Well, that didn’t take long. We spoke a couple of weeks ago about how a quick deal between the Milwaukee Bucks and Khris Middleton could set the tone for their free agency period as a whole, and it seems as if that’s exactly what both parties have achieved.
The news arrived via ESPN’s ever-reliable Marc Stein, the man who seemed to be all over Bucks’ news last night as first to report both Dudley exercising his player option, and Greg Monroe‘s meeting with Milwaukee.
ESPN sources say Milwaukee and Khris Middleton are closing in on five-year, $70 million deal
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) July 1, 2015
This doesn’t come as a surprise really, as it has been well publicized how much the team wanted to retain the 23-year-old’s services, and Middleton has been nothing but positive in regards to his experiences with the Bucks as a team, and Milwaukee as a city.