Report: Nikola Mirotic to the Bucks

Oof.

The Bucks just got better:

Sources with Zach Lowe: Nikola Mirotic to Milwaukee.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 7, 2019

Woj says the Bucks are sending Jason Smith and Stanley Johnson to the Pelicans, so they are basically giving up nothing.

Big get for Milwaukee, who currently sit in 1st place in the Eastern Conference with a 40-13 record, 6.5 games ahead of the Sixers. Mirotic is a very good stretch four, a 37% three-pointer shooter averaging 17 points and 8 rebounds this season. This trade is direct fallout of the Anthony Davis trade request, and it benefits one of the Sixers’ prime competitors for the East crown.

Update:

New Orleans-Milwaukee trade will include Pistons and send multiple second-road picks to the Pelicans for Mirotic, league sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 7, 2019