Tuesday morning brought a bombshell of a story involving the Milwaukee Bucks, and then another from them that soon followed. The team was signing center Myles Turner to a four-year deal worth $107 million. How did they find the necessary room to make that transaction? Milwaukee waived point guard Damian Lillard, and will stretch the $113 million remaining on his deal over the … [Read more...] about Bucks Make Series Of Moves After Shocking Turner/Lillard News
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Giannis’ Reaction And Future After Bucks Waive Damian Lillard
MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Bucks stunned the league by choosing to waive and stretch Damian Lillard’s contract on Tuesday morning. The decision, which clears room to sign Myles Turner to a four-year, $107 million deal, has sparked strong emotions inside the Bucks’ locker room. Chris Haynes reported that Giannis Antetokounmpo felt blindsided by the move. “He just didn’t like the … [Read more...] about Giannis’ Reaction And Future After Bucks Waive Damian Lillard
Free Agency Notes: Turner, Lillard, Kuminga, Clarkson, Beasley
According to Gregg Doyel of The Indianapolis Star (subscription required), the Pacers offered up to $95MM over four years for Myles Turner before he agreed to sign with the Bucks. Earlier reporting suggested Indiana didn’t go above roughly $60MM over three years. Doyel shares that tidbit within a column defending the Pacers and castigating Turner’s camp for referring to … [Read more...] about Free Agency Notes: Turner, Lillard, Kuminga, Clarkson, Beasley
Checking In On Top Remaining NBA Free Agents
The NBA’s free agent period officially opened less than 40 hours ago, but the list of this year’s top available players has already been pretty picked clean, with 35 of the players from our list of 2025’s top 50 free agents having already agreed to terms with a team. Here are the players from our list remain available: Josh Giddey, G, (Bulls RFA) Jonathan Kuminga, F, (Warriors … [Read more...] about Checking In On Top Remaining NBA Free Agents
Milwaukee Bucks 2025 Free Agency Primer
Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images One domino fell, but what comes next? We’re just over four hours away from the official start of free agency at 5 p.m. Central, though as we’ve already seen, many extensions occur before then, and let’s not kid ourselves: teams are probably already talking to players they’re technically not supposed to. But anyway, let’s look … [Read more...] about Milwaukee Bucks 2025 Free Agency Primer