Earlier this decade, Milwaukee had a 2017-18 Duke basketball guard in its starting five, and now another is signing with the Bucks.
NBA free agent Gary Trent Jr. agreed to a one-year deal to join the Milwaukee Bucks, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Tuesday. There's no doubt the 25-year-old Duke basketball product will earn less thanDespite his dip in scoring from 17.4 points per game in 2022-23 to 13.
As ESPN's Matt Williams pointed out in the following post, only four NBA players have tallied at least 500 threes and 300 steals since the start of the 2021-22 season. And Gary Trent Jr. is one of them, along with Anthony Edwards, Tyrese Haliburton, and Fred VanVleet. Gary Trent Jr. is 1 of 4 players to record at least 500 made 3-pointers and 300 steals over the last 3 seasons.Furthermore, although Trent's 2023-24 scoring average was a four-year low, it also marked his fourth straight season posting double-digit points per game.In the first half of last season, Milwaukee employed one of Gary Trent Jr.'s Duke basketball teammates, center Marques Bolden, on a two-way contract.
The franchise's previous NBA Blue Devil, sharpshooting guard Grayson Allen, was a starter in both of his seasons in Milwaukee before getting traded to the Phoenix Suns in September and enjoying a career-best campaign as the league leader in 3-point percentage.Matt Giles is the editor and publisher of FanNation's Blue Devil Country and All Tar Heels, covering the Duke Blue Devils and UNC Tar Heels on SI.com.
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