9:59am: The Bucks have officially waived Bembry, the team announced today (via Twitter).
9:36am: The Bucks will create a roster opening by waiving DeAndre’ Bembry, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic. Bembry underwent knee surgery last month after tearing his ACL and MCL and will miss the rest of the season.
The 27-year-old swingman signed with Milwaukee on February 16 after being waived by the Nets, who needed to open a roster spot to complete their trade with the Sixers.
Bembry appeared in eight games for the Bucks, averaging 0.8 points and 1.4 rebounds in 9.6 minutes per night. He will be an unrestricted free agent after clearing waivers, but his knee injury will likely sideline him for much of next season as well.
The 21st pick in the 2016 draft, Bembry spent his first four NBA seasons with the Hawks before signing with the Raptors in 2020. He landed a deal with the Nets after being waived by Toronto last summer.
Dang that’s messed up. “Gotta let you go bruh know you hurt your knee while on the team playing for us but not our problem good luck with recovery somewhere else” that’s cold.
I’m not sure exactly how it works, but I’m sure they have some sort of arrangement with him for his recovery. This was done for roster space.
Yeah, most teams will allow a waived player to continue rehabbing and providing access to their staff and facilities.
Rumor is he was dating the owner’s daughter and things went sideways so they want him out of town. He owes some money…