Milwaukee Bucks’ Brandon Knight in for a four-year, $41 million deal?
The Milwaukee Bucks could give Brandon Knight a contract similar to the one Jrue Holiday signed
The Milwaukee Bucks want point guard Brandon Knight in a Milwaukee uniform long-term but likely won’t be extending him before the October 31 deadline.
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The means the Bucks will have to wait until the offseason when Brandon Knight is a restricted free agent to get a deal done.
Chuck Myron of Hoops Rumors believes Brandon Knight could wind up with the same kind of contract New Orleans Pelicans’ point guard Jrue Holiday received – four years and $41 million.
"The last point guard to sign an extension with an average annual value of less than $10MM was Mike Conley, and that deal has worked out remarkably well for the Grizzlies. Tellem surely doesn’t want a repeat of that situation, and so it only seems logical that he’d respond to the Bucks’ enthusiasm for an extension with proposals involving more than $10MM a year. It’s conceivable that the Bucks envision compromising with a deal similar to the four-year, $41MM arrangement the Sixers gave Jrue Holiday two years ago, an extension that proved tradeable even before it kicked in. Still, I think the Bucks would like to see whether doubts about his place on the roster and the market for point guards around the league lurk in the back of Knight’s mind and motivate him to sign a bargain deal for less than what Holiday received. I don’t think Tellem will let that happen, so it’s tough to see a path to a deal."
The Bucks could let Brandon Knight sign an offer sheet with another team and then decide if they want to match that offer and keep him. That, however, is a big risk, considering some team could fall in love with Knight and break the bank for him.
Brandon Knight averaged 17.9 points, 4.9 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game while shooting 42.2% from the field, 32.5% from beyond the arc and 80.2% from the charity stripe. In his three-year career, he’s averaged 14.7 points, 4.3 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 0.8 steals per game while shooting 41.5% from the field, 35.6% from three and 77.1% from the free throw line.
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