The Suns are trading Roddy to the Hawks in exchange for E.J. Liddell on Friday, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reports.
Roddy made 65 regular-season combined appearances for the Grizzlies and Suns last year, averaging 6.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 18.1 minutes. Roddy will likely compete for a depth role in Atlanta's forward rotation.
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Suns' David Roddy: Drops 21 points in Summer League
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Roddy logged 21 points (7-13 FG, 4-8 3Pt, 3-3 FT), six rebounds, five assists a steal and a block over 28 minutes of Wednesday's 100-99 Summer League win over the Thunder.
Roddy was fouled while attempting a game-winning three-pointer with less than a second left and sunk all three free throws to vault the Suns to victory. Roddy was dealt to Phoenix at the trade deadline last season and didn't play more than 10 minutes in a game with the Suns. Similarly, Roddy is expected to be a fringe rotation piece in 2024-25.
Roddy scored two points (1-1 FG) in five minutes during Monday's 117-111 victory over Cleveland.
Roddy has logged double-digit minutes only once across eight appearances since being dealt to Phoenix at the trade deadline. The second-year wing failed to make an impact while Eric Gordon (knee) and Josh Okogie (abdomen) are unavailable bodes extremely poorly for his rest-of-season outlook. Memphis moving on from Roddy less than two full campaigns after drafting him in the first round symbolizes his struggle to carve out a niche in the league thus far.
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Suns' David Roddy: Available against Warriors
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Roddy (trade pending) will be available for Saturday's game against the Warriors.
Royce O'Neale is also available to make his debut, and he's more likely to carve out a meaningful role in Phoenix. Roddy made 48 appearances for the Grizzlies this season, averaging 8.4 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.0 three-pointers. He shot 40.2 percent from the field and 30.1 percent from beyond the arc, however.
Roddy was traded from the Grizzlies to the Suns on Thursday as part of a three-team trade that sent draft-pick compensation to Memphis and Royce O'Neale to Phoenix, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.
Roddy saw consistent playing time for the Grizzlies for most of the first half of the season, and he saw increased work in recent matchups since Memphis was dealing with multiple injuries. Over 48 appearances this year, he's averaged 8.4 points and 4.2 rebounds in 23.2 minutes per game. He'll now move to a playoff contender that has also acquired O'Neale ahead of Thursday's deadline, but Roddy has proven to be capable of providing scoring and rebounding production off the bench when needed.
Roddy isn't in the starting lineup for Tuesday's game versus the Knicks.
Roddy will be replaced by Santi Aldama in the starting lineup Tuesday. Roddy is averaging 8.0 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.0 assists in 23.4 minutes across his last five appearances coming off the bench.
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Grizzlies' David Roddy: Struggles from deep
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Roddy racked up 14 points (6-16 FG, 0-5 3Pt, 2-3 FT), eight rebounds and one assist over 33 minutes during Sunday's 131-91 loss to Boston.
With Memphis shorthanded again, Roddy drew his 13th start of the season. The 16 shot attempts were one shy of Roddy's season-high mark, but he struggled to make the most of his opportunity, missing all five of his three-point attempts while committing three turnovers. Roddy's garnered a consistent role since mid-January, but his production tends to wane. Over his last 14 appearances (five starts), Roddy has averaged 10.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 27.1 minutes per game.
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Grizzlies' David Roddy: Enters starting lineup
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Roddy is starting Sunday's game versus Boston.
Roddy, GG Jackson and Luke Kennard represent the only healthy Grizzlies on the wings Sunday. Roddy has averaged 10.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 12 games as a starter this season, but Sunday's adverse circumstances should yield additional usage.
Roddy will come off the bench for Thursday's game against the Cavaliers.
This is an expected move with Vince Williams (knee) back in the lineup. Memphis is still very shorthanded at the moment, so Roddy figures to see plenty of minutes with the second unit due to his ability to play multiple positions.
Grizzlies' David Roddy: Tallies double figures in start
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Roddy provided 14 points (5-13 FG, 2-7 3Pt, 2-2 FT), five rebounds, one assist, one block and one steal in 32 minutes during Sunday's 116-110 loss to Indiana.
Roddy got the start due to Luke Kennard (knee) being inactive, finishing as one of five Grizzlies players with a double-digit point total to go along with a pair of threes and a handful of rebounds. Roddy has recorded 14 or more points in nine games this season, four times as a starter. He has hauled in at least five boards in three of his last four appearances.
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Grizzlies' David Roddy: Moves into starting lineup again
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Roddy will start Sunday's game against the Pacers.
With Luke Kennard (knee) sidelined again, Roddy will draw his second start over the last three games. Roddy has made 10 starts this season, averaging 10.7 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.0 steals in 28.6 minutes per game during those contests.
