The Bucks are adding a familiar face to Taylor Jenkins’ staff, with former Milwaukee point guard T.J. Ford expected to come aboard, according to Kelly Iko of Yahoo Sports.
Ford’s connection to the franchise goes back to the 2003 draft, when the Bucks took him eighth overall. He spent the first three seasons of his nine-year career in Milwaukee, though his second season was wiped out by a spinal cord injury he suffered late in his rookie year. Ford, a former Texas standout, retired in 2012.
Milwaukee’s offseason shuffle also includes two lottery picks who were introduced on Thursday. Steve Megargee of The Associated Press reported on the press conference for Brayden Burries and Nate Ament, with the Bucks taking Burries at No. 10 and landing Ament at No. 13 in the agreed-upon trade that will send Giannis Antetokounmpo to Miami.
General manager Jon Horst said of the pair: “ They fit as people,” general manager Jon Horst said. “ I think you can see the synergy here already. There’s a consistent theme in what we’ve targeted - the competitiveness, the character, the IQ of an athlete.”
Another piece of that Miami deal, 2025 first-round pick Kasparas Jakucionis, recently opened up about being moved, according to BasketNews. The former Heat guard said: “ Like I said, the first day was tough because it was the first time in my basketball career that something like this happened to me, being traded without it being my decision,” the former Heat guard said.
“ But I don’t think it’s a bad thing. It’s a young organization with a lot of young players, so I think it will be a good situation for me.”
And Luke Travers is set to get a look in Summer League, with sources telling Olgun Uluc of ESPN that the Australian forward will play for Milwaukee’s team. Travers, a former second-round pick at No. 56 in 2022, spent his rookie season in 2024/25 on a two-way deal with Cleveland, then spent most of last season on another two-way contract before the Cavs waived him in February.
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Jaylen Brown has obvious appeal in that kind of rebuild, especially for a Bucks team that would need a reliable primary scorer and a player built to live in the spotlight. Brown has shown he can thrive when given more of the offensive load, and that kind of profile is exactly why a possible move would make sense on Milwaukees end, even if the mechanics of getting there are far from simple and the pieces Boston might want in return would shape the entire conversation. [Read more 🡒]
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Ryan Rollins, Kevin Porter Jr., Tyler Herro, Kasparas Jakuionis, Brayden Burries, AJ Green and Gary Harris are all part of the equation, with Gary Trent Jr.s situation still unresolved, so adding another guard would only sharpen the logjam. That is why the more interesting question may not be whether the Bucks can chase a star point guard, but whether their best path is to resist that urge and use the rest of the offseason to address the forward spots instead. [Read more 🡒]