The Bucks just shipped Giannis Antetokounmpo to Miami. And now the roster dominoes might keep falling.
ESPN’s Bobby Marks flagged veteran center Myles Turner as a name to watch after Milwaukee grabbed young big man Kel’el Ware in the monster Heat trade. The full haul for the Bucks: Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kasparas Jakucionis, multiple draft picks, and Ware. Bobby Portis went with Giannis out the door.
Ware isn’t just filler. He’s 20, raw but mobile, and Miami had been grooming him as a developmental centerpiece. Now he lands in Milwaukee with a frontcourt suddenly looking crowded.
Turner signed a three-year, $84 million extension last offseason. That contract runs through 2028. For a team that just pivoted from a championship-or-bust window to a younger, asset-driven rebuild, that’s a lot of money tied up in a 28-year-old shot blocker who might not fit the new timeline.
“Myles Turner’s future should also be discussed now that Milwaukee traded for Ware,” Marks wrote.
No trade is imminent, per the report. But the logic is straightforward: Milwaukee now has Herro as the lead guard, Ware as a young developmental center, and a pile of picks to play with. Turner is a proven two-way center with elite rim protection and enough range to space the floor. That skill set gets paid around the league.
The Bucks haven’t tipped their hand yet. But they just made the kind of franchise-altering move that tends to encourage follow-up moves. Whether that means shopping Turner for more picks or keeping him as a veteran anchor for a retooled roster remains the open question.
Either way, Turner is suddenly a guy on other teams’ radars. And Milwaukee has every reason to listen.
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