The Milwaukee Bucks acquired Kevin Porter Jr. at the NBA trade deadline a season ago for MarJon Beauchamp, a deal that made plenty of sense for Milwaukee.
Porter has some off-court issues, but he produced at a decent level in Milwaukee, averaging 11.7 points and shooting 49.4% from the field and 40.8% from 3-point range on 2.4 attempts.
He isn't someone the Bucks should get too worried about if he leaves, but bringing him back on a cheap deal wouldn't be the worst idea.
Despite that, it likely won't be too cheap. The Athletic recently predicted that he could land an $18.6 million AAV contract, something Milwaukee is unlikely to give him.
“There are many issues with Porter that don’t involve the basketball court, but BORD$ sees only the basketball court, plus his age (25) and his huge production as a bench catalyst for the Bucks at the end of last season. Porter has a player option for a piddling $2.5 million and will certainly opt out, but once that happens, what's his value?
“The Bucks have no Bird rights on Porter; if he opts out, they will need to use exception money to bring him back. Milwaukee might have the $14.1 million nontaxpayer midlevel exception depending on whether Lopez (above), Bobby Portis Jr. (below) and Gary Trent Jr. are back, but it’s also possible the Bucks are limited to the $5.7 million taxpayer exception,” they wrote.
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There's a scenario where they could get creative with Porter and allow him to come back on another one-year prove-it deal.
It isn't a guarantee that teams around the league will still be interested in him due to the off-court issues.
In that scenario, the Bucks could bring back their backup point guard.