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Bucks reportedly sign ex-76ers high-effort stretch-forward recently released by the Clippers
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This entire summer has been quite the ride for former SEC Player of the Year Johni Broome as he tries to figure out his NBA career. The former Auburn Tiger was with the Philadelphia 76ers to begin the offseason.
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However, after signing LeBron James and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Philadelphia had to move on. This prompted a trade to the Los Angeles Clippers.
"The Philadelphia 76ers are trading C/F Johni Broome and a second-round pick to the Los Angeles Clippers for cash considerations, sources tell ESPN. The deal allows the 76ers to stay under both first and second aprons while signing LeBron James and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope," ESPN's Shams Charania wrote.
Then, the Clippers no longer needed Broome as they made roster decisions of their own. This caused LA to waive Broome, allowing him to become a free agent.
"The Clippers have waived Johni Broome, per source. The Clippers are one of several teams, including, perhaps most notably the Grizzlies , that need to trim their roster to 15 standard contracts. The Hawks took that step yesterday through their trade with the Hornets ," Bleacher Report's Jake Fischer wrote.
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Since he was waived, Broome has been looking for organizations that he can join and where he can hopefully make somewhat of an impact. With that, Broome signed with the Milwaukee Bucks on a non-guaranteed deal on Tuesday.
"The Milwaukee Bucks have signed Johni Broome to a non-guaranteed deal and have waived John Butler Jr. Broome was recently waived by the Clippers after being traded to LA by the 76ers this offseason," NBA insider Brett Siegel wrote.
Milwaukee is in a rebuild phase as they no longer have Giannis Antetokounmpo after trading him during the summer. The Bucks are looking to find young guys who are going to make immediate impacts.
While the Bucks can still waive Broome if they would like or let him go in some capacity to avoid paying his contract, he will still get a chance. For Milwaukee, it is all about seeing what Broome can bring to the table.
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