The Milwaukee Bucks drafted Louisville Cardinal sharpshooter Jordan Nwora in the second round of Wednesday night’s 2020 N-B-A Draft.
The six-foot-seven forward averaged 18 points and almost eight rebounds-a-game, while connecting on more than 40 percent of his 3-pointers.
The Bucks had traded their first-round pick to New Orleans as part of the Jrue Holiday trade.
Milwaukee was trying to trade for more shooters earlier in the week and the team thinks it might have snagged on in Nwora.
Meanwhile, a decision by the player to enter restricted free agency appears to mean one of the two blockbuster trades by the Milwaukee Bucks announced this week has fallen apart.
The Bucks and Sacramento Kings had planned to bring the framework of the deal to Bogdon Bogdanovic as free agency got underway so he and general manager Jon Horst could work out an agreement.
The deal as it was announced early Tuesday morning had appeared to violate the N-B-A’s tampering rules as players and teams can’t officially talk deals until 5:00 p-m Friday.
This slows the Bucks’ work to get Giannis Antetokounmpo signed up on a super-max deal.
Sunday is the first day he could sign it while the team scrambles to come up with at least one more solid starter.
