The NBA is investigating a $64 million free-agent deal between Gary Trent Jr. and the Milwaukee Bucks for an alleged salary cap violation, a league spokesperson told ESPN’s Shams Charania on July 16.
The league’s collective bargaining agreement contains a clause against prior agreement, which the league believes the Bucks may have broken by promising a larger future contract in exchange for Trent taking a pay cut a couple of years ago.
The six-foot-four guard joined Milwaukee in 2024 by signing a two-year, $7.5 million contract.
At the time, he was coming off three seasons averaging 18, 17, and 14 points, respectively, for the Toronto Raptors, while shooting around 38 percent from three-point range….