the 2026-27 season.

Moldovan also represents Josh Giddey, who was unable to agree to terms with the Chicago Bulls on an extension last offseason and had a prolonged restricted free agency. 

Via Bobby Marks/ESPN

Suggs at 5/150m as a comp? Call me crazy but I think that is shorting Daniels if Suggs is viewed to be a $30m/season guy. Its crazy what these guys are making nowadays.

23artest23 wrote:Suggs at 5/150m as a comp? Call me crazy but I think that is shorting Daniels if Suggs is viewed to be a $30m/season guy. Its crazy what these guys are making nowadays.

Suggs is on a unique contract because it's $35m this season and descends to $26.7m in 29/30. Or, a better way to look at it is: He's getting 23% of the cap this season and 13% in year-5. He is (in my opinion) drastically overpaid this season but could be on one of the most team friendly deals in the NBA by year three or four. All assuming he can stay on the court.

If Daniels is talking about accepting a descending pay structure like that it could really help the team long term, but neither Suggs or Daniels are worth $35m today. ATL still has to deal with the Trae, KP and Risacher extensions. I'm sure they'd be happy to front-load one or two of them.