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5 Bucks Leaving Milwaukee in 2024
The Milwaukee Bucks have the same goal as always heading into 2024: win the NBA Finals. Their quest to capture a second ring during the Giannis Antetokounmpo era led to a massive shakeup this past offseason that sent out Jrue Holiday to acquire Damian Lillard.
So far, that deal’s worked out pretty well for Milwaukee, which is No. 2 in the Eastern Conference and just trails Holiday’s new team, the Boston Celtics.
No matter what happens this year, the Bucks are sure to make some changes on the margins to best prepare this core to contend. With that in mind, here are the most likely players to leave town in 2024.
With a clear-cut, highly paid core consisting of Antetokounmpo, Lillard, Khris Middleton and Brook Lopez, Milwaukee doesn’t have a ton of flexibility when it comes to filling out its roster. That’s made getting contributions from players on modest contracts, like guard/small forward Pat Connaughton, essential to competing.
However, Connaughton’s continued decline puts him on the chopping block for this Finals hopeful.
The Notre Dame Product has seen his PPG, minutes and 3-point percentage each trend downward since his career year in 2021. The latter is the biggest concern, considering he’s supposed to be one of this squad’s reliable floor-spacers to open things up for Antetokounmpo.
Connaughton is the kind of smart player who makes an impact beyond the box score, but his drop-off in production chips away at his standing as one of this team’s top reserves.
In order to add better complementary talent at this point, parting with Connaughton (two years, around $19 million guaranteed remaining on his deal after this year) or Bobby Portis (two years, about $26 million remaining) will likely be necessary. Most would prefer to keep Portis’ more consistent offensive output, which makes Connaughton the obvious trade bait.
Milwaukee could sell teams on how he helped the Bucks win the NBA title, his 3-and-D contributions in a bigger role, and his moderate pay. It’d be no surprise at all if his name pops up around this year’s trade deadline.
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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What you can do:
Anyone with information on Bason’s whereabouts is asked to call Milwaukee Police District 4 at 414-935-7242.
The Source: The Milwaukee Police Department released information.
MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man, previously named one of Wisconsin’s Most Wanted, has been sentenced to prison for shooting and killing his cousin in 2020.
In court
What we know:
A Milwaukee County jury found 39-year-old Brandon Gladney guilty of first-degree reckless homicide and possession of a firm by a felon earlier this year.
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Judge Michelle Havas sentenced Gladney to 29 years in prison on Friday, April 17. He was granted credit for more than a year’s time served and further sentenced to 14 years of extended supervision.
Arrested in Arizona after years on the run, court records show Gladney has also been ordered to pay the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office more than $1,800 for extradition costs.
Homicide investigation
The backstory:
The shooting happened in May 2020. Investigators said Gladney was captured on video apparently arguing with the victim, his cousin, outside a Milwaukee convenience store near 21st and Meinecke.
“It’s all on video, and it’s devastating for that family,” the marshal on the case told FOX6 when Gladney was profiled on Wisconsin’s Most Wanted. “You have a family member that shot and killed another family member.”
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Prosecutors said Gladney walked away but then returned with a gun pointed directly at the victim and shot him. The victim died from his gunshot wounds at a nearby hospital. Multiple bullet casings were found at the scene.
Gladney went on the run for years. He was arrested in Arizona in January 2023, years after he was charged.
The Source: FOX6 News referenced information from the U.S. Marshals Service, Wisconsin Circuit Court and prior coverage.
Brice Turang slides to home plate to score during a game between the Miami Marlins and the Milwaukee Brewers on April 17. (Photo by Chris Arjoon/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
MIAMI – Garrett Mitchell went 2 for 4 with three RBIs including a two-run double in the 10th inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Miami Marlins 7-5 on Friday night.
By the numbers:
Miami’s Calvin Faucher (1-2) entered a 4-all game in the 10th and walked Gary Sánchez with Brice Turang on second. Jake Bauers hit a single to load the bases.
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Luis Rengifo reached first on a throwing error by second baseman Xavier Edwards, allowing Turang to score. Mitchell followed with his double.
The Marlins scored one run in the bottom of the 10th when Jakob Marsee came home on Trevor Megill’s wild pitch. Megill settled in for his fourth save.
Coleman Crow, who made his debut on the mound for the Brewers, threw 77 pitches over 5 1/3 innings. He threw four strikeouts, gave up two earned runs and a walk.
The right-hander was 2-0 with a 4.07 ERA in two starts with the Brewers’ Triple-A affiliate in Nashville. He missed part of the 2023 season and all of 2024 after undergoing Tommy John surgery.
The Brewers scored three runs in the fourth inning. With the bases loaded, Mitchell hit an RBI single, Bauers scored on a forceout at first and Rengifo scored on a throwing error by catcher Agustín Ramírez.
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Miami’s Otto Lopez hit a triple to center field in the fourth and scored on a sacrifice fly by Owen Caissie. Lopez hit a two-run homer in the sixth to pull Miami within 4-3 and Ramírez doubled in the eighth to tie the game at four.
Abner Uribe (1-0) earned his first win of the season, coming on in the ninth inning.
Marlins third baseman Graham Pauley left the game in the seventh inning with right oblique discomfort after spinning out of the way of a pitch.
What’s next:
The Brewers and Marlins continue their 3-game series on Saturday, with Brandon Woodruff (1-0, 4.36 ERA) taking the mound for Milwaukee and Sandy Alcantara (2-1, 2.67) for Miami.
The Source: The Associated Press provided this report.
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