Trade & FA 2025-26: Free Agency Starts 5pm CST/6pm EST

[SleepingHero]

Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania)
BREAKING: Free agent center Myles Turner has agreed to a four-year, $107 million deal with the Milwaukee Bucks, plus a player option for year four in 2028-29 and a full 15% trade kicker, sources tell ESPN. Stunner.

[Winter]

Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania)
BREAKING: Free agent center Myles Turner has agreed to a four-year, $107 million deal with the Milwaukee Bucks, plus a player option for year four in 2028-29 and a full 15% trade kicker, sources tell ESPN. Stunner.

Wow. Well the Lakers are officially stuck with Ayton as it looks like there's no competition for him. Unless it's the Pacers I guess.

[SleepingHero]

Wow. Well the Lakers are officially stuck with Ayton as it looks like there's no competition for him. Unless it's the Pacers I guess.

Pacers 100% could want him and they have the space to do it. Pacers were the only team to give Ayton his huge offer sheet when he was with the Suns.

[Chicagojk]

Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania)
BREAKING: Free agent center Myles Turner has agreed to a four-year, $107 million deal with the Milwaukee Bucks, plus a player option for year four in 2028-29 and a full 15% trade kicker, sources tell ESPN. Stunner.

wow...that is out of the blue.   Bucks have cap room for that?

[Ghost of Podkolzin]

Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania)
BREAKING: Free agent center Myles Turner has agreed to a four-year, $107 million deal with the Milwaukee Bucks, plus a player option for year four in 2028-29 and a full 15% trade kicker, sources tell ESPN. Stunner.

Holy smokes!  That's a twist on a twist!  Giannis must be happy.

Awful for IND.  No Halliburton. No Turner.  Carisle is going to have to do a clinic of a HC job next year.

[Chicagojk]

wow they are stretch waiving Lillard. Wow. Seems like MIL is just trying to plug holes. Not sure they have enough to plug all of them.

[SleepingHero]

Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania)
Just in: The Milwaukee Bucks are waiving Damian Lillard and stretching the remaining $113 million on his contract in order to acquire Myles Turner, sources tell ESPN. Lillard's two seasons in Milwaukee come to an end as he rehabilitates a torn Achilles tendon.

[omahen]

Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania)
Just in: The Milwaukee Bucks are waiving Damian Lillard and stretching the remaining $113 million on his contract in order to acquire Myles Turner, sources tell ESPN. Lillard's two seasons in Milwaukee come to an end as he rehabilitates a torn Achilles tendon.

Wow, just wow!

[SleepingHero]

[Chicagojk]

Holy smokes!  That's a twist on a twist!  Giannis must be happy.

Awful for IND.  No Halliburton. No Turner.  Carisle is going to have to do a clinic of a HC job next year.

I think you can do better than Turner.   I am not sure if he is a Carlisle prototype anyway.  He can look great at times but way too many 10 pt 3 rebound games.  Still a really good defender though.  Indy looks to take a gap year as well and look to more one year down the road.

[SleepingHero]

Wow, just wow!

WHAT IS GOIN ON!!!!

[SleepingHero]

MIL IS INSANE!!

22.5 MIL OF DEAD SPACE A YEAR..... FOR 5 YEARS!!!!!

[Chicagojk]

MIL IS INSANE!!

22.5 MIL OF DEAD SPACE A YEAR..... FOR 5 YEARS!!!!!

Yeah that is tough.   Their roster isn't contend worthy now.  Just look at it.   How else do they fill out their roster?   They probably need both backcourt positions....with Trent/Porter coming off the bench.  I am sure how the do that. 

I think getting off Lillard is not bad, but that five years at 22 million.   Heck paying a few million for a few years for Javele sucks.

[SleepingHero]

@AllThingsMavs
BRACE YOURSELVES 

[SleepingHero]

@YossiGozlan
The Milwaukee Bucks will have the $8.8 million room mid-level exception after.

Kevin Porter Jr. and Gary Trent Jr. likely get signed with it. Their terms fit in the exception.

Taurean Prince can be signed afterward since it's a minimum.

[Smitty]

Day 2 kinda crazy...

[Chicagojk]

Lillard get the full contract? Is it paid out over 5 years or does he get it how it was supposed to be paid out?

Hornets traded back the Pacers pick next year for this years pick. The one they traded up for Queen giving up an unprotected first. Pretty crazy.

[SleepingHero]

Day 2 kinda crazy...

[SleepingHero]

Lillard get the full contract?  Is it paid out over 5 years or does he get it how it was supposed to be paid out?

Hornets traded back the Pacers pick next year for this years pick.  The one they traded up for Queen giving up an unprotected first.    Pretty crazy.

He will be paid 22.5 mil a year by MIL for the next 5 years.

[F Gump]

Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania)
BREAKING: Free agent center Myles Turner has agreed to a four-year, $107 million deal with the Milwaukee Bucks, plus a player option for year four in 2028-29 and a full 15% trade kicker, sources tell ESPN. Stunner.

Depending on whether the TK is included in the 107M or not (Shams has been including both TKs and all incentives in the numbers he's been giving), the deal starts in the 20-24M range. Seems about right (especially if the 107 is an "all inclusive" one).