In the doldrums of summer, a flicker of life: the Milwaukee Bucks have signed Amir Coffey to a training camp (Exhibit 10) deal, per Eric Nehm.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s start with the man himself. Coffey spent his first six seasons with the Los Angeles Clippers, where he averaged about 10 points a game on 47% shooting (including 41% from deep) last year. Still, his playing time dipped a bit in the playoffs and his scoring dropped more than a bit. The former Golden Gopher became a free agent after his three-year, $11m contract expired.<\/p>\n
His on-court fit with Milwaukee is relatively clear: he is a 3, which the Bucks do not have in spades. At 6\u2019 8\u201d and 210 pounds, the hope is that he can be a Taurean Prince with a little less offense and a little more defense. Per our own Van Fayaz back in June, he \u201cmay still have some untapped starter upside<\/a>\u201d, although at 28 he may have hit his (respectable) ceiling.<\/p>\n Things get a bit dicey off the court. Milwaukee currently has 14 guaranteed contracts, with AJax and Thanasis viewed as leading contenders for that final slot. Since Coffey received a training camp deal, there is no guarantee that he will make the roster, but he immediately becomes a strong candidate for that spot. Drama!<\/p>\n I won\u2019t conclude this article by making a pun about Coffey being a perfect fit for Cream City. I won\u2019t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the doldrums of summer, a flicker of life: the Milwaukee Bucks have signed Amir Coffey to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3775],"tags":[7,103,40296,102,121,3871,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-234735","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-milwaukee-bucks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bucks","10":"tag-bucks-free-agency","11":"tag-milwaukee","12":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","13":"tag-milwaukeebucks","14":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115039780632513811","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234735","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=234735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}