The Hawks have made three moves in recent days – two of which the team announced via press release Thursday afternoon.

First, the College Park Skyhawks traded for the rights to Daeqwon Plowden on September 5, sending Rob Baker II to the Santa Cruz Warriors, who spent last season with both the Skyhawks and in Las Vegas with the Hawks Summer League team.

Plowden has played for two different teams in the G League over the last two seasons, but earlier this summer he signed a two-way contract with the Golden State Warriors. The Warriors have now barred him from signing their draftee Quinten Post, paving the way for the Hawks to bring Plowden on board.

Plowden is a 6-foot-2, two-way winger who can fill the goal line as well as fly around and make stops on defense. He averaged 11.9 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 49 combined contests for the Osceola Magic in the G League last year.

Lauren Williams of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that his team is looking at an Exhibit 10 deal – a non-guaranteed deal that will likely ultimately land him with the Skyhawks.

Jordan Bowden should look somewhat familiar to Hawks fans. After starting the year with the Maine Celtics, he was a key member of the College Park Skyhawks throughout the 2023-24 season and also joined the Hawks for the five-game season in Las Vegas this summer. In 16 games with the Skyhawks last season, Bowden averaged 17.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game while shooting 50% from the field and 48% from three.

Cyro Asseo of HoopsHype reports that his deal also includes language in Exhibit 10:

Joirdon Nicholas was undrafted in 2023 but spent the season with the South Bay Lakers of the G League and the Zonkeys de Tijuana of the Mexican CIBACOPA League to showcase his basketball talent. Nicholas, a 6-foot-2 forward, is more of a rebounder and defensive specialist than a scorer.

The Atlanta Hawks release:

The Atlanta Hawks have signed guard/forward Jordan Bowden and forward Joirdon (JOR-dihn) Nicholas, the team announced today. Per team policy, terms of the agreements were not disclosed.

Bowden (BAU-dihn) has four years of experience in the NBA G League and most recently appeared in 16 games (11 starts) with the College Park Skyhawks during the 2023-24 season, posting 17.2 points, 3.4 rebounds , 2.2 assists and 1.3 steals in 31.3 minutes (.495 FG%, .482 3FG%, .733 FT%). In his first game as a member of the Skyhawks on February 12, he shot 5-6 from three-point range, tying the franchise record for most three-pointers in a player’s debut with the club. Over the course of his NBA G League career, he has seen action in 114 games (59 starts), averaging 13.1 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 28.6 minutes (.436 FG%, .348 3 FG%, 0.749 FT%). .

The 6-5 guard/forward, who has international playing experience with Nancy Basket (France) and Montreal Alliance (Canada), was a member of Atlanta’s NBA 2K25 Summer League team, appearing in three games (one start) and scoring 13 ,3 points. 3.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.7 steals in 25.8 minutes.

Bowden enjoyed a four-year college career at Tennessee (2016-2020) and was ranked 24th^Th on the Vols’ all-time scoring list (1,365) and one of only four players in program history to total over 1,000 points, 450 rebounds and 250 assists.

Nicholas, who went undrafted in the 2023 NBA Draft, spent the 2023-24 season with the South Bay Lakers of the NBA G League. He appeared in 39 games (16 starts) and averaged 8.2 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 19.0 minutes. In a win over Ontario on Dec. 10, Nicholas recorded 13 points, 13 rebounds, two assists, two steals and four blocks in 30 minutes, marking his first of four double-doubles in the 2023-24 season.

He also played 19 games (three starts) with Zonkeys de Tijuana (Mexico) in the 2023-24 season, recording 10.0 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists (.414 FG%, .647 FT) in 19.7 minutes %).

The Pearland, Texas native appeared in 131 collegiate games (71 starts) in his five-year career, playing for Montana (2017-18), Stephen F. Austin (2018-19) and Texas Southern (2020-23). In those five seasons, Nicholas posted 8.4 points and 5.8 rebounds in 20.0 minutes (.534 FG%). The 6-9 forward earned All-SWAC Second Team honors in 2022-23 after leading the conference in total rebounds (257) and rebounds per game (8.9).