ATLANTA – The Atlanta Hawks have signed forward Dominick Barlow to a multi-year contract, the team announced today. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Signed to a two-way contract by the Hawks on July 30, 2024, Barlow has seen action in 19 games (three starts) this season, averaging 3.1 points and 1.6 rebounds in 8.1 minutes. He owns two double-digit scoring outings this season (Jan. 23 vs. Toronto, Feb. 1 at Indiana) and recorded a career-high tying three blocks on Feb. 5 against the San Antonio Spurs.
The 6-10 forward appeared in 18 games (all starts) with the College Park Skyhawks of the NBA G League this season, averaging 20.0 points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.3 blocks in 32.5 minutes (.574 FG%, .729 FT%). In his Skyhawks debut on Nov. 8, Barlow posted 23 points, eight rebounds, one assist and five blocks. His five rejections marked the most by a Skyhawk in his College Park debut.
Undrafted in the 2022 NBA Draft, Barlow has seen action in 81 career games (four starts) across three NBA seasons with San Antonio (2022-24) and Atlanta (2024-25), averaging 3.9 points and 3.0 rebounds in 12.1 minutes (.508 FG%). He also owns three seasons of NBA G League experience with the Austin Spurs (2022-24) and College Park (2024-25), averaging 17.6 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.3 blocks and 30.0 minutes in 71 games (61 starts).
Prior to the NBA, Barlow spent the 2021-22 season playing in the Overtime Elite League with Team Overtime, averaging 14.8 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 1.2 blocks in 25.2 minutes. With his NBA debut on Nov. 2, 2022, against the Toronto Raptors, he became the first player from Overtime Elite to participate in an NBA game.
Also from the NBA office, Hawks rookie forward Zaccharie Risacher has been named the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for the month of February, the NBA announced today.
In 12 games played during the month of February, Risacher averaged 12.8 points, the second-most points per game amongst Eastern Conference rookies and third-most amongst all rookies, 4.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 25.7 minutes of action (.474 FG%, .440 3FG%, .778 FT%). He netted 10-or-more points in 10 of his 12 games, the most such games by an Eastern Conference rookie during the month and tied for the most by any rookie.
Among all first-year players in February, Risacher ranked second in total points (153), third in total made field goals (55), second in total made three-pointers (22), ninth in field goal percentage (.474%), fourth in three-point field goal percentage (.440%) and 10th in free throw percentage (.778%).
The No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft logged over 300 minutes in February, while committing only 13 turnovers. He became the first Eastern Conference rookie this season to total 300+ minutes, 150+ points and 50+ rebounds while committing less than 15 turnovers in a single month (min. 10 games played) and the second rookie to do so this season. Risacher is also just the third Hawks rookie to do so in a single month, regardless of minutes played, joining Paul Graham (January 1992) and Stacey Augmon (December 1991), per Elias Sports.
In six road games during the month, the 6-9 forward averaged 15.0 points on .582 FG% (32-55 FGM), .522 3FG% (12-23 3FGM) and .778 FT% (14-18 FTM), becoming the only player in the NBA in February (not only rookies), to average at least 15.0 points on .550/.500/.750 shooting splits on the road (min. five road games).
Risacher owned a 119.0 offensive rating in February, per NBA.com/Stats, the best offensive rating by an Eastern Conference rookie this past month (min. 10 games) and the best by any rookie who played in at least 10 games and averaged at least 15.0 minutes per contest.
In 54 games (52 starts) this season, Risacher is averaging an Eastern Conference rookie-leading 11.7 points, in addition to 3.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 24.3 minutes. Amongst all Eastern Conference rookies this season, he ranks first in total points (631), made field goals (235), made free throws (82), while totaling the third-most three-pointers (79). Over his last 15 games (since Jan. 27), Risacher is tallying 14.7 points on .519 FG%, .493 3FG% and .714 FT%.
