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Ersan Ilyasova trade opens further cap space, signals Bucks' intent to chase Tyson Chandler and Brook Lopez

Sixty players were selected in the 2005 NBA Draft, and as of Thursday morning only one of them was still with the team that picked him on June 28, 2005.

So much for that.

Ending one of longest (and most up-and-down) tenures in franchise history, the Bucks shipped Ersan Ilyasova to Detroit on Thursday, with the Pistons sending the ghosts non-guaranteed contracts of Caron Butler and Shawne Williams back across Lake Michigan. Don't expect either to ever suit up for the Bucks, as they'll be waived at some point in the near future in what amounts to a salary dump of the Bucks' erstwhile starting power forward.