This trade thankfully did not involve the Bucks giving up players for overprotected second round draft picks, and there was no mystical Lakers pick that Milwaukee turned down. It was a straight-up swap, Michael Carter-Williams for Tony Snell.
MCW fans and supporters are incensed. His detractors are overjoyed. Putting bizarre emotional attachments one way or the other aside, how did this trade go for the Bucks? Did they “win” their deal with the Bulls?
To figure that out it takes more than looking at Snell’s weak PER from the last few seasons. We’ll go through what the Bucks both acquired and lost in the deal, plus the reasons for the trade happening in the first place.