Bucks News, Transactions, Trade Ideas - Bucks Open against Middleton/Sign Coffey to Camp Deal

[mediocrityrules]

Coffey is trash from a winning perspective . There's a reason his market wasnt there.

This is his bball index for the last few seasons, most recent at the bottom.

Red is good right?........right???

[ShootingtheJ]

Waiving Tyler Smith right now would be beyond irresponsible

Nah, just resign him to a 2 way spot. If he becomes a good G League player, give him a full contract next year.

[RiotPunch]

The Barista is a Buck!

[JayMKE]

Camp deal is kinda weird since it seems like he fits the profile of what the Bucks need, Coffey is a solid depth signing.

[BUCKnation]

Those advanced numbers are interesting considering he played legit minutes and shot really well. Definitely looks prince-esque from that standpoint

[WeMajor34]

Coffey would be a good signing.

Feels like either Coffey or Thanasis would take up the Ajax spot, assuming he gets waived.

[MVP2110]

The Taurean Prince comps seem to fit a lot. On a training camp deal though that's perfectly reasonable. And probably a better player than Ajax

[soxperry]

The Taurean Prince comps seem to fit a lot. On a training camp deal though that's perfectly reasonable. And probably a better player than Ajax

Here is Prince for reference

[Badgerlander]

Coffey is 28 years old, maybe he will be on Prince’s level in another 2.5 years

[drew881]

Player comps:

[MartyConlonOnTheRun]

Waiving Tyler Smith right now would be beyond irresponsible

Me getting McDonalds for lunch would be beyond irresponsible. I prefer to keep him over someone like TA but the total impact is likely immaterial over the next two years.

I liked the pick but he really hasn't shown too much. He sucked in the G-League last year and outside of 4 made threes in a meaningless regular season and one summer league game, he has been pretty bad. Overall in summer league he was 9.8 points in 24.2 minutes per game, 20.7 percent on 5.8 3-point attempts per game.

If he was just a random 21-year-old summer league signee and we didn't waste a 33rd pick on him, would anyone be clamoring for us to sign up and waive a player for him?

[midranger]

Watched an Amir Coffey highlight video. He looks just like Kuzma out there.

[Ron Swanson]

I'd probably still have a sliver of hope for Tyler Smith if he wasn't a Horst draft pick. But as is, nah. I'll be stunned if him and AJ Johnson ever amount to anything in this league. I just have zero faith Horts has any clue what he's doing when it comes to the draft/talent eval.

[Dick Tate]

It would be irresponsible to waive him because Smith's contract is guaranteed through the 26-27 season. He's trade-filler.

[DanoMac]

Waiving a 20 year old early second rounder just entering year 2 is irresponsible, yes, and writing a dude off that early is crazy.

[raferfenix]

Maybe Coffey is only worth a camp deal but the Bucks sure are getting props for it.

The Milwaukee Bucks have shocked the world once again, sweeping in to sign the best remaining free agent at this fairly late stage of the summer.

According to Shams Charania of ESPN, Milwaukee has inked former L.A. Clippers swingman Amir Coffey to a one-season deal.

According to The Athletic's Eric Nehm, Coffey is only signing for a non-guaranteed training camp deal, meaning he will be competing for a roster spot. This is a bit of a stunner, as Coffey could probably outplay $22.4 million starting small forward Kyle Kuzma right now.

The 6-foot-7 former Minnesota Golden Gopher, 28, hds spent all six of his pro seasons with the L.A. Clippers prior to this move. He enjoyed a breakout season on the 50-32 Clippers last year, as a 3-and-D release valve off the bench. Should he make the team's roster, Coffey could potentially unseat Gary Trent Jr. or Kumza for either the starting shooting guard or small forward role.

He is a legitimate catch-and-shoot wing who can effectively defend, the kind of player Milwaukee thought it was adding in Prince last summer, but one with more upside and aggression. We're not saying the Bucks are adding Bruce Bowen on a minimum deal, but Coffey has room to grow and is the exact kind of perimeter piece the Bucks needed (well, in fairness, they also need a starting-caliber point guard).

In 72 healthy games last year (13 starts), Coffey averaged a career-best 9.7 points on .471/.409/.891 shooting splits, plus 2.2 rebounds, 1.1 assists, and 0.6 steals a night.

Coffey helps round out a solid summer recovery plan for general manager Jon Horst, after the team lost its second-best player (and likely second-best trade asset), nine-time All-Star point guard Damian Lillard, to an Achilles tendon tear in this spring's playoffs. That injury is one of the most brutal in the league, and will likely sideline Lillard for the entire 2025-26 season.

Given that All-NBA Bucks superstar power forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is clearly growing impatient with his team's three consecutive first-round playoff exits, Horst clearly felt he could ill afford to let Lillard languish on the bench all year. So he opted to stretch-and-waive the 35-year-old, who went on to sign with the Portland Trail Blazers instead.

Horst used the added cap room to sign 3-and-D former Indiana Pacers starting center Myles Turner, fresh off a Finals run. He also brought in former Orlando Magic free agent guards Cole Anthony and Gary Harris, beyond re-signing some essential Bucks role players to below-market deals.

Now, Coffey's signing is the latest nice bit of business for Horst. These new pieces aren't going to be enough to vault Milwaukee into championship contention, per se, but if some of the minimum signings pop, there's a chance the Bucks will be able to package them into a deal to offload, say, the Kuzma contract for a true floor-raising complementary role player.

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/milwaukee-bucks/news/bucks-sign-best-remaining-ufa-surprise-move/cfbfa9ff629983b608b4d034?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=appeared_on

[Bernman]

To enable us to take on a full 25% extra in a trade at the deadline to help team's apron situations, we shouldn't be waiving salary, outside maybe Ajax's 800k. And even then I'd much prefer a trash for treasure trade, in part for this reason.

BTW, we can still technically take on the 25% extra, but we're risking going into the tax, creating repeater, & '26 FA implications, by adding excess salaries. We already have plenty, between Dame & Micic. We're still in good shape, ATM. Not worth 3 million extra for Coffey to reduce flexibility.

[MartyConlonOnTheRun]

It would be irresponsible to waive him because Smith's contract is guaranteed through the 26-27 season. He's trade-filler.

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/player/_/id/91762/tyler-smith
Isnt it non-guaranteed next year? I'm not a fan of waiving him now but there is opportunity cost to it (not a huge one, but i also dont see a huge upside either).

No one is writing off a 21 year old guy, but what has he shown that is worthy right now of that roster spot over a dozen other extremely raw but talented basketball players you could take a flyer on.....or be more productive than someone we can sign on the vet over the next 3 years.

[DingusBojangles]

It would be irresponsible to waive him because Smith's contract is guaranteed through the 26-27 season. He's trade-filler.

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/player/_/id/91762/tyler-smith
Isnt it non-guaranteed next year? I'm not a fan of waiving him now but there is opportunity cost to it (not a huge one, but i also dont see a huge upside either).

No one is writing off a 21 year old guy, but what has he shown that is worthy right now of that roster spot over a dozen other extremely raw but talented basketball players you could take a flyer on.....or be more productive than someone we can sign on the vet over the next 3 years.

Correct. None of his 26-27 money is guaranteed until a much later date.

[pifhluk23]

Maybe Coffey is only worth a camp deal but the Bucks sure are getting props for it.

The Milwaukee Bucks have shocked the world once again, sweeping in to sign the best remaining free agent at this fairly late stage of the summer.

According to Shams Charania of ESPN, Milwaukee has inked former L.A. Clippers swingman Amir Coffey to a one-season deal.

According to The Athletic's Eric Nehm, Coffey is only signing for a non-guaranteed training camp deal, meaning he will be competing for a roster spot. This is a bit of a stunner, as Coffey could probably outplay $22.4 million starting small forward Kyle Kuzma right now.

The 6-foot-7 former Minnesota Golden Gopher, 28, hds spent all six of his pro seasons with the L.A. Clippers prior to this move. He enjoyed a breakout season on the 50-32 Clippers last year, as a 3-and-D release valve off the bench. Should he make the team's roster, Coffey could potentially unseat Gary Trent Jr. or Kumza for either the starting shooting guard or small forward role.

He is a legitimate catch-and-shoot wing who can effectively defend, the kind of player Milwaukee thought it was adding in Prince last summer, but one with more upside and aggression. We're not saying the Bucks are adding Bruce Bowen on a minimum deal, but Coffey has room to grow and is the exact kind of perimeter piece the Bucks needed (well, in fairness, they also need a starting-caliber point guard).

In 72 healthy games last year (13 starts), Coffey averaged a career-best 9.7 points on .471/.409/.891 shooting splits, plus 2.2 rebounds, 1.1 assists, and 0.6 steals a night.

Coffey helps round out a solid summer recovery plan for general manager Jon Horst, after the team lost its second-best player (and likely second-best trade asset), nine-time All-Star point guard Damian Lillard, to an Achilles tendon tear in this spring's playoffs. That injury is one of the most brutal in the league, and will likely sideline Lillard for the entire 2025-26 season.

Given that All-NBA Bucks superstar power forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is clearly growing impatient with his team's three consecutive first-round playoff exits, Horst clearly felt he could ill afford to let Lillard languish on the bench all year. So he opted to stretch-and-waive the 35-year-old, who went on to sign with the Portland Trail Blazers instead.

Horst used the added cap room to sign 3-and-D former Indiana Pacers starting center Myles Turner, fresh off a Finals run. He also brought in former Orlando Magic free agent guards Cole Anthony and Gary Harris, beyond re-signing some essential Bucks role players to below-market deals.

Now, Coffey's signing is the latest nice bit of business for Horst. These new pieces aren't going to be enough to vault Milwaukee into championship contention, per se, but if some of the minimum signings pop, there's a chance the Bucks will be able to package them into a deal to offload, say, the Kuzma contract for a true floor-raising complementary role player.

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nba/milwaukee-bucks/news/bucks-sign-best-remaining-ufa-surprise-move/cfbfa9ff629983b608b4d034?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=appeared_on

Legitimate 3&D Wing yet he signed a camp deal... Only one of those can be true. We need to just sign Thanasis already.