For better or worse, the Milwaukee Bucks roster appears to be set in stone for now.
Which means the blockbuster trade fans are manifesting is very clearly not happening anytime soon at this point, and perhaps for the first time in a while, it has nothing to do with the front office's moves or ambition.
That's because the Milwaukee Bucks are handcuffed by NBA rules that make nine of their players completely untradeable until December 15, creating a roster logjam that forces them into early-season patience whether they like it or not.
Under the NBA's Collective Bargaining Agreement (thank you, CJ McCollum), any player who signs a new standard contract becomes ineligible to be traded for three months, which ends on December 15 or three months post-signing (whichever is later).