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Trade Radar · open rumor · Saturday, October 24 · 6 d ago

Bucks Turned Down Potential Kevin Porter Jr. Trade With Nuggets

via hoopsrumorsRead the original report ↗

Prior to the roster cutdown deadline, the Bucks turned down a chance to trade Kevin Porter Jr. to the Nuggets in exchange for two future second-rounders, a second-round pick swap and Zeke Nnaji, Jake Fischer of The Stein Line reports in his latest Substack column (subscriber link). Sources tell Fischer that Milwaukee walked away from […]

Confidence
39%
Reporter starting tier45unattributed report
Corroboration+0nobody else has reported this yet
Age−66 days old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25
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Who it involves
Zeke Nnaji
Zeke Nnaji
Nuggets · F-C · 3.7 pts · 2.6 reb · 0.6 ast
Cap hit 2026-27: $7.47M · next season $7.47M
Denver Nuggets
$217.8M · above the first apron · 13 contracts · cap sheet
Milwaukee Bucks
$191.4M · over the cap · 19 contracts · cap sheet

What would have to happen

Build it in the Trade Machine →
Zeke Nnaji → Bucks
Send out at least $3.61M
The Bucks are over the cap, so to take on $7.47M they need to send out $3.61M or more under the 200% + $250k rule.

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