{"id":88085,"date":"2024-07-30T16:12:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T20:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=88085"},"modified":"2024-07-30T16:12:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T20:12:09","slug":"hawks-add-former-spurs-forward-dominick-barlow-on-two-way-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/30\/hawks-add-former-spurs-forward-dominick-barlow-on-two-way-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawks Add Former Spurs Forward On Two-Way Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/30\/hawks-roster-waive-bruno-fernando-offseason\/\" target=\"_self\">Atlanta Hawks<\/a> are signing forward <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/barlodo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dominick Barlow<\/a> to a two-way contract. The Hawks previously had one two-way slot open. The other two are occupied by 2023 second round pick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lundyse01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seth Lundy<\/a> and guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wallake01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keaton Wallace.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Free agent F Dominick Barlow has agreed on a two-way deal with the Atlanta Hawks, Todd Ramasar of <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LifeSportsAgncy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@LifeSportsAGNCY<\/a> tells ESPN. He played 61 games with the Spurs the past two seasons. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XIXPJDyQ7u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/XIXPJDyQ7u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1818359406448558160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Hawks Add Former Spurs Forward On Two-Way Deal<\/h2>\n<h3>Spent Last Two Seasons With Spurs<\/h3>\n<p>Going undrafted in 2022, Barlow did not play college ball after high school. He instead went to play in the Overtime Elite league for Team Overtime, <a  href=\"https:\/\/overtimeelite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a league for younger players<\/a> based in Atlanta, Georgia. It is where twin brothers <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/thompam01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amen Thompson<\/a> and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/thompau01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ausar Thompson<\/a> played before they were selected with the fourth and fifth overall picks respectively in the 2023 NBA Draft. Barlow will always be the answer to a trivia question as he was the <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/high-school-sports\/san-antonio-spurs-dominick-barlow-forward-nba-st-joes-prep-20240123.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first to play in an NBA game<\/a> that took part in the Overtime Elite.<\/p>\n<p>After not hearing his name called in the 2022 NBA Draft, Barlow signed a two-way deal with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/29\/san-antonio-spurs-sign-rookie-to-two-way-contract-harrison-ingram\/\" target=\"_self\">San Antonio Spurs<\/a>. He also did likewise in the 2023-24 season for San Antonio. In two seasons, the six-foot-nine Barlow has appeared in 61 games for the Spurs (28 in 2022-23, 33 in 2023-24). In 13.6 minutes per contest, he has posted career averages of 4.2 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 1.0 assists. The 21-year-old has shot 51.3% from the field, 23.1% (3-13) from three-point range, and 70.1% from the charity stripe.<\/p>\n<p>Barlow made his one and only career start on January 13, 2024, in a game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/30\/bulls-zach-lavine-opens-up-criticism-trade-talks\/\" target=\"_self\">Chicago Bulls<\/a>. His most productive outing came on April 9, 2023, as San Antonio took on the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/21\/dallas-mavericks-interested-in-bringing-back-10-year-veteran-spencer-dinwiddie\/\" target=\"_self\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a>. In that outing, Barlow posted career-highs with both his 21 points and his 19 rebounds.<\/p>\n<h3>Barlow Balled Out In The Showcase Cup Last Season<\/h3>\n<p>Playing for the Austin Spurs in the G League, Barlow really showed out in Showcase Cup games last season. In 12 Showcase Cup contests, he posted per-game averages of 25.6 points and 7.8 rebounds while shooting an impressive 57.8% from the field. Barlow performed well in his seven G League regular season games as well with averages of 21.3 points, 7.7 rebounds, 1.4 steals, and 1.6 blocks.<\/p>\n<p>Barlow will likely receive a lot of playing time for the College Park Skyhawks who are the Atlanta Hawks G League affiliate. Can he show enough to earn a steady rotation spot with the Hawks? He is a solid, low-risk pickup for Atlanta as he is still just 21 years old. The Hawks have begun to trend younger after taking 19-year-old <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/risacza01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zaccharie Risacher<\/a> with the first overall pick and acquiring 21-year-old <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/daniedy01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dyson Daniels<\/a> in the deal that sent <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/murrade01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dejounte Murray<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/28\/pelicans-jose-alvarado-injury-paris-olympics\/\" target=\"_self\">New Orleans Pelicans<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the Atlanta Hawks are signing forward Dominick Barlow to a two-way contract. The Hawks previously had one two-way slot open. The other two are occupied by 2023 second round pick Seth Lundy and guard Keaton Wallace. Free agent F Dominick Barlow has agreed on a two-way deal with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5060,"featured_media":88105,"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":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1608,62,3],"tags":[49059,49398],"class_list":["post-88085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hawks","category-basketball","category-nba","category-news","tag-2024-nba-free-agents","tag-dominick-barlow"],"modified_by":"Eamon Cassels, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88085","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\/5060"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}