The trade winds are gusting around the NBA and we have finally seen the first shoe drop for the Milwaukee Bucks ahead of Thursday afternoon’s deadline.
Wednesday morning saw the jettisoning of third-year big man Thon Maker to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for fourth-year forward Stanley Johnson. As has been constantly noted in the aftermath of the move, it’s a straight up deal that offers both lottery picks a change of scenery to rejuvenate their fledgling NBA careers.
While we’ll have the rest of the season to see if that will come to fruition, this obviously closes Maker’s chapter in Milwaukee after two-and-a-half years.