Milwaukee Bucks’ $107 Million Dilemma #nba #milwaukeebucks #freeagency #dametime #mylesturner
He’s exactly what Milwaukee is looking for. A young athletic center who could stretch the floor and protect the rim. There was just one tiny problem. Turner wants $107 million over four years, and the Bucks are broke. So, what do you do? What do you do when you want to buy something expensive, but your wallet is empty? Well, if you’re the Milwaukee Bucks, you make history. The Bucks decided to use something called the stretch provision. Think of it like turning one huge credit card payment into smaller monthly payments. Instead of paying Lillard 54 million next year and 59 million the year after, they spread $13 million over 5 years, 22.5 million per year. Now, let me put this in perspective. This is the largest wave and stretch in NBA history. The previous record was for Nick Batum, who had $27 million back in 2020. Lilard’s deal four times bigger. We’re talking tripling the record. It’s like the previous record for eating hot dogs was 20 and someone came along and ate 80. That’s how unprecedented this move is. But here’s the beautiful part. It worked. By spreading out Lillard’s payments, the Bucks created enough salary cap space to sign Turner to that massive four years and $107 million contract. Now, here’s where RCR gets even more drama because not everyone is happy with his decision. The franchise player, the guy they’re trying to do all this for, he reportedly is not pleased with his team’s decision to wave Lillard. Sources say he was blindsided by the move, did not appreciate how it was handled. Oops. Think about it from Giannis’ perspective. He had developed a relationship with Lillard. They were supposed to win a championship together and suddenly the front office cuts his teammate loose without even giving him a heads up.
00:00 Milwaukee’s Big Dilemma
00:24 Introducing the Stretch Provision
00:44 Breaking Records with Lillard’s Contract
01:19 The Fallout: Giannis’s Reaction
