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3 Lofty Individual Goals for Milwaukee Bucks Newcomer Gary Trent Jr. in 2024-25
MILWAUKEE — Just 25 years old, Gary Trent Jr. has established himself as a reliable double-figure scorer and one of the NBA’s best outside shooters. That the Milwaukee Bucks could sign him to a veteran’s minimum contract this summer stands as one of the biggest steals of free agency.
At 6-foot-5, the former Duke star can play shooting guard and small forward, giving Milwaukee options with its first and second units. Trent Jr.’s career 39 percent accuracy on three-pointers could add even more firepower to a Bucks team that ranked fourth last season in effective field goal percentage.
Here are three benchmarks for Trent Jr. in 2024-25 that could be predictors of success.
Trent Jr. has achieved this benchmark twice in his six NBA seasons, and there are good reasons to think he can do it this year:
Effective three-point shooting spaces the floor and keeps defenses honest. Trent Jr.’s success will make life easier for the Bucks offense.
As much as Milwaukee will need to rely on his perimeter shooting, they also will need Trent Jr. to cover up Lillard’s defensive deficiencies by taking on the tougher guard matchups.
Having gained a reputation as a gambler on defense, Trent Jr. twice averaged better than 1.5 steals in Toronto. Only six players averaged 1.5 or more steals per game last season.
At 6-foot-5 with a 6-foot-9 wingspan, Trent Jr. is lengthy enough to disrupt passing lanes and rack up deflections. He has averaged 1.2 steals per game across his seven-year playing career.
This benchmark will depend on playing time and shot selection.
Trent Jr. twice took 200-plus free throws and made 83% or better, but he also averaged four to six more minutes on court than his career average. Last year while averaging 28 minutes a night — his lowest figure in five seasons — Trent Jr. shot more threes than twos and, as might be expected, fewer than 100 free throws.
So the more reasonable goal could be the free-throw accuracy, which will help.
Since 2017-18, the Bucks have found themselves in the bottom half of the league in team free-throw percentage. The biggest part of that is Giannis, who has averaged 70 percent during his 11-year career.
Free throws made and missed are often the difference in close games. As a career 81.9 percent free-throw shooter, Trent Jr. joins Lillard (92 percent in 2023-24) and Middleton (83.3 percent in 2023-24) as trusted ballhandlers at crunch time.
For his six seasons, Trent Jr. has connected on 83 percent of his free throws twice. It’s doable, but in this offense 200 attempts may be a long shot.
Milwaukee Wave coach Marcio Leite 2025-26 team’s evolution in MASL
See first-year Milwaukee Wave head coach Marcio Leite discuss the roles of younger players and veterans as the 2025-26 MASL season begins.
The Milwaukee Wave had been in the awkward position of trying to sell tickets to the MASL championship series without knowing when it would actually host a game.
The questions were answered late April 19, when the San Diego Sockers beat the St. Louis Ambush in the other semifinal in overtime. Their series didn’t even start until four days after the Wave eliminated the Baltimore Blast with victories in a regulation Game 2 and knockout Game 3 at the UWM Panther Arena.
Now the finals are set for two of the most decorated teams in arena soccer.
The Wave will host Game 1 at 6:35 p.m. Wednesday, April 22 and then the series will finish at the Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, California, with Game 2 at 9:30 p.m. April 24 and a potential Game 3 at 9 p.m. April 27.
Three versions of the Sockers have totaled 16 championships in various indoor league with the latest iteration founded in 2009 owning six of those. The Wave has seven.
First-year Wave head coach Marcio Leite has won titles with both franchises.
MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred on early Sunday morning on the 4900 block of W. Capitol Drive that left one person injured.
An 18-year-old sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital for treatment.
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The police is currently looking for an unknown suspect at this time.
Those with information regarding the shooting are encouraged to contact the Milwaukee Police at (414) 935-7360 or contact Crime Stoppers at (414) 224-TIPS or P3 Tips to remain anonymous.
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MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Police Department requested the public’s help to find 11-year-old Sir’Charles Bason, a critically missing boy who was last seen near Teutonia and Kiley at around 6:20 p.m. on Saturday, April 18.
Police described Bason as 4 feet, 5 inches tall with a slim build, brown eyes and black, low-cut hair. He was last seen wearing a gray jacket with green lines, dark-colored jeans, tan sandals and carrying gray Nike Jordan shoes.
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Anyone with information on Bason’s whereabouts is asked to call Milwaukee Police District 4 at 414-935-7242.
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