Milwaukee Bucks GM Jon Horst stated the choices to commerce Khris Middleton was “the toughest transaction” he is made. However Horst was clear that he felt the strikes so as to add Kyle Kuzma, together with Jericho Sims and Kevin Porter, had been essential to enhance his group.
“Collectively, I feel we’re deeper within the spots we wanted to be deeper,” Horst stated. “This gave us a possibility to diversify just a little bit, to form of put cash and expertise and roster spots in different places the place I assumed we wanted assist.”
Horst stated that Middleton’s availability as a result of accidents wasn’t a lot of an element within the deal. The Bucks GM additionally stated that getting below the second apron wasn’t the objective of the deal, however that it is a further profit.
“We imagine that this offers us a greater probability to win this yr,” Horst stated. “It occurs to additionally put us below the second apron, which provides us some advantages going ahead. There is no query. And we’ll hopefully maximize these advantages. However that wasn’t the intent.”