Bucks, Kings cap Brockman-Jackson trade
July 21, 2010
MILWAUKEE (AP)—The Milwaukee Bucks acquired a fan favorite when they completeda trade Wednesday for Sacramento Kings forward Jon Brockman(notes).
Bucks general manager John Hammond said he thinks Bucks fans will loveBrockman, too.
“Any fan base anywhere will appreciate a player who plays with the type ofenergy he does,” Hammond told The Associated Press.
The Bucks completed a sign-and-trade deal for Brockman in exchange forforward Darnell Jackson(notes) and a 2011 second-round pick.
The 23-year-old Brockman averaged 2.8 points and 4.1 rebounds in limitedminutes as a rookie with the Kings. He appeared in 52 games, including fourstarts, after being picked in the second round of last year’s draft.
“We’re excited about adding a player with his energy, his toughness and aplayer we think we can put on the floor and help us win games,” Hammond said.
Jackson began last year with Cleveland and appeared in 28 games beforemoving to Milwaukee when the Cavs waived him to bring back Zydrunas Ilgauskas(notes).Jackson, a second-year forward, played in one game with the Bucks.
“We’re looking forward to greeting Darnell and moving forward with the restof the roster over the course of the summer,” Kings’ president of basketballoperations Geoff Petrie said.
Brockman participated in a live chat with The Seattle Times earlierWednesday and said it was bittersweet leaving the Kings. He said he had justsigned a new contract at the newspaper’s office before participating in thechat. That deal is worth about $3 million over the next three years.
“It really did feel like home. It was a great place to live and play, butI’m very excited about my new opportunity in Milwaukee,” Brockman wrote. “Itruly am going to miss the support I received in Sacramento and am touched byall the messages, poems, calls I’ve gotten from people telling me I will bemissed.”
Brockman was known as The Brockness Monster in Sacramento and has a Twitteraudience of more than 320,000 followers on his verified account. Brockman hadbeen told not to communicate on Twitter as the deal was being negotiated, but hewrote Wednesday that he was excited about his move.
“You have no idea how pumped I am to be in Milwaukee!” he wrote. “Greatpeople, great city, great team!”
On the floor, the Bucks believe the rugged 6-foot-7 power forward also willbe able to guard centers.
Milwaukee may not be done with all of its moves, either.
The Bucks signed Keyon Dooling(notes) to a two-year contract on Monday to be thebackup point guard and Hammond said work remains to finish signing their draftpicks.
Outside of Miami, Milwaukee has been one of the busiest teams thisoffseason, needing to fill eight roster spots following last season’s 46-36 runthat ended with the franchise’s first playoff berth in four years.
Milwaukee traded Dan Gadzuric(notes) and Charlie Bell(notes) for small forward CoreyMaggette(notes) in the days leading up to the draft, then selected forward LarrySanders(notes), guard Darington Hobson(notes) and forward Tiny Gallon(notes).
The Bucks also struck two major deals in free agency, bringing back shootingguard John Salmons(notes) and signing power forward Drew Gooden(notes) to five-year contractsto add them to a core that includes center Andrew Bogut(notes) and point guard BrandonJennings(notes).
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