Bucks sign Gary Trent Jr. to multi-year deal

The NBA's cap-circumvention investigation into Milwaukee and Gary Trent Jr. remains ongoing, with law firm Hecker Fink running the probe, Joe Vardon reports.

The NBA has launched a formal investigation into Gary Trent Jr.'s four-year, $64 million deal with Milwaukee, according to The Athletic. Investigators want to know if the Bucks and Trent structured cheaper deals now with a handshake promise of a big payday later.

The NBA has brought in law firm Hecker Fink to investigate Gary Trent Jr.'s four-year, $64 million deal with Milwaukee, The Athletic's Joe Vardon reports. Investigators are examining whether Trent took smaller contracts earlier in his career on the understanding the Bucks would later pay him big.