The Bucks trimmed their roster on Sunday by requesting waivers on forward Pete Nance, forward/center Johni Broome and center Jake Stephens, the team announced.
Broome and Stephens were expected to be on the move anyway. Both were on Exhibit 10 contracts, so their path out of camp was always pretty clear.
Nance is the one who stands out here. His contract was non-guaranteed, too, but he was on a two-year deal, and Jake Fischer reported this week that Milwaukee had wanted to keep him around.
There’s still a path for Nance to come back on a two-way contract if he clears waivers. The Bucks have an open slot, but Fischer said the front office has some concern about another team grabbing him now that he’s been waived.
Pete Nance, the brother of Pacers big man Larry Nance Jr., played 47 games for Milwaukee last season and put up 5.4 points and 2.7 rebounds in 15.7 minutes per game. He also shot 51.5% from the field and hit 42.0% of his three-pointers.
Broome, a 2025 second-round pick who spent his rookie year in Philadelphia, and Stephens, a former undrafted free agent with G League and overseas experience, are both likely headed to the Wisconsin Herd, Milwaukee’s G League affiliate.
That likely applies to guard Marcus Garrett as well. He signed an Exhibit 10 deal with the Bucks on Saturday and was then waived, according to Keith Smith of Spotrac. Garrett’s G League returning rights were acquired by the Herd in a trade last month.
Even after these cuts, Milwaukee still isn’t down to its regular-season number. The Bucks are carrying 16 players on fully guaranteed standard contracts, and they’ll need to trade or waive one of them before Monday’s deadline to get the roster set.
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