Overview

• Bobby Portis declined his $13.4 million player option to ink a three-year, $44 million extension that includes a 2027-28 player option
• Taurean Prince signed a two-year, $7.1 million deal while Gary Trent Jr. and Kevin Porter Jr. agreed to two-year contracts worth $7.5 million and $11 million, respectively
• None of the Day 1 signings used the $14.1 million non-taxpayer midlevel exception, leaving that and a $5.1 million bi-annual exception, veteran minimum slots and a $7.2 million trade exception available
• Brook Lopez departed for the Los Angeles Clippers on a two-year, $18 million contract, creating a vacancy in the Bucks’ frontcourt
• These cap-friendly agreements give Milwaukee flexibility to pursue additional upgrades as it seeks to improve on back-to-back first-round playoff exits and support Damian Lillard’s rehab