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Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Milwaukee Bucks set to re-sign Gary Trent Jr. to a two-year free-agent deal
The Milwaukee Bucks reached an agreement to re-sign free agent shooting guard Gary Trent Jr., bringing the 26-year-old back on a 2-year, $7.5 million contract, with the second year being a player option. It is a 120% raise off his one-year, veteran minimum deal he signed with the Bucks late in the free agency period last year. The Bucks did not have to use portion of their non-taxpaying mid level exception (NTLME) to re-sign Trent, giving the team continued flexibility throughout the free agent period. Advertisement Trent told the Journal Sentinel during the season he understood he needed to redefine what his value was in a league that was trying manage the restrictions of a new collective bargaining agreement that began in the summer of 2023. Gary Trent Jr. shot a blistering 50% from behind the 3-point line in the Bucks' playoff series against Indiana while averaging 18.8 points per game and had two 30-point games. Bucks in free agency: What options does Milwaukee have? Salary cap and roster breakdown More: Brook Lopez, defensive anchor of the Bucks championship team, will sign with Clippers More: Milwaukee Bucks set to re-sign forward Taurean Prince to two-year deal 'The way the league is kind of being set up now there's kind of like no middle class,' he said last season. 'So you're either getting paid or you're not getting paid. There's no in-between no more due to whatever the (collective) bargaining agreement was. It's gonna be what it's gonna be." Advertisement So Trent went about re-establishing that value last season by not only shooting 41.6% from behind the 3-point line (nearly a career high), but also being a solid team player. He made no complaints about being moved to the bench after a rough start to the season, and he never complained about his touches after averaging just 8.9 shots per game – his fewest since 2019-20. 'Stats don't equal to market value," he told the Journal Sentinel last season. "You can do a certain amount of stats or average something but it don't matter if the market doesn't value that or the market isn't there for that. You can still put in 1,000% work and get zero rewards for it. That's the life we live in. But again, you gotta continue to push and go out there make everything work and roll with the punches.' Where Trent's value skyrocketed was in the Bucks' first-round playoff loss to the Indiana Pacers. In his first postseason appearance since 2022, Trent shot a blistering 50% from behind the 3-point line while averaging 18.8 points per game. He also had two 30-point games. Trent's return theoretically slots him back into the staring shooting guard role he initially occupied last season before a slow start to the year both in his health and performance. Advertisement Trent was a second-round pick of the Sacramento Kings out of Duke in 2018. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Bucks set to re-sign Gary Trent Jr. to a two-year free-agent deal
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Gary Trent Jr.'s new two-year deal formally announced by Bucks
The Milwaukee Bucks formally announced the re-signing of free agent shooting guard Gary Trent Jr. on July 8, who returned to the team on a 2-year deal. The second year is a player option. The 26-year-old shot 41.6% from behind the 3-point line (nearly a career high) and in his first postseason appearance since 2022, Trent shot a blistering 50% from behind the 3-point line while averaging 18.8 points per game. He also had two 30-point games. Apr 29, 2025; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Milwaukee Bucks guard Gary Trent Jr. (5) shoots the ball while Indiana Pacers forward Aaron Nesmith (23) defends during game five of the first round for the 2024 NBA Playoffs at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Mandatory Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images Trent was originally a second-round pick of the Sacramento Kings out of Duke in 2018. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Gary Trent Jr.'s new two-year deal formally announced by Bucks
New York Post
29-04-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Bucks vs. Pacers Game 5 odds, prediction: NBA playoffs best bets Tuesday
New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. An old NBA adage says the closeout game is the hardest win in a playoff series. The rationale is that a team facing elimination will empty its tank because of desperation and resolve. Plus, the team that is close to advancing often plays tight and 'not to lose,' rather than loose and free. For the most part, I subscribe to this philosophy. We just saw this situation Saturday with the Oklahoma City Thunder eking out a two-point win as a 15-point favorite to finish the sweep of the Memphis Grizzlies. However, I think the Milwaukee Bucks and Indiana Pacers are in an unusual scenario, as Indiana is a 7.5-point home favorite Tuesday with a 3-1 lead in the series. Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers celebrates on the sidelines. AP So far, the Bucks have only outplayed them in one half of basketball. An outlier performance from Gary Trent Jr. in the second half of Game 3 is what has prevented a sweep. This is a lopsided matchup. Additionally, the loss of Milwaukee star guard Damian Lillard to an Achilles tear is a severe blow emotionally, and it makes this a strong play. Betting on the NBA? The Bucks do not seem like a team that will show fight, knowing they have to win three straight games. The players are outmanned and know a complicated offseason is here. I am 39-30-1 ATS in this Post sports section and will lay the points with Indy as my next play. The Play: Pacers -7.5 (-115, BetMGM) Why Trust New York Post Betting Doug Kezirian is a New York Post contributor who currently serves as the Chief Content Officer for Only Players, a sports betting media company. Doug has over two decades of experience in the betting space, including spending 11 years at ESPN as a host, columnist and betting analyst. He's also the rare personality who has documented success – 14th place in 2023 Circa Million and Las Vegas SuperContest ($37K), two top-10 finishes in 2022 William Hill College Football Challenge ($58K) and also grabbed headlines with a $297K win on the 2021 NFL Draft.
Indianapolis Star
28-04-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Doyel: Bucks keep talking, while Pacers are busy laughing and dunking on their heads
The Pacers asserted their dominance on Milwaukee in Game 4, routing the Bucks by 26 at Fiserv Forum – laughing in their faces, dunking on their heads – and taking a 3-1 series lead. Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton literally LOL'ed at Milwaukee's Gary Trent Jr. after a missed shot, and Myles Turner was blocking Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo repeatedly and dunking all over him. The Pacers have controlled this series from the start, but this was their most dominant victory and returns the series to Gainbridge Fieldhouse for Game 5 Tuesday night, when the Pacers can end it. We've reached the point of domination, of inevitability, the point in this 2025 NBA Eastern Conference playoff series where Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton is grabbing a defensive rebound and laughing at the Milwaukee player, Gary Trent Jr., who missed the shot. We've reached the point where Pacers center Myles Turner is blocking Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo on back-to-back possessions in the first half and then dunking on Antetokounmpo on the first play of the second half — and roaring with satisfaction before he lands. We've reached the point where the Pacers have clearly separated themselves from Milwaukee, blowing out the Bucks 129-103 Sunday night in Game 4 at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee to take a 3-1 lead as the series returns to Indianapolis. Game 5 is Tuesday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, where the building will be full and the Milwaukee roster will not. Bucks guard Dame Lillard suffered a serious injury in the first quarter of Game 4, reportedly an Achilles issue that will end his season, and perhaps cause him to miss next season as well. The Pacers, who led 15-12 when Lillard suffered the injury, went on an immediate 8-1 run to open a 23-13 lead. The Bucks got no closer than five the rest of the way, and only for a few seconds, but Lillard's absence wasn't Milwaukee's problem. The Pacers are Milwaukee's problem. Indiana is just better, and not merely because the Pacers have opened a 3-1 series lead — but the way they've done it. The Pacers have led all four games by double figures in the first half, and Sunday night was the third time the Pacers led by 10 before the first quarter was finished. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. This game was the most thorough victory of the bunch, with the Pacers shooting 60.2% from the floor (50-for-83) and 46.2% on 3-pointers (18-for-39) and outrebounding the bigger Bucks 50-40 and posting 36 assists against 11 turnovers. The Pacers entered Sunday with a 2-1 series edge, but Game 4 was about asserting their dominance. And not just on the scoreboard. Pacers, Bucks don't get along These teams don't like each other. Any fool can see that, and if we couldn't, we've got Tyrese Haliburton telling us as much. 'They don't like us,' he'd said earlier in the series. 'We don't like them.' At times it gets out of hand, mainly when Bobby Portis and Kevin Porter Jr. of Milwaukee are acting out. But the Pacers have not exactly risen above the nonsense coming from the Bucks, and maybe that's OK. Maybe the Bucks deserve moments like this, when Gary Trent Jr. stole an Andrew Nembhard pass and sailed down the court for a contested layup against Nembhard and Haliburton, and missed badly — after which Haliburton grabbed the rebound and headed the other way, LOL. Sorry, that's not me trying to use the cool kids' lingo. Haliburton was dribbling the other way, and he was literally laughing out loud. There were other moments of pure domination too, most of them fueled by Myles Turner, who — like Haliburton — disappeared in Game 3 but made amends, and then some, in Game 4. Turner was dominant at both ends, scoring 23 points and blocking four shots and scaring Giannis into his worst shooting half of the series. Yeah, he did. Let me show you: It started midway through the second quarter, when Giannis spun to the rim and was met there by Turner, who swatted the shot away. Next time down the court, Giannis attacks the rim again — attacks Myles Turner again — and Turner grabs the ball with both hands before Giannis can even get the shot above his head. Minutes later Giannis is at the rim, defended by Turner, and now he's not attacking. This is more of a fade-away from 5 feet, a surrender of a shot, and he misses badly. Next touch, Giannis is defended by Pascal Siakam but is so discombobulated, so out of his element, that he misses wide right from 16 feet. Doesn't hit the rim at all, but not because it was too short or too long. Wide right, from 16 feet. Ever seen an MVP miss a shot so badly? Ever seen one dominated so thoroughly? That's what Turner did to Giannis, who was 3-for-10 in the first half but rallied nicely in the third quarter, doing much of his damage when Turner was off the court. By then Turner had already started the third quarter by getting the ball in transition from Haliburton — here comes one of Haliburton's 15 assists — and taking one dribble before rearing back with the ball and dunking it all over Giannis. Turner was celebrating, loudly, as he descended back to earth. 'The defensive end,' Haliburton was saying afterward, describing where this game was won. 'Myles was amazing at the rim. The ricochets of his blocks … we were able to get out and run. And us in transition, we feel we're the best in the world at that.' Pacers: Better, classier than Bucks The Bucks were without Dame Lillard for the final 42 minutes, yes, but the Pacers played the whole game without Bennedict Mathurin (abdominal contusion) — and Mathurin has been having a better series. So let's not talk about missing players here, or full strength there. It was an excuse last year, and a legitimate one for Milwaukee, when the Pacers eliminated the Bucks in Round 1. Won't be an excuse this time around. The Pacers are better at shooting, passing and defending. The only advantage the Bucks have is of the extra-curricular variety — they're better at turning this beautiful game into something ugly — but the Pacers aren't taking the bait. The Pacers have largely held their composure this series despite the goonish antics of Portis and the menacing meanness of Porter and all that garbage spewing from the mouth of Lillard, even when he wasn't active during Game 1. The Bucks' crowd was stoked to a fury for this game — arriving early and waving white 'Let's Go Bucks' rally towels placed on every seat — but the Pacers weren't playing along. The crowd wanted to boo each Pacers starter individually during pregame warmups, but the Pacers weren't having it. They ran onto the court, rapid-fire, one after another, as soon as the first name was announced. All five starters were on the court before the P.A. announcer could get to the third starter. The game was more of the same. The Bucks wanted to get into the Pacers' heads, wanted again to punk the Pacers, and the Pacers refused to fold. After Aaron Nesmith got tangled with Brook Lopez on a screen and sent the giant Bucks center to the deck, the Bucks' second-biggest idiot — Porter — started talking. Eventually Nesmith hears enough and starts walking that way, and here come the assistant coaches onto the court to keep the peace. Yes, here comes Jenny Boucek. A double-technical was assessed, and this is important because the Bucks' biggest idiot, Portis tried to get Nesmith thrown out of the game. This was in the third quarter with the Pacers clearly in command, leading 76-65, and Milwaukee's only hope was to get some players tossed. So there's Nesmith on his backside, holding onto the ball after being fouled, and Portis comes over and tries to take the ball from him. Well, no, more accurately: Portis bends down and punches at the ball, as it's in Nesmith's hands. If Nesmith reacts and gets a second technical, he'll be ejected. So Nesmith simply rolls to his side, hides the ball behind his body and makes a face at the nearest official that can be translated like this: Sigh. The Pacers were in control of this game in all ways — physically, mentally and emotionally — and the same now can be said of this series. Can anything happen between now and the next round? Theoretically, sure. Giannis could score 50 on Tuesday to spark a Bucks win in Game 5. The series could return to Milwaukee for Game 6, the Pacers could feel the pressure, and the Bucks could win again. Now we're down to a Game 7 in Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Theoretically. But that would be unexpected, bordering on unfair, because one team is clearly better. One team is clearly classier, too — and it's the same team. This series should end Tuesday night, because ball don't lie. The Pacers deserve the victory, and the Bucks deserve the humiliation of elimination.
Boston Globe
28-04-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Bucks' Damian Lillard departs Game 4 against Pacers with non-contact leg injury, won't return
The seven-time all-NBA player was behind the 3-point line Sunday when the ball bounced toward him. Lillard used his left hand to tip the ball toward teammate Gary Trent Jr., then went down and grabbed the lower part of his left leg, around his ankle. He continued to sit on the floor as play resumed on the other end of the court. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Damian Lillard headed to the locker room after suffering an apparent injury vs. the Pacers. — ESPN (@espn) Advertisement After a foul stopped play, Milwaukee's Kyle Kuzma helped Lillard up. Lillard then started limping and had to be helped off the court and into the locker room. Lillard's previous injury involved his other leg. That previous injury required him to go on blood-thinning medication to treat his deep vein thrombosis, an abnormal clot within a vessel where the congealing of blood blocks the flow through on the way back to the heart. He was taken off the blood-thinning medication and Advertisement The Bucks have endured all sorts of postseason injuries since winning a title in 2021. Khris Middleton missed an entire seven-game Eastern Conference semifinal loss to the Celtics in 2022 with a sprained medial collateral ligament. Giannis Antetokounmpo bruised his lower back in Milwaukee's first playoff game in 2023 and didn't return until Game 4 of a first-round series it lost, 4-1, to the Miami Heat. In the Bucks' 4-2 first-round loss to Indiana last year, Antetokounmpo didn't play at all because of a calf strain and Lillard missed two games with an Achilles' injury. The Bucks trailed this best-of-seven series, 2-1, heading into Game 4.
