NBA Free Agency 2025: Uncovering the Shocking Bucks Blunder and 6 Other Devastating Contracts That Could Haunt Teams for Years

But the 30-year-old has not averaged more than six points since his early 20s, when he was toiling for terrible New York Knicks teams. He built his value over time on the Boston Celtics, turning himself into a fringe contributor on a championship team, all while playing on a series of veteran minimum contracts.AdvertisementOne team even took drastic measures to create cap space, and see how that turned out for them …Advertisement

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AdvertisementBut not if it limits the Bucks’ ability to contend, and it does do that. Because, in order to sign Turner into salary cap space, Milwaukee had to waive and stretch the 3 million left on Damian Lillard’s contract. As a result, the Bucks will pay Lillard .5 million annually over the next five seasons not to play for them. That dead money is wider than the salary divide between Rudy Gobert (.5 million) and Nikola Jokić (.2 million).