The NBA announced that Milwaukee Bucks guard Grayson Allen has been suspended for one game. Allen was suspended for his flagrant foul against Alex Caruso during the Bucks game vs the Chicago Bulls on Friday.
Allen was assessed a Flagrant 2 foul on the play and was ejected from the game. Caruso fractured his right wrist on the play and will miss 6-8 weeks.
Allen will serve his suspension on January 26 when the Bucks travel to Cleveland to face the Cavaliers.
The Milwaukee Bucks have signed guard Lindell Wigginton to a Two-Way contract and requested waivers on Two-Way guard Javonte Smart.
Wigginton, a 6-1, 189-pound guard, has played in 17 games (11 starts) with the Wisconsin Herd this season and is averaging 17.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.9 assists in 30.8 minutes per game. The 23-year-old Canadian has reached double figures in scoring in 12 of his 17 games with the Herd this season, including seven games with 20+ points and two games with 30+ points.
After going undrafted in the 2019 NBA Draft following two seasons at Iowa State, Wigginton spent his first two professional seasons playing with the Iowa Wolves of the G League (2019-21) and internationally in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (2019-20) and Canadian Elite Basketball League (2020-21).
Signed to a Two-Way contract on Nov. 30, Smart appeared in 13 games (1 start) with the Bucks and averaged 2.4 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 12.3 minutes per game.
NBA contracts become fully guaranteed on January 10. However, players must clear waivers prior to January 10, making January 7 the real date to watch. This season 19 players saw their deals become fully guaranteed, while six were waived in the days leading up to the January 7 deadline.
Players whose deals became fully guaranteed:
Players waived in recent days before their deals became fully guaranteed:
The Milwaukee Bucks will sign Jeff Dowtin Jr. to a 10-day hardship deal.
Dowtin played in four games for the Golden State Warriors this season while on a Two-Way deal.
The Milwaukee Bucks have signed Langston Galloway to a 10-day contract under the NBA’s hardship allowance.
A 6-1, 200-pound guard, Galloway most recently appeared in four games with the Brooklyn Nets while on two 10-day contracts and averaged 3.0 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 14.5 minutes per game. Last season, the Saint Joseph’s product played in 40 games with the Phoenix Suns and averaged 4.8 points and 1.1 rebounds in 11.0 minutes per contest.
Undrafted in 2014 NBA Draft, Galloway has appeared in 449 career games (62 starts) with New York, New Orleans, Sacramento, Detroit, Phoenix and Brooklyn throughout his NBA career and holds averages of 8.1 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 21.8 minutes per game.
The Milwaukee Bucks intend to waive DeMarcus Cousins.
While Cousins has played significant minutes for the Bucks, the team is opting for roster flexibility ahead of the league-wide contract guarantee date on Friday.
Cousins is expected to receive interest as a free agent.
Mike Budenholzer has entered the NBA's COVID-19 health and safety protocols.
Budenholzer becomes the 12th head coach to enter protocols this season.
Marvin Ham will serve as acting head coach.
The Milwaukee Bucks are set to sign Luke Kornet to a 10-day hardship contract. Milwaukee is currently without several players due to injuries and the health and safety protocols.
Kornet recently finished a 10-day deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers. The big man has also played for the New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls and Boston Celtics in his five-year career.
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