Free agent forward Taurean Prince intends to sign a contract with the Bucks, sources tell Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link). According to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link), it’s a one-year deal.
Milwaukee isn’t currently in position to offer more than the veteran’s minimum to any outside free agents due to its proximity to the second tax apron, so this figures to be a minimum-salary agreement.
Prince, 30, signed a one-year, $4.5MM contract with the Lakers last season and played a significant rotation role in Los Angeles — his 49 starts and 27.0 minutes per game represented his highest marks since the 2019/20 season. He appeared in 78 games overall, averaging 8.9 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per night, with a .396 3PT%.
While Prince was perhaps leaned on too heavily as a starter in L.A., he’s a solid three-and-D reserve who figures to play a regular role off the bench for the Bucks in 2024/25.
The move will reunite him with Darvin Ham, the former Lakers head coach who trusted him with those significant minutes last season. Ham, who was also an assistant in Atlanta from 2016-18 at the start of Prince’s career with the Hawks, is now part of Doc Rivers‘ coaching staff in Milwaukee.
A minimum-salary deal for Prince will pay him a salary of $2,988,550 and will count against the Bucks’ cap for $2,087,519.
Lakers don’t have any cash to spend. It’s all about beautiful words – championship expectation.
No free agents are available for Lakers?
No trades are available for Lakers.
A while ago, Lakers asked Kyrie Irving to opt out $36 million contract from the Nets and sign Vet Min with them.
Lakers has had a awful off season so far. They have all 15 roster spaces filled so they must trade players. They can’t find anyone to take D’Lo or Vincent so they are stuck going to need to trade their better players.
Vultures smell desperation. When the Lakers want to trade with X team, this team is gonna ask for the Moon, cause Pelinka is desperate knowing he might be Lebron’s next scapegoat
Pelinka knows he has some bad contracts so he is trying to get rid of them He knows he got to find somebody desperate to take them. Vincent and D’Lo were over pay when he signed them. His biggest task will be telling LeBron Bronny is going to the G league and probably not coming up unless a injury happens.
They gave Bronny 8 million, it is insane to give that money to someone that will be in G League. I think we can all tell Bronny will spend minimal time in the G League based off the things the Lakers were willing to do for him. Also he might be exposed in the G League and they dont want that. Bench rider it is!
Why do you keep commenting when your comments just get more and more dumb.
They never asked Kyrie to sign a vet min lmao. It was the mid level.
You gotta be the dumbest user on hoopsrumors
Replaces who they didn’t play in Crowder…o wait…
Also, they already have Andre Jackson, and more importantly, Beachamp at the 3/2/4 (though shooting is an issue forthose guys)
Legit question..do you expect Doc to give either of those young guys consistent, extended run? I don’t, unless multiple guys higher on his depth chart miss long stretches at the same time. Even then he’d probably want the F.O. to dig up some aging, out-of-the-league vet he “trusts”
That’s why they signed Delon Wright to play some of the minutes he won’t use on part of what could be Beauchamps role
And xelon Wright is a great signing, if he gets used right…
But the answer is already obvious, considering the lineups we’ve already seen him use
…also another one off the board for the Heat. Not too many left, though there are still a few
More depth for bucks
Still say hornets should check in on Dlo as an insurance policy in case ball gets hurt again. Not like it’ll cost much to acquire him and it’d stabilize the pg positon something they’ve lacked since Walker left.
Send the lakers nick smith jr and/or tre Mann
And for the cost of 2 or 3 2nds im sure the spurs wouldn’t mind taking Vincent and Hayes for Cissoko and Dukes Jr
Lakers should re sign this guy. Prince is a good defender.Trade Vincent and Hachimura.
Would also be a good depth player for the Nuggets. What are they doing – or rather: Why aren’t they doing anything?
Jokic makes his teammates better and gets other players big contracts. So I don’t think guys like Prince or Monte Morris or whatever solid minimum or close to minimum player out there would hate to play for the Nuggets. So why aren’t they doing anything?