{"id":114192,"date":"2024-12-27T15:59:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T20:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=114192"},"modified":"2024-12-27T19:32:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T00:32:54","slug":"hawks-sign-deaqwon-plowden-two-way-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/12\/27\/hawks-sign-deaqwon-plowden-two-way-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawks Sign Two-Way Wing To Two-Way Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh off of a miraculous comeback that included a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HawksPR\/status\/1872491698728976493\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">historic 50-point fourth quarter<\/a> finish, the Atlanta Hawks are signing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/plowdda01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daeqwon Plowden<\/a> to a two-way contract, per HoopsHype insider Michael Scotto.<\/p>\n<h2>Hawks Sign Daeqwon Plowden To Two-Way Contract<\/h2>\n<p>Plowden, who went undrafted out of Bowling Green in 2022, has been playing for the G League\u2019s College Park Skyhawks after suiting up with the Hawks this preseason.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Atlanta Hawks have agreed to a two-way deal with Daeqwon Plowden, agent Drew Kelso of <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OneMotiveSports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@OneMotiveSports<\/a> told <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hoopshype?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@hoopshype<\/a>. Plowden has averaged 14.2 points and shot 38.5 percent from 3-point range for Atlanta\u2019s G League affiliate, the College Park Skyhawks. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dMooy7xbYK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/dMooy7xbYK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeAScotto\/status\/1872651463073423842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In 14 games, he\u2019s averaged 14.2 points and 1.1 steals per game while shooting 38.5 percent from three.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the small sample size, Plowden\u2019s body of work lends credence to the belief he\u2019s a legitimate three-point threat. In 2023-24, he shot 38.8 percent from three with the G League\u2019s Osceola Magic. The season prior, he converted 36.8 percent of his threes while with the G League\u2019s Birmingham Squadron.<\/p>\n<p>With Plowden essentially replacing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lundyse01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seth Lundy<\/a>, his ability to be a steady presence beyond the arc could be particularly important. To that point, Lundy made 41.9 percent of his threes while on assignment with the College Park Skyhawks last season. Unfortunately, the Penn State products was injury-prone, leading to Atlanta severing ties with him after drafting him 46th overall in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Plowden isn\u2019t quite as aggressive as Lundy, who averaged 23.1 points per game with the Skyhawks. Even in college, he was more comfortable being a secondary or tertiary scorer. It wasn\u2019t until his fifth and final season that had Bowling Green\u2019s highest scoring average.<\/p>\n<p>However, there\u2019s still plenty to like about him. Aside from being an efficient off-ball threat, he makes a consistent effort to relocate, which both shifts the defense and makes it easier to keep the ball in motion. He\u2019s also a solid athlete with a muscular frame, which helps him effectively attack closeouts. At the defensive end, he\u2019s displayed a knack for attacking passing lanes.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s a role player.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, if he\u2019s called up by Atlanta, that\u2019s likely the role he\u2019d have played regardless. The only Hawks players averaging above 13.0 points per game this season are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/y\/youngtr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trae Young<\/a> (22.0), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnsja05.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jalen Johnson<\/a> (19.8), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/huntede01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">De\u2019Andre Hunter<\/a> (20.3). Everyone else, excluding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bogdabo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bogdan Bogdanovic<\/a> perhaps, gets in where <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/11\/02\/trae-young-change-approach-pay-off-hawks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">they fit in<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Daeqwon Plowden | College Park Skyhawks - NBA G League | 6\u20196\u201d Wing 24 PTS 8-16 FG\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a_mFlwjBBw0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Daeqwon\u2019s Debut<\/h3>\n<p>Bogdanovic\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/11\/13\/hawks-provide-injury-updates-notable-players\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">injury concerns<\/a> make it possible that Plowden\u2019s NBA debut comes sooner rather than later. The Serbian sharpshooter has played in just 14 of the team\u2019s 31 games this season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mathega01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Garrison Mathews<\/a> has benefited from his absence, as he\u2019s currently averaging 8.4 points per game and shooting 46.5 percent from three. However, right now he\u2019s Atlanta\u2019s only knockdown that primarily plays as an off-ball wing.<\/p>\n<p>At least he was, with Plowden now on board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh off of a miraculous comeback that included a historic 50-point fourth quarter finish, the Atlanta Hawks are signing Daeqwon Plowden to a two-way contract, per HoopsHype insider Michael Scotto. Hawks Sign Daeqwon Plowden To Two-Way Contract Plowden, who went undrafted out of Bowling Green in 2022, has been playing for the G League\u2019s College [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":114348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1608,62,3],"tags":[1227,3923,49913,3276,297,1332,4862],"class_list":["post-114192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hawks","category-basketball","category-nba","category-news","tag-bogdan-bogdanovic","tag-bowling-green-falcons","tag-deaqwon-plowden","tag-garrison-mathews","tag-nba-free-agency","tag-nba-g-league","tag-seth-lundy"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114192"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114390,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114192\/revisions\/114390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}