The NBA’s free agency is happening in a week or so. The NBA Draft is happening on Wednesday then free agency will begin on Friday. The news that will come out about the NBA will be excessive for the next six weeks or so. News will be flying around. Therefore, I’m not surprised there are significant rumors about what the Milwaukee Bucks might do. The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor says the Milwaukee Bucks are looking to deal Eric Bledsoe to the Houston Rockets for Robert Covington and P.J. Tucker. Let me be the first to say, I absolutely love this deal.

Milwaukee would beef up their bench unit with Covington and Tucker. That helps Milwaukee significantly. Tucker is exactly the type of player that the Bucks need. People talk all the time about how the Bucks are soft. Adding a badass like Tucker would change that narrative. He plays defense against anyone. Further, he loves corner threes more than a fat kid loves cake and that works with Milwaukee’s offense. As for Covington, he is a three-and-d guy that everyone loves in the NBA. Covington is incredibly athletic that can make plays on defense. The three-point shooting regressed a bit, but part of me wonders if that was more the Rockets system than anything else.

This is a genius move by Jon Horst to float Bledsoe to Houston. One of the teams that Bledsoe dominated in his time with Milwaukee was Houston. Bledsoe played his best games against the Rockets’ offense. Horst is hoping he can use that to his advantage. Further, Bledsoe is similar to Russell Westbrook. Not as good, but the combination of Bledsoe and James Harden would make some sense to Houston. My assumption would be that the Rockets are looking for a draft pick as well for this. Rockets lost some picks with the Russell Westbrook deal so they’re likely trying to get it back.

We’ll see if the Bucks make any moves.

Charlie.