Milwaukee Bucks Team Salary

Quick: Over the cap and hard-capped.

Salary Cap: $101,869,000

Luxury Tax Threshold: $123,733,000

Hard Cap: $129,817,000

Projected 2019-20 Cap Space ($109 million cap): Up to $47.4.8 million, less if Khris Middleton opts in or with Eric Bledsoe’s rights, none with both.

Roster Count: Fourteen guaranteed, two two-ways

Depth Chart
PG: Eric Bledsoe, George Hill, Donte DiVincenzo, Trevon Duval (two-way)
SG: Malcolm Brogdon, Tony Snell
SF: Khris Middleton, Sterling Brown, Pat Connaughton, Bonzie Colson Jr. (two-way)
PF: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Mirotic, Ersan Ilyasova
C: Brook Lopez, D.J. Wilson, Christian Wood

*Note: Teams often adjust their depth chart throughout the season, sometimes game by game.

Exceptions

Mid-Level Exception — $0 (Ersan Ilyasova, Pat Connaughton)
Bi-Annual Exception — $0 (Brook Lopez)

Waived Players: Brandon Jennings, Jordan Barnett, Brandon McCoy, Travis Trice, Ike Nwamu, James Young, Robert Johnson, Shabazz Muhammad, Tyler Zeller, Tim Frazier (claimed by the New Orleans Pelicans), Jodie Meeks, Jaylen Morris (two-way)

Traded Players: Matthew Dellavedova, John Henson, Thon Maker, Jason Smith

G-League Affiliate: Wisconsin Herd (Dave Dean vice president of basketball operations/general manager, Jordan Brady head coach)

Two-Way Contracts: Trevon Duval, Bonzie Colson Jr. (two-year)

Two-Way Daily Rate in NBA/G-League: $4,608/$528

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Mike Budenholzer

Assistants: Darvin Ham, Taylor Jenkins, Charles Lee, Ben Sullivan, Patrick St. Andrews, Sean Sweeney, Josh Longstaff

Trainers: Scott Faust

Basketball Executives

Jon Horst — general manager
Milt Newton — assistant general manager
Rod Thorn — special consultant
David Mincberg — director of basketball strategy
Tony Bollier — director of basketball operations
Dave Babcock — vice president of player personnel
Ryan Hoover — vice president of global scouting
Matt Bollero — director of scouting
Seth Partnow — director of basketball research
Patrick Haneman — basketball strategy and operations manager
Lexi Phillips — basketball operations coordinator
Vin Baker — basketball operations associate/director of program development

Pick Swaps

2019 — Owe first-rounder (4-16 range, top-eight protected in 2020, unprotected in 2021) to Phoenix Suns (Eric Bledsoe).
2019 — Owe second-rounder to Philadelphia 76ers (Jason Kidd, Marquis Teague) or Sacramento Kings, the higher pick between Milwaukee and Sacramento to Philadelphia, the Kings getting the lower.
2020 — Owe a second-rounder to the New Orleans Pelicans (Nikola Mirotic).
2021 — Owe a protected (lottery protected in 2021, top-10 protected in 2022, conveys in 11-24 range in 2023, top-eight protected in 2024, otherwise converts to 2024 and 2025 second-rounders) first-rounder to the Cleveland Cavaliers (George Hill), two years following the Phoenix Suns obligation.
2021 — Owe second-rounder to the Indiana Pacers (George Hill, Alec Burks, Nik Stauskas/Wade Baldwin).

Cash Paid ($5,243,000 max): $0

Cash Received ($5,243,000 max): $500,000 from Washington Wizards (Jason Smith) — $4,743,000 remaining

Deadlines:

3/1/19 — Waiver deadline for playoff eligibility.
4/10/19 — End of regular season.
6/20/19 — Player option on Khris Middleton.
6/29/19 — Qualifying offer deadline for Malcolm Brogdon.
7/1/19 — George Hill’s $18.0 million guarantees for 2019-20.
7/1/19 — Pat Connaughton’s $1,723,050 guarantees for 2019-20.
7/1/19 — Sterling Brown’s $1,618,520 guarantees for 2019-20.
Before first day of 2019 season — Christian Wood’s salary guarantees at $822,679.
10/31/19 — Team options on D.J. Wilson and Donte DiVincenzo.
1/10/20 — Christian Wood’s $1,645,357 guarantees for 2020-21.
Two days following the NBA Draft — Ersan Ilyasova’s $7 million guarantees for 2020-21.
6/29/20 — Player option for Tony Snell.
First day of 2020 season — Extension deadline on D.J. Wilson.
10/31/19 — Team option on Donte DiVincenzo.
6/29/21 — Qualifying offer deadline for D.J. Wilson.
First day of 2021 season — Extension deadline on Donte DiVincenzo.
6/29/22 — Qualifying offer deadline for Donte DiVincenzo.

Teams and players can renegotiate guarantee dates. The NBA’s general cut-down date is approximately January 10.

Acquisitions

5/17/18 — Hired Coach Mike Budenholzer.
6/21/18 — Drafted Donte DiVincenzo (17th).
6/29/18 — Issued qualifying offers to Jabari Parker, Marshall Plumlee and Xavier Munford.
7/1/18 — Malcolm Brogdon’s $1,050,262 guaranteed for 2018-19.
7/10/18 — Donte DiVincenzo (2018-17th) signed a $13,106,790 rookie-scale contract.
7/13/18 — Revoked Marshall Plumlee’s qualifying offer.
7/14/18 — Revoked Jabari Parker’s qualifying offer.
7/14/18 — Renounced the rights to Jabari Parker.
7/16/18 — Signed Ersan Ilyasova to a partially-guaranteed three-year $21 million contract.
7/17/18 — Signed Brook Lopez to a one-year $3,382,000 contract.
7/20/18 — Signed Travis Trice to a non-guaranteed one-year $838,464 summer contract.
7/24/18 — Signed Trevon Duval to a two-way contract.
7/26/18 — Signed Jaylen Morris to a two-way contract.
7/31/18 — Signed Brandon McCoy to a non-guaranteed one-year $838,464 summer contract.
8/1/18 — Signed Pat Connaughton to a partially-guaranteed two-year $3,364,050 minimum contract.
8/7/18 — Signed Jordan Barnett to a non-guaranteed one-year $838,464 minimum summer contract.
9/17/18 — Signed James Young to a non-guaranteed one-year $1,621,415 minimum summer contract.
9/17/18 — Signed Robert Johnson to a non-guaranteed one-year $838,464 minimum summer contract.
9/18/18 — Signed Ike Nwamu to a non-guaranteed one-year $838,464 minimum summer contract.
9/21/18 — Revoked Xavier Munford’s qualifying offer and renounced his rights.
9/21/18 — Signed Tim Frazier to a non-guaranteed one-year $1,621,415 minimum summer contract.
9/21/18 — Re-signed Shabazz Muhammad to a non-guaranteed one-year $1,757,429 minimum summer contract.
9/21/18 — Signed Christian Wood to a partially-guaranteed one-year $3,157,958 minimum contract.
10/15/18 — Adjusted the prick protections on the Washington Wizards 2020 second-rounder for Jodie Meeks and cash (TBD).
10/31/18 — Picked up the team options on Thon Maker and D.J. Wilson.
12/7/18 — Traded Matthew Dellavedova, John Henson, a protected 2021 first-rounder (two years after the pick owed to the Phoenix Suns) and a 2021 second-rounder to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Agreed to remove protections on the 2020 second-rounder owed by the Washington Wizards, as part of the three-way trade.
12/20/18 — Mirza Teletovic’s contract removed from the Bucks’ salary cap after his medical retirement.
1/10/19 — Christian Wood’s $1,512,601 guaranteed for 2018-19.
1/15/19 — Signed Bonzie Colson Jr. to a two-year two-way contract.
2/5/19 — Rashad Vaughn trade exception ($1,889,040) expired.
2/7/19 — Renounced the rights to Jason Terry and Marshall Plumlee.
2/7/19 — Traded Thon Maker to the Detroit Pistons and Jason Smith and four second-rounders to the New Orleans Pelicans for Nikola Mirotic.