NBA Free Agency 2017: 5 offseason targets for the Milwaukee Bucks

1. Tony Snell

The Bucks clearly won the October trade that sent Michael Carter-Williams to Chicago in exchange for Tony Snell. In Milwaukee, Snell saw a huge minutes bump playing a career high 29.2 minutes per game. He had the best year of his career with the Bucks and was an important contributor to the team on both ends of the floor. Snell’s play didn’t regress in the playoff spotlight. He held his own and the Raptors never successfully player him off of the floor. As he enters restricted free agency this summer, the Bucks can match any offer for him. Given creeping tax concerns however, a big offer sheet might make Milwaukee think twice. Unless some team throws a completely unreasonable offer his way, the Bucks should match and retain him.

Snell’s 3-point shot improved on a career high volume of shots last season; he took about 4.5 attempts per game and drained 40.6 percent of those shots (per Basketball-Reference). With Giannis and Brogdon assuming the brunt of Milwaukee’s ball-handling duties, Snell just needs to be a reliable floor spacer to have a positive impact on the team’s offense.

Snell’s best skill of course is his defense. Snell is surprisingly sturdy for a player with such a thin body. He’s just strong enough and athletic enough to stick with a wide variety of players. He can thus guard most wing players effectively and can also switch onto point guards when necessary.

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Teams can never have too many versatile wings. Snell’s outside shooting and defense make him a player that doesn’t need high usage to affect games. If he can sustain the kind of shooting touch that he flashed last year, he will be worth a sizable contract this summer. Teams will covet Snell, so the Bucks have to be careful. If the final price for him is something like $48 million over four years, that would be a solid deal.