Per Hoops Hype’s Mike Scotto, Bucks guard Kevin Porter Jr. is exercising his $5.39m player option to return to the Cream City next season. Last season, Porter posted averages of 17.4 PPG, 7.4 APG, and 5.2 RPG on 46.5% shooting from the floor and 32.2% from three.
KPJ picking up this option is at least somewhat interesting. He’s still relatively young and, when he played last season, was pretty damn productive, all told. You’d have thought he’d have at least a few outside suitors, but then again, this is not some PO at the minimum; it’s certainly a decent amount of money he’s opting into. I assume he’s betting on himself to have a healthy season and increase his value heading into the 2027-28 campaign.
It will be interesting to see what role the 26-year-old plays on this now-rebuilding Bucks squad, and how he can (hopefully) assist the young fellas. Of course, Porter had an injury-riddled 2025-26 campaign, suffering an ankle injury in the first game, followed by a torn meniscus right as he was slated to return. Then, KPJ dealt with swelling in his knee late in the year and was shut down shortly thereafter, undergoing season-ending arthroscopic knee surgery.
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