The end of the Damian Lillard era tasked the Milwaukee Bucks with determining a new starting point guard. To begin the season, that title will almost certainly fall to Kevin Porter Jr., who came off the bench with both the Bucks and Clippers last year but carved out a much more impactful role in Milwaukee. He impressed them enough to earn a two-year, $10.5 million contract in free agency, including a player option.
Now, the Bucks are giving him a chance he never had in Los Angeles, where it seemed as though his yearlong hiatus had taken his legs out from underneath him.