All signs point to the Milwaukee Bucks being active before the trade deadline on Thursday. The latest reports indicates Milwaukee is interested in trading for Oklahoma City Thunder guard Reggie Jackson, Denver Nuggets guard Ty Lawson and Chicago Bulls forward Taj Gibson.
Milwaukee has been mentioned this month in trade rumors, with the latest report linking them to Jackson.
"The Milwaukee Bucks are among those interested in Jackson, a league source said, and could offer either undersized scoring guard Jerryd Bayless, whose contract runs through next season at $3 million a year, or willowy power forward John Henson, who still has two years on his rookie contract, topping out at $2.9 million the second year," Ric Bucher of Bleacher Report wrote Tuesday. "Jackson, meanwhile, makes sense for the Bucks in their up-and-down style under Coach Jason Kidd and would add a player with postseason experience to a roster that has little and yet has hopes of being a force this spring."
Milwaukee also has interest in Lawson and Gibson, according to Basketball Insiders' Steve Kyler.
"The Bucks are one of the teams being linked to Denver's Ty Lawson. They have also been linked to Chicago's Taj Gibson, although it may take a lot more to land either of them than Milwaukee has to part with," Kyler wrote Tuesday.
Finally, a report last week from the Racine Journal Times linked Milwaukee to Sacramento Kings rookie Nik Stauskas.
As for the Bucks, the most likely players to be dealt by them seem to be veterans O.J. Mayo and Ersan Illyasova.
The NBA trade deadline is on Thursday at 3:00 p.m. ET.
Larry Sanders UPDATE:
ESPN sources say that Milwaukee's buyout of big man Larry Sanders is all but done and sides' parting is soon to be made official
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) February 18, 2015
