NBA Trade Deadline 2016: Grading every team’s moves

Milwaukee Bucks

If there was a stranger period of time leading up to Thursday’s NBA Trade Deadline than that of the Milwaukee Bucks, you’d be hard-pressed to find it. The Bucks seemingly were having discussions with every other team in the league trying to get big-time deals pushed through, but none of them ever came to fruition. Even stranger, though, is arguably the biggest deal they were talking about didn’t come to light until after the deadline had passed.

The first reported deal that the Bucks were trying to make work was one with the Minnesota Timberwolves that was centered around bringing Ricky Rubio in, likely in exchange for Michael Carter-Williams and other pieces. However, that deal never advanced far enough. The real surprise, though, was after the deadline when word came out that the Bucks were reportedly trying their hand at dealing with the Rockets for Dwight Howard. Obviously that didn’t happen either, but that the Bucks were looking at such major moves shows how they view their team.

Given that they didn’t do anything, it’d normally just be an average grade for Milwaukee. But if the front office is this displeased with the roster that they were looking at moves of that magnitude, not making a move doesn’t reflect well on the Bucks.

Grade: D

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