Former Washington forward Moses Wood signed a summer league deal with the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday, joining forward Keion Brooks Jr. as the second member of the 2023-24 Huskies squad to make the NBA. Brooks signed a two-way contract with the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday.
Coincidentally, the two NBA franchises to add a Husky this weekend are also the two sides of the trade that sent former Washington star Dejounte Murray to the Pelicans on Friday.
Wood started all 32 games in his lone season on Montlake, averaging 11.9 points, 4.5 rebounds, and shooting 39.6 percent from three on roughly six attempts per game. A career 40.4 percent shooter from deep, Wood is an especially adept shooter on the move, a skill that could prove valuable to an NBA franchise.
Washington was Wood’s fourth school in six years, as he also played for Tulane, UNLV, and Portland before finishing out with the Huskies. His points per game averages increased every season across those three schools before taking a small dip with Washington, whose offense primarily ran through Brooks.
Wood should have a decent shot at turning the summer league opportunity into a contract with Atlanta, who is rebuilding after trading Murray and could still move star point guard Trae Young as part of that initiative. Atlanta also took French forward Zaccharie Risacher with the No. 1 pick in this year’s NBA Draft.
NBA summer league runs from July 12 to July 22 in Las Vegas.