With roster room available after executing two trade-and-waives before the trade deadline, and buying out Jeremy Lin’s expiring contract, the Atlanta Hawks have officially added Jaylen Adams and Jordan Sibert to their 15-man roster coming out of the All-Star break.

Jaylen Adams

Adams had been operating under a two-way deal, splitting time between the Hawks and their NBA Gatorade League affiliate, the Erie Bayhawks for most of the season. Adams had previously spent 10 games with Atlanta and average 1.3 points per game in 4.5 minutes per game. However, in the G-League, Adams started 19 games and posted averages of 15.8 points per game, 6.3 assists per game, 4.9 rebounds per game, and 1.7 steals per game in 32.4 minutes per game.

Adams time in Erie was very reminiscent of his career in college at St. Bonaventure. As a senior the Atlantic-10 Conference Co-Player of the Year and AP Honorable Mention All-American averaged 19.1 points per game, 5.2 assists per game, 3.4 rebounds per game, and 1.5 steals per game in 37.0 minutes per game and shot 43.6 percent on three-pointers.

Leading into the All-Star break, Adams had been nursing an ankle injury, but Hawks head coach, Lloyd Pierce, is on record saying that once Adams is healthy–which, as the team returns to action tonight is likely the case–that Adams will step right into the backup point guard role vacated by the team waiving Jeremy Lin.

Giving Adams an opportunity to show his worth in the final stretch of games is a good move by the team. If Adams proves he can handle the opportunity, Atlanta knows between Adams and Trae Young that it has the point guard position locked in for the future. If not, it’s a goodwill move that can show future potential two-way or G-League players that the Hawks take care of their own.

Jordan Sibert

For Sibert, the Hawks are the second NBA team that he has signed a deal with. In 2015, he was signed by the Orlando Magic in September, but was released before the season started. Since then he’s spent the past four years playing in the G-League and overseas in Germany and Greece.

Sibert initially went to Ohio State out of high school, but after his sophomore year he transferred to Dayton. At Dayton, Sibert evolved into a better perimeter shooter (42.6 percent as a junior and 34.9 percent as a senior on three-point attempts) but ultimately went undrafted in 2015.

The outside shooting has stuck with him, and this season with Erie he’s shooting 37.3 percent on from deep on 8.8 attempts per game. He’s also adding in 15.1 points per game, 4.5 rebounds per game, two assists per game, and 1.4 steals per game in 31.5 minutes per game.

If his perimeter game flourishes over the duration of the 10-day contract he signed with the Hawks it is plausible that the franchise will opt to keep bringing him back on 10-day deals until the end of the season. NBA rules stipulate that all teams must have 14 players on their roster during the season and right now Sibert is the fourteenth man in Atlanta.