Starting the season with one finals team (Milwaukee) and finishing with the other (Phoenix), Torrey Craig’s journey in the NBA over the last eight months has been winding, to say the least. With the Bucks, from suffering a nasal surgery and tweeting out a cryptic emoji when he didn’t play for three games after being cleared for action to adapting to a mask he says messed with his reaction time and peripheral vision, Craig never quite found his fit.
At his best, he showed off his skills as a chasedown artist, demonstrated his versatility as a defender by taking the primary assignment against his old teammate Jamal Murray, and blew up opposing offensive possessions at random alongside, and in tandem with, Jrue Holiday, but he wanted for consistent playing time, logging more than 20 minutes only once, and eventually lost his spot in the rotation to Thanasis Antetokounmpo’s more pronounced all-out effort before being traded to the Suns for cash considerations.