Milwaukee after Giannis: Ryan Rollins and Kel'el Ware are the picks
The Giannis trade left Milwaukee with five guards for two starting spots and a young center behind Myles Turner, and our projections favor the two players drafters are taking last.
By James · 4 min read
Ryan RollinsKel'el WareTyler HerroPhotos: NBAProThe trade that sent Giannis Antetokounmpo to Miami brought Tyler Herro, Kel'el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr. and three first-round picks back to Milwaukee, and it turned a roster built around one player into one with too many guards and an open question at center. For fantasy managers that is the most useful kind of team, because the usage Giannis took has to go somewhere and the draft market has not yet decided where. Our projections have a clear answer at both positions, and in each case it is the player the market is taking later.
- Ryan Rollins MIL71stvs 68th
- Kel'el Ware MIL32ndvs 54th
- Tyler Herro MIL67thvs 63rd
- Myles Turner MIL94thvs 96th
- Jaime Jaquez Jr. MIL169thvs 134th
- Kevin Porter Jr. MIL158thvs 118th
We read the Bucks the same way we read every team. The projected line comes from the services we blend, the nightly model then adjusts minutes for the depth chart and the injury reports, and the rank is the projections board's roster slot value, which charges a player for the games he is expected to miss. ESPN draft positions below are as we read them at the end of September, and they move every night.
Every player in this story is on the fantasy basketball rankings and the 2026-27 projections, and the NBA depth charts show where each one stands in his team’s rotation tonight.
