NBA Rumors: Milwaukee Bucks to trade for another lottery pick?
By Josh Hill
The NBA Draft is just around the corner and the Milwaukee Bucks are content at sitting in the No. 2 overall spot but don’t want to finish drafting at that point. It’s been known that the Bucks have been trying to trade around in the NBA Draft this year but they want to acquire another first round pick to go along with the one they have int he top-3.
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According to ESPN Draft insider Chad Ford, the Milwaukee Bucks are very actively trying to acquire another first round pick but it doesn’t necessarily have to be a lottery pick.
"But yes, they’ll be very active in trying to get another lottery pick. If they can’t get that, a mid to late first rounder is also not out of the question for them. They have a number of players they like in the draft. Brandon Knight and John Henson are the players teams in the lottery are interested in. Also, there seems to be some interest in Larry Sanders as well. He won’t net them a lottery pick, but a mid to late first rounder from a team trying to win now? It’s a possibility."
This is a rather interesting stance the Bucks are taking as it’s softened a bit from where they were in trying to acquire only a lottery pick. With just a day left to go before the draft commences, the Bucks are now content with taking any sort of first round pick they can get which makes them a much more likely trade candidate then they were before.