The Milwaukee Bucks are still remodeling. According to Jake Fischer of The Stein Line, both center Myles Turner and forward Kyle Kuzma remain on the trade block as the front office reshapes a roster that went 32-50 last season and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2016.
Turner is the more complicated piece. He arrived on a four-year, $107 million contract in the 2025 offseason (NBA.com), signed to space the floor and protect the rim next to Giannis Antetokounmpo. The fit never came together, and with Antetokounmpo now in Miami, a stretch big on a long-term deal is exactly the kind of contract a retooling team looks to move. Fischer added the caveat that matters: Milwaukee has fielded interest but is “not actively engaged” in dealing Turner yet, which reads less like a change of heart than a team holding out for the right offer.
Kuzma is the cleaner exit. He came over at the 2025 deadline in the deal that sent Khris Middleton to Washington, and he is heading into the final year of his contract at roughly $20 million. An expiring salary attached to a wing who averaged 13.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists on a career-high 49.2 percent shooting is an easy piece to reroute for a contender that wants depth without a long-term commitment.
Moving both would do two things at once: clear money off a ledger that no longer points toward a title, and open minutes for the younger players Milwaukee took back in the Antetokounmpo trade and added in the draft. The open question is timing. A retool can execute now, before camp, or wait until the February deadline when contenders are most desperate and the return is richest. Nothing in Fischer’s reporting suggests the Bucks are in a hurry.
Milwaukee’s championship window closed the day Antetokounmpo asked out. What is left is the orderly business of deciding which veterans stay to steady the transition and which become the assets that fund the next roster.
In fantasy terms, both players are worth tracking by situation rather than name. A trade would likely raise Kuzma’s usage on a needier roster and lift his redraft value, while Turner’s standard-league appeal — blocks and threes from the center spot — depends heavily on landing somewhere he starts. Until either moves, the uncertainty caps their draft-day ceiling.
