Holding a player option worth approximately $13 million for the final year of the five-year contract he signed with the Milwaukee Bucks back in 2015, it’s virtually a certainty that Khris Middleton will hit the open market as a free agent next summer.
That deal, which a vocal minority viewed as an overpay at the time, has since proved to be one of the NBA’s best value contracts, as the salary cap spiked and Middleton continued to flourish.
As we prepare for what should be a contract year for Middleton to get underway, the prospect of him returning to Milwaukee long-term doesn’t rank too far behind the likelihood of him opting out in the first place.