Bucks power forward/center Spencer Hawes has decided to opt in and retain his $6MM salary for next season, Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical tweets.
Hawes’ decision gives Milwaukee, which is already over the cap, an even higher payroll. Greg Monroe, the team’s second highest-paid player, had already chosen to opt in for next season and retain the remaining $17.88MM on his deal. Giannis Antetokounmpo will be paid $22.47MM in the first year of his extension, while four other players will make between $14.1MM (Khris Middleton) and $9.6MM (Matthew Dellavedova).
Milwaukee is now sitting approximately $11MM below the luxury tax line and still has to decide by Thursday whether to extend a qualifying offer to swingman Tony Snell, as Bobby Marks of The Vertical notes.
Hawes, 29, appeared in only 19 games for the Bucks after he was acquired from the Hornets in early February in a trade that sent Miles Plumlee to Charlotte. He averaged 4.4 PPG and 2.4 RPG in 9.0 MPG. He played in 35 games with the Hornets, averaging 7.3 PPG and 4.2 RPG in 17.9 MPG.
Can we all agree man buns should be outlawed?
Absolutely
#stealingmoney
How is he stealing money? He was given a contract the Clippers thought he deserved. It’s not stealing, it’s rightfully his money.
Bucks now have 23-24 mil in expiring contracts for next year between Monroe and Hawes. Hopefully they use them to their advantage to get assets from teams looking to open up cap room for next summer.
Reminds me of Josh McRoberts, a similar player on the Heat with a similar contract, and similar situation. McRoberts also opted into the last year of his contract for one more year also for the same exact annual value–$6M. If I was superstitious I’d avoid giving this type of contract to any Stretch-4 big man fa