Now that Charles Gardner has confirmed them, the Milwaukee Bucks latest two transactions are essentially official. Steve Novak has been signed, and Chris Copeland is done in Milwaukee.
Steve Novak has signed with Bucks and is on floor practicing at team shootaround this morning. Chris Copeland released.
— cfgardner (@cf_gardner) February 22, 2016
Before that Gardner-bomb dropped this morning, there was some confusion about what Milwaukee had done–or not done–over the past 36 hours or so.
Marc Stein was the one who first reported Novak would be a Buck, and he doubled down on that Sunday when he tweeted the following:
David Lee is Dallas-bound, Steve Novak is headed for Milwaukee and now San Antonio will try to convince Anderson Varejao to spurn the champs
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) February 21, 2016
That’s hardly a confirmation of a signing, however.