Bucks sharpshooter AJ Green reportedly agrees to four-year, $45 million extension

Shooting is in demand across the league and the Milwaukee Bucks weren’t about to let AJ Green go because of it.

Green and Milwaukee agreed to a four-year, $45 million contract extension with no options on either side, a story told by ESPN’s Shams Charania and confirmed by other reports. It seems like a fair contract for both parties.

Green went undrafted out of Northern Iowa in 2022, but impressed the Bucks enough during the pre-draft process and summer to earn a two-way contract. That season, he played 35 games with the big club and shot 41.9 percent from beyond the arc, which earned him a standard, albeit minimal, NBA contract. Last season, he averaged 7.4 points per game, shooting 42.9 percent from 3-point range and playing solid defense. He looked even better in the playoffs, averaging 11 points per game in 27 minutes a night.

All this earned him this contract extension. Green has started every Bucks preseason game so far, averaging 11.3 points per game. He’ll have a bigger role on a Bucks team this season that needs his shooting to space the floor.