According to a report by Shams Charania, a well-known journalist, the league has ruled that the Milwaukee Bucks violated the labor agreement when signing Bogdan Bogdonovic. As a result, the Bucks’ 2022 second-round pick was confiscated.
The league determined that the Bucks and Bogdonovic had contact before the opening of the free agency market, and this behavior had an adverse effect on the league.
The NBA investigated an apparent agreement between the Bucks and Bogdan Bogdanovic in free agency, finding that early discussions did occur and constituting conduct detrimental to the league, sources said. https://t.co/c7lxwVsgus
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 21, 2020
Considering that the Bucks cooperated with the investigation, and there was no evidence that the Bucks and Bogdonovic reached any advance agreement that was not allowed by the rules, only one second-round pick was fined.
According to NBA reporter Marc Stein, if the Bucks still sign Bogdonovic even after the league has declared a violation, the penalty will be more severe, which is why the Bucks finally gave up signing Bogdonovic.
Before the opening of the free agency market, the Bucks and the Kings reached a sign-and-swap deal on Bogdonovic. The original plan was to send Donte DiVincenzo, Ersan İlyasova and DJ Wilson to the Kings, and then the Bucks would provide Bogdonovic with a contract. But the deal involving the signing of free agents was revealed ahead of time, and Bogdonovic refused to sign and then change, so the deal eventually went bankrupt. In addition, the previous news also confirmed that the Bucks and the King had negotiated the deal without contacting Bogdonovic in advance, which was obviously a violation of the sign-and-change rule.
In the end, Bogdonovic signed a four-year contract with the Eagles for 72 million yuan. The Bucks did not get a boost in the shooting guard position, but the good news is that they still used the super maximum salary to leave Antetokounmpo with Giannis Antetokounmpo.
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