The Bucks have promoted guard Lindell Wigginton from their G League affiliate, the Wisconsin Herd, announcing today in a press release that Wigginton has signed a two-way contract with the NBA team.
Milwaukee opened up one of its two-way slots last week by waiving Sandro Mamukelashvili, so no corresponding move was necessary to add Wigginton.
Wigginton, who will turn 25 later this month, appeared in 19 games as an NBA rookie for Milwaukee last season while on a two-way contract, averaging 4.2 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 10.5 minutes per contest. The Canadian point guard spent most of last season with the Herd and rejoined the G League club in 2022/23 after being waived by Milwaukee at the end of the preseason.
Wigginton has played in 35 NBAGL games for the Herd so far this season — 18 in the Showcase Cup and 17 in the regular season. In those 35 appearances, he has put up 18.6 PPG, 5.8 APG, and 3.9 RPG in 33.5 MPG. He will likely continue to see action for Wisconsin down the stretch, since there’s no clear path to regular minutes in Milwaukee.
At one point last week, the Bucks had three open spots on their 17-man roster, but they’ve since filled all three by re-signing Meyers Leonard to a second 10-day deal, adding Goran Dragic off the buyout market, and now bringing back Wigginton.
Wonder if there’s any relation to Andrew Wiggons?
Absolutely. They both play basketball professionally so yeah.
Huh small world. Thanks.
He is a guy who is liked by a lot of the roster