With the NBA reportedly looking to add an additional two-way contract for all teams, let’s look at three players who could be of use to the Milwaukee Bucks this season.
The Milwaukee Bucks and the entire NBA are trying to navigate an unprecedented 2020-21 season, given the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the country at large.
The NBA has seen the amount of postponed games grow by the day due to positive COVID-19 cases and contact tracing. Fortunately, the Bucks have been able to stave off these hurdles more than three weeks into their season, but the danger of a player transmitting the virus will always remain.
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Now as ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Friday afternoon, the NBA and the NBPA are in talks to expand roster for all teams by adding an additional two-way contract, that will surely be of help for teams that are becoming increasingly shorthanded.
That would certainly give the Bucks an additional body if they are thrown into the storm of having to deal with injury or COVID-19-related absences, especially as they’re hamstrung to filling out the last spot on their roster with their cap situation.
With most of their training camp invites from this season, save for Justin Patton, having exceeded three years of service for two-way contracts, perhaps the Bucks look to some of their players from last season’s Wisconsin Herd team that wound with the best record last season.
So let’s look at three players that could be of interest to the Milwaukee Bucks if they look to an additional two-way player this 2020-21 season.
First two-way contract candidate – Frank Mason III
The Bucks certainly know plenty about Frank Mason III, who rose to become last season’s G League MVP after a highly successful stint in Milwaukee.
The leading star averaged a G League-leading 25.3 points on .502/.428/.815 shooting, 4.8 assists and 3.3 rebounds in his 24 appearances with the Herd. And while Mason’s minutes were very limited on the NBA level with the Bucks, the 26-year-old showed off his poise, pace and ability to lead an offense when given his shot to get on the floor.
While he still stands as the reigning MVP, Mason struggled to find an NBA deal over the offseason after the Bucks rescinded their $1.5 million qualifying offer after seeing their grand plans go up in flames in light of the Bogdan Bogdanovic saga. With that said, the Bucks’ point guard depth still remains shallow with just Jrue Holiday, D.J. Augustin and former Herd teammate and Bucks two-way player, Jaylen Adams, filling up the point guard rotation.
As Mason readies himself to play with the Delaware Blue Coats down in the G League bubble, perhaps he gets a call from a team in need of his services. Especially as Mason has shown why he should be an NBA player.