Report: Suspensions, Pick Losses Coming For Milwaukee Bucks In Trent Affair

November 11, 2026
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The Milwaukee Bucks are about to get walloped with an LA Clippers-like punishment from the NBA. That's the word from insider Brian Windhorst on The Hoop Collective podcast. 

The Bucks signed off on a very suspicious four-year, $64 million contract this past offseason with Trent, who was coming off the worst season of his career. 

Windhorst says suspensions and draft pick losses are coming for the Bucks when the NBA hands down its punishment:
I’ll just put it this way. Everybody in the league expects a guilty finding in Gary Trent. If that doesn’t happen, it will be an upset. If they are found guilty, there are going to be draft picks stripped and people suspended indefinitely.
Windy's compatriot, Tim MacMahon, added this about the Bucks' future:

"Listen, you call this the danger zone, I call this hell. This is like, what happens if hell freezes over? It's a Milwaukee NBA season for the next five or six years.

The Bucks would be stuck with two more big-money years for Myles Turner, a lack of draft assets, and "your building blocks are Nate Ament and Brayden Burries," added Bobby Marks.

Why the Bucks are being investigated over Gary Trent signing

As for Trent, the reason this cap circumvention issue is being investigated is pretty obvious:

He joined Milwaukee on a $2.6 million minimum contract in 2024, and returned on a two-year deal with an option, worth marginally above the minimum, at about $3.75M AAV, in 2025. 

He declined his option for the coming season (again, after a career-worst year), and instead was handed the four-year $64M mega-deal.

That's a tough look. Seems like Giannis got out just in time. 
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