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Message: [QUOTE="aceboon, post: 5353184, member: 406"] [B]Bucks: What’s next for Amir Coffey, Tyler Smith and Andre Jackson Jr.?[/B] Milwaukee Bucks guard [B]Amir Coffey[/B] has secured a roster spot heading into the season opener, league sources told HoopsHype. Coffey is coming off the best season of his career, where he averaged 9.7 points on 47 percent shooting from the field and 41 percent from downtown in 72 games with the Los Angeles Clippers. Bucks coach [B]Doc Rivers[/B] was Coffey’s coach as a rookie on the Clippers and pushed for the lefty sharpshooting swingman to make the roster, league sources told HoopsHype. Thus, Milwaukee was deliberating between parting ways with either [B]Tyler Smith[/B] or[B] Andre Jackson Jr.[/B], with one roster spot left. Over the weekend, the Bucks gauged the trade market on Smith, league sources told HoopsHype. Should Milwaukee not find a suitable trade partner before Monday’s 5:00 p.m. ET roster cutdown deadline, Smith is expected to be waived, league sources said. Smith, who turns 21 years old on November 2nd, was the 33rd overall pick of the 2024 NBA Draft and played in 23 games for the Bucks last season. As a result, Jackson Jr. is in line to have his $2.2 million salary fully guaranteed for the 2025-26 season after a competitive training camp battle, league sources told HoopsHype. He earned the trust of Bucks coach Doc Rivers and started 43 of 67 games last season. [/QUOTE]