Bucks to waive DeMarcus Cousins to open up roster spot

Cousins averaged 9.0 ppg and 5.8 rpg in 17 games for the defending champions

The Milwaukee Bucks plan to waive center DeMarcus Cousins, sources tell The Athletic’s Shams Charania

Bucks are opting for roster flexibility ahead of league-wide contract guarantee date on Friday. There’s expected to be interest in Cousins as a free agent, who averaged 9.0 ppg and 5.8 rpg in 17 games for Milwaukee

Bucks GM Jon Horst told ESPN that Cousins “was so good for us and hopefully we helped him too. We made a strategic decision but there’s nothing that would prevent us from partnering with DeMarcus again”