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In trade rumors that don’t involve a certain someone, the Milwaukee Bucks have the Brooklyn Nets’ Cam Thomas and the Dallas Mavericks’ D’Angelo Russell on their radar, per Michael Scotto.
Are these folks good at basketball? Your mileage may vary on that question. Thomas can at least score, which doesn’t hurt. But when the baseline is the end of Milwaukee’s current bench squad, they look a little better. And the Bucks have the financial situation to do these teams a solid and take them on, which could pay off in draft capital that would help restock their barren cupboard.
At 24, Thomas obviously has more upside. It’s been a bit of a rough year for him though, out for half the year due to injury and with downticks in most of his key counting stats. More offense than defense, and hey, maybe a change in scenery from the Nets would do him good.
Our own Finley Kuehl argued for targeting Russell just last June. Some of his bars go hard: “In terms of name value, D’Angelo Russell is one of the top free agents available;” “Russell is among the most advanced passers/playmakers in the NBA when he wants to be;” “It may sound crazy, but he’s truly not far off from Dame as a playmaker.” TL;DR: Again, more offense than defense.