Team context: Atlanta Hawks · Research cutoff: July 18, 2026.
Status and baseline
Atlanta agreed to sign the undrafted Louisville guard to an Exhibit-10 contract on June 25, 2026. The deal is explicitly convertible to a two-way and carries a bonus worth up to $91,000 if he is waived before the season and spends at least 60 days with the College Park Skyhawks. He is not a standard contract and is excluded from the locked 240-minute rotation. Hoops Rumors report · CBS transaction note
The skill is narrow and real: 39.5% from three in his Louisville season on 10.9 points and 3.0 rebounds in roughly 29 minutes across 35 games, and 41.4% on nearly 800 career attempts across Virginia and Louisville. ESPN's board had him 85th among 2026 prospects. He played Atlanta's Summer League schedule and left the Las Vegas loss to Memphis early in the second quarter with a right shoulder injury; no timeline was published by the cutoff. Draft Express via Hoops Rumors · Summer League roster
Conditional 2026-27 projection
| GP | Min | FG% | FT% | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 8 | .420 | .830 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Base rotation allocation: zero. The projection applies only if the Exhibit-10 converts to a two-way and he earns call-up minutes.
Fantasy fit and range
- Redraft: no value. Exhibit-10 shooters do not reach standard-league relevance without an injury cascade on the wing.
- Dynasty: deepest-format watch list only; a single-category profile with no defensive counting stats.
- Floor: waived before opening night, collects the G League bonus, plays the season at College Park.
- Ceiling: converts to the open two-way and functions as an emergency spacing call-up behind Aaron Wiggins and Zaccharie Risacher.
- Watch: the right shoulder, the two-way decision, and whether Atlanta's mandatory 16-to-15 standard cut removes a shooter ahead of him.
Career record
Pre-NBA: Four college seasons, three at Virginia (2022-23 through 2024-25) and a senior transfer year at Louisville (2025-26). The arc is a bench shooter who grew into a primary perimeter option: 6.7 points in 21.5 minutes as a freshman, 12.3 on 44.5% from three as a sophomore, then 14.4 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 34.4 minutes on .439/.421/.814 as a junior. At Louisville he started all 35 games and averaged 10.9 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 28.9 minutes on .416/.395/.860, hitting 2.7 threes a game — lower volume scoring inside a deeper, more balanced rotation, with the shooting rate holding. Four-year college totals sit near 11 points a game on better than 41% from three. Draft: undrafted (2026).
| Season | Team | GP | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | 3PM | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | Virginia | 33 | 21.5 | 6.7 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.5 | .423 | .392 | .708 |
| 2023-24 | Virginia | 33 | 32.3 | 12.3 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.5 | .409 | .445 | .847 |
| 2024-25 | Virginia | 32 | 34.4 | 14.4 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 3.2 | .439 | .421 | .814 |
| 2025-26 | Louisville | 35 | 28.9 | 10.9 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2.7 | .416 | .395 | .860 |
No NBA regular-season appearances. McKneely has never been on an NBA roster in a regular-season game; the Exhibit-10 signed June 25, 2026 is his first professional contract of any kind.
Durability: Missed no meaningful college time — 133 of a possible 134 games across four seasons. The only reported injury is the right shoulder he left the Las Vegas Summer League loss to Memphis with, undiagnosed publicly as of the cutoff.
Trajectory: A four-year college shooter with an unusually stable release and no secondary NBA skill — no rim pressure, no defensive counting stats, and a frame that gets targeted. He is competing for Atlanta's open two-way slot against the rest of the camp group, and the realistic season is College Park with call-up spot minutes. Fantasy relevance requires a specific and unlikely chain: the two-way conversion, then injuries to two of Atlanta's wing shooters deep enough that a one-category specialist gets closing-unit minutes. Absent that, he is a G League scoring leader, not a rostered NBA player.
Career sources: ESPN college stats · Wikipedia
Open questions
- Does the Exhibit-10 convert to the open two-way slot, and does that come at Jacob Toppin's expense?
- How serious is the right shoulder injury from Las Vegas?
- Does the corner three translate at NBA distance and closeout speed on a defense-first roster?