Bucks News, Transactions and Trade Ideas - 2025 Off-season

[midranger]

Any chance Memphis would trade JJJr? They have Edey.

Kuzma
‘31 1st
Green
2 2nds

Does that get it done?

I think they got Edey for JJJ. He needs somebody who's going to do the dirty work in the paint.

Jay Huff is the Memphis big we need.

Probably has some upside left.

That franchise GOATed Tony Allen. They’d love AJ Jackson.

Works straight up.

[ShootingtheJ]

Any teams we could do a Brook sign and trade with? Or Portis if he opts out? Maybe even GTJ?

The Warriors are the team that would need to do a sign and trade for Brook. Dunleavey is dumb enough to do it.

Warriors have a $8.7 million TPE. We wouldn't get much back for compensation, but I'd be happy with Gui Santos. 22 year old defense combo forward who can shoot.

[ShootingtheJ]

Any chance Memphis would trade JJJr? They have Edey.

Kuzma
‘31 1st
Green
2 2nds

Does that get it done?

I think they got Edey for JJJ. He needs somebody who's going to do the dirty work in the paint.

Jay Huff is the Memphis big we need.

Probably has some upside left.

That franchise GOATed Tony Allen. They’d love AJ Jackson.

Works straight up.

There was a time where he would have been a great fit, but I think we're done with the deep drop defense. All agile centers now.

[midranger]

I don’t think we’re done with 40% 3 point shooting centers next to Giannis.

We can switch defenses up based on personnel.

Could definitely see Huff being a 2.5 3s made and 2 blocks per game in 24 minutes here.

[midranger]

Jaylin Williams is another big I’d be happy to pick up for cheap if available

[machu46]

Jaylin Williams is another big I’d be happy to pick up for cheap if available

Think he's a restricted free agent

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[BUCKnation]

Would bobby even get more than his player option on the open market? As frank madden said on LOB, i think a 1+1 extension could work for both sides.

Obviously early, but who are the guys we could potentially get on the that’d be legit rotation guys like Beas, TP or GTJ in the last couple years?

[emunney]

Jaylin Williams is another big I’d be happy to pick up for cheap if available

Think he's a restricted free agent

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I think he's got another year left.

[machu46]

Jaylin Williams is another big I’d be happy to pick up for cheap if available

Think he's a restricted free agent

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I think he's got another year left.

Oh my bad it was team option in the HoopsHype free agent rankings

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[slos]

Can Bucks use that 7.2 mil TPE for a sign and trade? I’m talking about something like this.

Minny sign NAW 4y/31mil and trade him to Bucks for Jackson or Livingston or Smith (their choice).

Bucks get a player without spending the MLE. Minny gets a look into a cheap young player for bothering to help.

[GHOSTofSIKMA]

At the very least that's a fun offensive lineup and Giannis is stacking stats. 1st rd exit though.

thats the version of the lineup that was very competitive with indy tho. make it deeper, commit to it, get to know it.... and we got them.

if we can play with indy as a smaller faster hodge podge that isnt even coached properly after theyd had no real court time to gel in those roles....then i dont see how you can say its necessarily a first round exit team if we keep adding talent that fits that new mentality.

also....to me.....kpj, ajg, sims, rollins....all those guys have a ton of upside in the system im suggesting. i have no idea what the ceiling would be. wed be a really young team. youd have to assume progression right?

Welcome back, Optimist Prime.

you want to hear whats nuts? im optimistic whether giannis comes back or not. maybe even moreso if he doesnt. just so long as we get a brunson or haliburton or sga or any of these other young baller type point of attack superstars .....or the next one like them.....were gonna be set to compete.

[German Athens]

We should go out of our way to get Noah Clowney.

[pifhluk23]

im almost of the opinion we go with a 3 guard front. i like defenders in the porter/ajg/rollins mold with super active athletic bigs behind them.

those bigger active wing defenders of the past are all more suited to pf these days

id switch sims and portis on your depth chart to accomplish that look. obviously an upgrade would help there but hed do for now

kpj
gtj
ajg
giannis
sims

thats my lineup. let kpj take the bigger assignments. ajg could too. on offense wed run and shoot them off the court

At the very least that's a fun offensive lineup and Giannis is stacking stats. 1st rd exit though.

thats the version of the lineup that was very competitive with indy tho. make it deeper, commit to it, get to know it.... and we got them.

if we can play with indy as a smaller faster hodge podge that isnt even coached properly after theyd had no real court time to gel in those roles....then i dont see how you can say its necessarily a first round exit team if we keep adding talent that fits that new mentality.

also....to me.....kpj, ajg, sims, rollins....all those guys have a ton of upside in the system im suggesting. i have no idea what the ceiling would be. wed be a really young team. youd have to assume progression right?

Maybe progression but also maybe regression because they all sign multi year deals...

[German Athens]

Zimpy on the trade board just posted that he thinks the value for Lauri is about #14.

If that’s the case, trade the ‘31 1st and ‘32 swap to get a lottery pick like Minnesota did last year and make the trade.

Maybe for Toronto’s #9.

[BigO]

Not my first option, but if nothing else materializes, I read a proposal for Sacramento to trade Derozan straight up for Kuzma. They both have two years left and their salaries are close.

Derozan still has basketball skills, although diminishing. Kuzma has no basketball skills, except he may be marginally better defenisvely than Derozan (neither are very good in my opinion).

[jschligs]

Not my first option, but if nothing else materializes, I read a proposal for Sacramento to trade Derozan straight up for Kuzma. They both have two years left and their salaries are close.

Derozan still has basketball skills, although diminishing. Kuzma has no basketball skills, except he may be marginally better defenisvely than Derozan (neither are very good in my opinion0.

I'd do it only for the fact that he's better than Kuzma and wouldn't hurt our spacing any more than Kuz already does. And this would save the Kings $2m this year and $5m next year. And DD can dribble the ball.

[JayMKE]

Kuzma’s lack of BBIQ feels infectious, I’d get glad to ship him out

[German Athens]

Definite no to Derozan. It’s not that he’s as terrible as Kuz, but I think he hurts your ability to play up-tempo, floor-spacing ball that we just started to witness at the end of the year.

It’s what just happened to Sacramento. They were one of the fastest teams and put up a ton of 3’s. They traded for Derozan, and both their pace and 3pt attempts plummeted.

We shouldn’t repeat the same mistake.

To get value out of Derozan, you have to play through him, and that will slow the game down, and result in a bunch of mid-range looks. If you play away from him, he can’t provide anything of value whether that’s defense, off-ball movement, spacing, etc.

He’s a poisoned apple, particularly for us.

[raferfenix]

Kobe Bryant demanded a trade to the Bulls that the Lakers denied.

He calmed down as the offseason wore on then especially after they traded for Pau Gasol.

Horst has shocked the world with big moves despite seemingly limited assets a few times now…

[raferfenix]

There are no early indications that the Warriors will be at the front of the line of the yet-to-materialize Giannis Antetokounmpo sweepstakes, league sources said. As they enter the summer, team sources said, the internal plan and conversation is about how to best reform the role players around the Curry and Butler duo, not chase another star.

Jonathan Kuminga is the most notable swing piece. The Warriors are expected to extend his $7.9 million qualifying offer, which will make him a restricted free agent in July, giving them a level of leverage as the sides figure out his future.

Kuminga has had a turbulent four seasons with the franchise, punctuated by a roller coaster last few weeks. Coach Steve Kerr pulled him from the rotation in the Houston series, putting his lack of fit and questionable future with the franchise into the spotlight. Then after Curry’s injury, Kuminga re-entered the picture again and dropped these point totals the final four games against Minnesota: 18, 30, 23, 26.

“I was listening to the guys behind me tonight give running commentary — T’Wolves fans,” Lacob said. “(Kuminga)’s the guy they talked about all night long. He’s the only guy that could really guard (Anthony Edwards) out there. Did a pretty damn good job. He had a tough situation with the DNPs from the last series, and to bounce back from that, I give him a lot of credit. I’m a big fan of his.”

Lacob’s loyalty to Kuminga is well-known. He was an influential voice in the 2021 NBA Draft choice and has remained a proponent of Kuminga through the highs and lows. It’s nearly impossible to believe Lacob would let Kuminga sign an offer sheet elsewhere and walk away for nothing. A reunion between the sides is still on the table, league sources said.

But both sides are expected to explore sign-and-trade scenarios, those sources said, which would open up the market and theoretically give Kuminga the contract and fresh start he’d desire while bringing the Warriors back rotation players of immediate value. The Warriors’ decision-makers believe they need more positional size across the board — center and otherwise.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6358151/2025/05/15/warriors-steph-curry-jimmy-butler-future/