NBA Trade Deadline: Grading how all 30 teams performed at the deadline

Milwaukee Bucks

Key Moves: 

• Acquired Nikola Mirotic for Stanley Johnson, Jason Smith and four second-round picks (per Adrian Wojnarowski).

The Milwaukee Bucks came away with added firepower after the NBA Trade Deadline. Adding Nikola Mirotic, without having to trade any of their current rotation players, will prove to be a great move for the team as they begin their second-half push in the East.

The Bucks were already one of the best offensive teams in the NBA, and they just got better by adding one of the best stretch bigs in the NBA. As the arms race in the Eastern Conference heated up, the Bucks did not just sit idly by.

Milwaukee is now one of the favorites to reach to ECF after the trade deadline. It’s quite amazing how much of a real threat they’ve become this season.

Grade: A