The Atlanta Hawks have exercised their 2024-25 rookie scale team options for Jalen Johnson and AJ Griffin. This was the fourth-year option for Johnson and the third-year option for Griffin.
Johnson is expected to play a bigger role for Atlanta this season, following the trade of John Collins. The 6-foot-9 forward appeared in 70 games last season and averaged 5.6 points and 4.0 rebounds in 14.9 minutes per game.
Griffin played in 72 games as a rookie, with 12 starts. He averaged 8.9 points and hit 39% from behind the arc.