The Milwaukee Bucks shocked Bucks Twitter by offloading Miles Plumlee‘s massive contract in a trade with the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday. The biggest reason Milwaukee moved Plumlee was to dump his $50 million in guaranteed salary over this season and the next three.
That alone basically makes this trade a home run, considering how tight the Bucks books are getting with Giannis Antetokounmpo‘s extension, plus potential deals with Jabari Parker and Tony Snell potentially coming up next summer.
Still, the Bucks received two players back for Plumlee. Roy Hibbert and Spencer Hawes are now Bucks, and they’ll be on the roster for the foreseeable future even if the most valuable asset Milwaukee got in the deal was additional cap space in the future.