The Wisconsin Herd, the NBA G League affiliate of the Milwaukee Bucks, obtained the rights to 11 players in the 2017 NBA G League Expansion Draft. The Herd will hold the rights to the players for two seasons.
The Expansion Draft provides new NBA G League teams, including the Herd, the Agua Caliente Clippers of Ontario, the Erie BayHawks and the Memphis Hustle, with a Returning Player list for the 2017-18 season. Each 2016-17 NBA G League team was able to protect the rights of up to nine players and could not lose more than two of their unprotected players. The Herd was able to select up to 11 unprotected players.
Following are the complete results of Wisconsin’s 2017 NBA G League Expansion Draft.
Vince Hunter – F – UTEP
Gracin Bakumanya – C – Montverde Academy (HS)
Perry Ellis – F – Kansas
Corey Walden – G – Eastern Kentucky
Josh Davis – F – San Diego State
Michael Dunigan – C – University of Oregon
Jarvis Summers – G – Ole Miss
James Siakam – F – Vanderbilt
Kyle Casey – F – Harvard
Cady Lalanne – C – Massachusetts
Tyler Harvey – G – Eastern Washington