Milwaukee’s decision to sign Myles Turner to a four-year, $107m deal—orchestrating the biggest waive-and-stretch of a contract in NBA history to do so—has sparked a firestorm of negativity towards the Bucks and GM Jon Horst. And while I think the move is risky on some level, I don’t believe it carries this extreme downside. In fact, I think there’s substantial upside to the deal. Let’s discuss.
The most prominent criticism pundits seem to have with the signing is that even with Turner, this Bucks team is likely not good enough to contend for a championship.