On Wednesday, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported that because Pacers guard Buddy Hield was unable to work out an extension with the team, the two sides elected to work on a trade destination for the 30-year-old guard, less than two weeks before training camp starts. Hield is due $19.3m on the final year of his contract and would remain eligible for an extension if he is moved. Given his well-known prowess from downtown—he leads all players in threes made over the past five seasons—naturally has a number of teams interested.
Milwaukee is one of those teams, according to Charania again yesterday, noting that they’ve “had a level of interest in him over the last several months,” along with Dallas and Philly.