Bogdan Bogdanovic was destined to change the fortunes of the Milwaukee Bucks until a clerical error revealed that Bogdanovic wasn’t actually eligible to be traded from the Sacramento Kings. That is because Bogdan is yet to sign an offer sheet for his next contract.
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Sacramento Kings forward Bogdan Bogdanovic plans to enter restricted free agency on Friday at 6 PM ET, sources tell ESPN.
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Getting Bogdan on the open-market will be much harder for Milwaukee, especially with the salary demands revealed by Brian Windhorst of ESPN.
“The word on the street, I always have to be careful of this because I get in trouble, the word on the street is he thinks he can get an offer, or there’s belief that there’s offers out there that average $18 million per year.
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“Somewhere in the four-year, $72 million range. That, I think a lot of people think would come from Atlanta.”
He added, “I think the most Milwaukee can do is something closer to the $15 million to $16 million per year range. Over four years, that’s $8 million or $9 million, depending on where all the decimal points go.
“That’s not an insignificant amount of money.”
Bogdan Bogdanovic manages to ruin the Bucks’ off-season?
If you told anyone that Bogdanovic will be the reason Giannis Antetokounmpo leaves Milwaukee a few weeks ago, you would have been laughed at. However, this massive show of incompetence by the Bucks front office will leave a sour taste in Giannis’ mouth.
Bogdanovic would have made Milwaukee the most dangerous team in the East. It also would have made them a lot more dangerous as title contenders. However, Bogdanovic has no obligation to go to the Bucks.
If he can get a massive long-term contract, he should sign that. COVID has created question marks over how these players will be paid. It is best for him to secure his money now.
A team like the Atlanta Hawks could very well swoop in for Bogdanovic. They have a lot of cap space and a free-shooting team where Bogdan would fit in perfectly. While a backcourt of him and Trae Young would be exposed defensively, they will make one hell of an offensive tandem.
Milwaukee needs to pray that they can get Bogdanovic or a player of equivalent value. If that doesn’t happen, it will be interesting to see how Giannis takes it.
