The Bucks are hosting a free agent mini-camp on Tuesday and Wednesday this week as they look to fill out their training camp roster and identify candidates to play for their G League affiliate, the Wisconsin Herd, according to Matt Velazquez of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The mini-camp, which will give the club a chance to evaluate possible camp invitees, includes a handful of notable names among its 16 participants.
Former lottery picks Trey Burke and Hasheem Thabeet are among the first-rounders who will be in attendance at the mini-camp, as Velazquez details. MarShon Brooks, Toney Douglas, Archie Goodwin, R.J. Hunter, John Jenkins, Perry Jones, and James Young are also set to get a look from the Bucks.
The Bucks don’t have a ton of flexibility to add more players to their offseason roster, having already locked up 16 players to NBA deals and two more to two-way contracts. That leaves just a pair of openings on the team’s 20-man training camp roster. Still, two of those roster players – Gary Payton II and JeQuan Lewis – are on non-guaranteed contracts, so Milwaukee has some flexibility if it wants to make changes at the back of its roster.
In addition to the players listed above, the following free agents are attending the Bucks’ mini-camp, per Velazquez: Cliff Alexander, Gracin Bakumanya, Trahson Burrell, Jeremy Evans, Aaron Harrison, Luke Petrasek, and Jacob Pullen.
Any player that signs with the Bucks figures to get a minimum salary deal that is non-guaranteed or features a very modest guarantee, since the Bucks are currently slightly above the luxury tax line.
RJ Hunter was a 1st round pick too
The entire list surrounding RJ Hunter were all first round picks. It says so in the article.
Yeah, may not have been entirely clear, but Burke and Thabeet were lottery picks, rest of the guys in that paragraph were mid-to-late first-rounders.
sorry I realized that after I submitted my comment
This is an awesome list, I hope someone makes it
Who from Boston’s staff is with Milwaukee now lol. Hunter, Young, and Perry Jones.
Those are all the bust Boston Celtics draft picks that Danny strAinge selected.
Sorry, not Jones…
It’s the NBA, hard to call players “bust” when they’re selected outside the lottery. Especially Hunter (28th overall pick).
First round picks get 3 years to prove themselves at least (garenteed $$)
I would say bust.