Earlier this week, we polled you about the Bucks’ two prominent (unrestricted) free agent guards: Kevin Porter Jr. and Gary Trent Jr. Each finished the season as not only rotation mainstays but the starting backcourt. The lineup that featured them alongside Giannis, Bobby Portis, and AJ Green was instrumental in the Bucks’ eight-game win streak to close the season and one of their few positive units in the playoffs. Naturally, most fans seem to want them both back.
But at what cost, though? As explained the other day, the Bucks don’t have Bird or Early Bird rights on either to retain them without going over the cap, so for them to get a salary commensurate with their likely market value, the franchise has to use one of their cap exceptions.