{"id":506128,"date":"2026-07-16T20:09:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=506128"},"modified":"2026-07-16T20:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:09:33","slug":"nba-launches-investigation-into-gary-trent-jr-s-new-bucks-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/nba-launches-investigation-into-gary-trent-jr-s-new-bucks-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Launches Investigation Into Gary Trent Jr.&#8217;s New Bucks Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Trent Jr.&#8217;s reported <strong>four-year, $64 million<\/strong> contract with the Milwaukee Bucks immediately raised eyebrows around the league, considering the guard was coming off an underwhelming season in which he averaged <strong>8.1 points in 21 minutes per game<\/strong>, shooting <strong>38% from the field and 36% from three-point range<\/strong>. At times, head coach Doc Rivers even left him on the bench for entire games.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the contract became official, the NBA reportedly opened an investigation to determine whether any undisclosed agreements existed between the player and the Bucks before free agency.<\/p>\n<p>Trent had played on <strong>minimum-salary contracts<\/strong> over the previous two seasons, making the size of his new deal a source of scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>If the league uncovers evidence of impermissible arrangements, Milwaukee could face significant penalties, including the loss of draft picks and substantial fines.<\/p>\n<p>A similar case occurred 25 years ago with the <strong>Minnesota Timberwolves<\/strong> and <strong>Joe Smith<\/strong>. The franchise ultimately forfeited <strong>three future first-round picks<\/strong> (initially were five , was fined <strong>$3.5 million<\/strong>, and saw both its owner and general manager suspended.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We have re-signed Gary Trent Jr. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CCo6UHVXQl\">pic.twitter.com\/CCo6UHVXQl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Bucks\/status\/2077763144458383858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The NBA is probing the signed $64 million free-agent deal for Gary Trent Jr. with the Milwaukee Bucks, per a league spokesperson. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EIkahRn6Tq\">https:\/\/t.co\/EIkahRn6Tq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2077788587416850733?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Milwaukee could face significant penalties, including the loss of draft picks and substantial fines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":506127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"rumors":[135],"typology":[20],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-506128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","rumors-rumors-nba","typology-ufficiale"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/07\/gary-trent-jr-bucks.jpeg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506128"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=506128"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=506128"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=506128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}