Dwight Howard has agreed to a three-year, $70.5 million deal with the Atlanta Hawks, Howard's agent, Perry Rogers, told ESPN's Chris Broussard.The deal is totally guaranteed with no option.
The agreement was first reported by The Vertical.
Howard had a productive meeting with the Hawks on Friday, a source previously said. It was the Atlanta native's first meeting of the free-agency period.
"It was a really, really, really good meeting," the source said. "Very impressive. Dwight's going to look at all his options. But it went very, very well."
Howard, who had also drawn interest from the Boston Celtics, had been scheduled to speak with other teams by phone Friday, the source said.
A source previously told ESPN's Calvin Watkins that Howard was looking for a contract beginning at $24 million per year.
Combined with their agreement with Kent Bazemore on a four-year deal worth $70 million later Friday, the Hawks have nearly exhausted their available salary-cap space, while All-Star free agent and nine-year team veteran Al Horford has yet to pick a team.
However, the Hawks were engaged in trade talks Friday that potentially would allow them to open more cap space in the event Horford decided to re-sign. Horford is one of the most coveted free agents on the market, with several teams interested in him, including the Boston Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder, Detroit Pistons and Houston Rockets.
Horford met with the Rockets on Friday and expects to make a decision this weekend, a source said.
Let's go Hawks
