{"id":147599,"date":"2025-07-04T21:39:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T21:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/147599\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T21:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T21:39:12","slug":"bucks-linked-to-251-million-star-for-possible-next-big-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/147599\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucks Linked to $251 Million Star for Possible Next Big Move"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bucks Linked to $251 Million Star for Possible Next Big Move<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Milwaukee Bucks have been one of the busiest teams this offseason, shaking up their roster with a mix of bold moves and calculated risks. General manager Jon Horst surprised many by waiving Damian Lillard and stretching his $112.6 million contract, absorbing $22.5 million in dead money over five years to create cap flexibility.<\/p>\n

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The Bucks quickly used that room to bring in 3-and-D center Myles Turner, added Serbian prospect Bogoljub Markovic in the draft, signed veteran guard Gary Harris and traded for Vasilije Micic. They also re-signed several role players to keep continuity around star Giannis Antetokounmpo.<\/p>\n

Now, the Bucks could be lining up their next big swing by targeting three-time All-Star guard Bradley Beal, should he hit the open market.<\/p>\n

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Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal (3) puts up a layup against San Antonio Spurs guard Blake Wesley (14).Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

According to NBA insider Marc Stein, Milwaukee and Miami are both keeping tabs on Beal\u2019s situation with the Phoenix Suns, who are reportedly exploring a buyout of the $251 million deal he signed with the Washington Wizards. \u201cSources say both Milwaukee and Miami, in fact, would have interest in signing Beal in that scenario,\u201d Stein reported.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The 32-year-old still has two years and $110 million left on his deal, but the Suns may be motivated to trim salary and move on from a disappointing season. If a buyout happens, Beal would become an unrestricted free agent, free of the no-trade clause that limits Phoenix’s flexibility.<\/p>\n

While Beal is no longer the 30-point scorer he once was, he remains a reliable offensive weapon. He averaged 17.0 points on nearly 50% shooting last season and would bring another layer of shot-making to Milwaukee\u2019s backcourt.<\/p>\n

With the Bucks clearly in \u201cwin-now\u201d mode around Antetokounmpo and Turner, Beal could be the next big piece if Phoenix decides to cut ties.<\/p>\n

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Related: Bucks Pushing to Pair Former $120 Million Star With Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jul 4, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bucks Linked to $251 Million Star for Possible Next Big Move originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Milwaukee…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3775],"tags":[7,7008,3086,103,125,404,123,2546,295,102,121,3871,367,6,472,474,361,10757,468],"class_list":{"0":"post-147599","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-milwaukee-bucks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-blake-wesley","10":"tag-bradley-beal","11":"tag-bucks","12":"tag-damian-lillard","13":"tag-gary-harris","14":"tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","15":"tag-marc-stein","16":"tag-miami","17":"tag-milwaukee","18":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","19":"tag-milwaukeebucks","20":"tag-myles-turner","21":"tag-nba","22":"tag-phoenix-suns","23":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","24":"tag-the-bucks","25":"tag-vasilije-micic","26":"tag-washington-wizards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114797135006408717","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}