Milwaukee Bucks Daily: This year’s NBA Free Agency officially opens
The latest Milwaukee Bucks Daily is here as this year’s NBA Free Agency has officially opened up with the Bucks reportedly making a surprise agreement to reunite with Ersan Ilyasova late Saturday night.
In today’s edition of Milwaukee Bucks Daily, this year’s NBA Free Agency period officially opens up, Giannis Antetokounmpo is expected to play for Greece in their FIBA World Cup qualifiers in September and much more.
With this year’s free agency now underway, we’ve seen a ton of action go down all across the league. Of course, the Bucks are included among that long list of teams as they have reportedly agreed to bring back Ersan Ilyasova on a three-year, $21 million deal, the third year being non-guaranteed, per ESPN’s Zach Lowe.
Like each and every day, keep on coming around here to Behind the Buck Pass to get the latest coverage, analysis and offseason developments that relates to the Bucks, the Wisconsin Herd and Bucks Gaming.
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Back to the present, let’s look at today’s Bucks stories.
Best of Behind The Buck Pass From 6/30/18
Milwaukee Bucks: What impact does Jabari Parker‘s future have on the present and future? (read here): Theodore Konstelltanos dissected the impact surrounding Jabari Parker’s free agency and how it will affect the Bucks now and in the years to come.
Win in 6 Podcast #230: Potential free agency targets (read here): In the second part of our two-part free agency preview, Adam McGee and I dived deep into the possible options the Bucks could chase this free agency period with the limited resources they have available in the latest edition of Win in 6.
Milwaukee Bucks: Important free agency decisions lie ahead (read here): Various members of the BTBP staff gathered for a free agency-centric roundtable, which included questions over Parker’s free agency, possible free agent options the Bucks could end up exploring and more.
Milwaukee Bucks reportedly agree to 3 year, $21 million deal with Ersan Ilyasova (read here): Lastly, Adam picked up on the news of the night as it was first reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that the Bucks have agreed to a three-year, $21 million deal with veteran Ersan Ilyasova.
Best of Bucks Around The Internet From 6/30/18
Ersan Ilyasova reportedly reuniting with Bucks (read here): The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Matt Velazquez wrote about the Bucks’ reported agreement with Ersan Ilyasova, which came through minutes into the start of this year’s free agency.
Examining the Jabari Parker decision (read here): Eric Nehm of ESPN Milwaukee dived deep on the free agency of Jabari Parker and the data we have already locked down based on his four, albeit incomplete seasons in Milwaukee to his point.
Where will DeMarcus Cousins land? And other notes on the eve of free agency. (read here): The Washington Post’s Tim Bontemps explored the more pressing questions swirling before the start of this year’s free agency, which included taking a look at the situation between Parker and the Bucks.
Giannis Antetokounmpo expected to play for Greece in September (read here): Eurohoops.com relayed comments made by Greece head coach Thanasis Skourtopoulos regarding Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo’s availability for their FIBA World Cup qualifiers in September.
Next: Win in 6 Podcast #229: Preparing for Jabari Parker’s free agency
That’s it for today’s roundup, but we’ll be back to do it all again tomorrow.