They also have all 15 roster spots taken and have too many guards. Something fishy is going on. Maybe paying their debts to Rich Paul for something.

Simons barely getting paid and GTJ out here getting 16 a year?

Dudes a pure spot up shooter lmao. That’s all he does

Can’t play defense, can’t drive, can’t pass

All of the contracts are the worst in the league at this point

Short memory huh

Not even the worst from this summer

right lol everyone in agreement

I genuinely forgot he existed till this. 

This is peak “We are forced to spend money on someone and expect to be bad for 3 years”

It is. This is like what he wanted from us and then we played him long enough to realize he was not nearly this good. Iirc he had to settle for a one year deal after and now this. There’s no way he’s any better than he was with us

9/1/1 on 38% from the field and negative defense. Absolutely some shenanigans

I was confident he was a ~$8m/yr guy, now. This is wild.

4/$28M would be too much, there’s no way this is anything other than cap circumvention.

That’s Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul for you, friend

So much it feels like there must be something going on

Its cap circumvention is what it is. He signed two minimum deals, had one of his worst years then got paid.

This is Joe smith without a promise written down and leaked

Last season at 27 years old, Gary put up 8 pts on a blistering 38% from the field, that’s not worth 16M a year for four years?

What in the 2016 free agency type of contract is this

8 ppg on 53% TS with no defense

Bucks GM: “I’ve seen enough give him the bag”

I nearly spat my drink out when I read it. Diabolical stuff

Good on you garry

Rich Paul is a professional scammer

Salary cap circumvention, check his last two contracts when they were competing. They also don’t need him, letting him walk would be the easiest decision ever. He agreed to this well before this season

*rich paul : you told my client if he signed the mle last year you’d pay him out next year! Don’t make me tell Adam about this back room deal or he will joe smith your team !

Handshake or not, he averaged 8/1/1 last season on 39% from the field. Surely terms change with how terrible he was

Should’ve fired your entire FO lol.

Jon Horst is not a liar, and players will definitely be a part of the Bucks organization in the future.

Absolutely cap circumvention

Its crazy because he was a genuinely great player 2024-2025. He had one struggle or another every season prior (injuries, efficiency, or output) but finally broke out and put it all together for that one season only to immediately have it come crashing down. Such a shame, a lot of teams would’ve given him a bag (especially the rockets, we desperately need bench shooting)

Crazy we see the NBPA complaining about contract situations due to second apron when these shitty ass contracts still get handed out every year

Is Gary fucking Mallory Edens or something?? Cuz ain’t no way

99% sure this was a handshake deal for him to sign so low for us last year

…the argument is they’re violating the CBA and doing circumvention? That’s a crazy defense.

Imagine gary trent jr trying to pull “Jon Horst is a liar” lmfao

But obviously this is more about rich paul than the player

Bucks fans need to find the scrap of paper this arrangement was written on to get it voided

A deal is a deal

If he was a wing. I wouldn’t even care. The one spot we have guys we want to play is at guard. 

Norman Powell got what?

Who is a stud. I’d take Simons over Trent any day.

Almost like the 76ers are contending and that’s more attractive to free agents, as well as Philly having less money to spend.

The Bucks are committed to a rebuild and have to pay someone. Combine that with handshake deals for last year and it’s easy to see how this deal happened. The Bucks aren’t trying for a while and the deal expires when Burries and Ament are up for renewal if they are worthy of it.

But are they not trying to win until the 2030s?

Held at gunpoint by Rich Paul lol. Handshake agreement strikes again.

This contract is his “blocked by james” moment. Sometimes you see greatness and you just have to respect it. I’m inspired. I may listen to this guys podcast now.

Tradable for whom?

Can’t wait for the inevitable Gary Trent Jr. for Patrick Williams trade next February.

4 years fully guaranteed, that is not gonna be tradeable for 3 years lol

4 years though

A FUCKING DEMON. Idk how he keeps pulling this shit off.

he could sell water to a whale

Never forget Mozgov’s 93

down to the penny

It is clearly a handshake thing that should clearly be investigated. Like they’re not even being subtle about this.

(That said I would personally love it if part of the punishment was voiding this contract Mr Silver please)

If anything he completely tanked his value this past season. But there was a supposed handshake agreement for him taking a relatively cheap contract a couple of years ago.

Hell no. If anything, he tanked his value this season. This is directly due to some kind of Rich Paul voodoo spell.