Recently re-signed Milwaukee Bucks small forward Taurean Prince has made an intriguing decision on his new contract.
An NBA source has informed Keith Smith of Spotrac that Prince gave up an “implied no-trade clause” in his new Bucks contract.
Taurean Prince waived his implied no-trade clause in his new deal with the Milwaukee Bucks, a league source told @spotrac.
Prince has an implied no-trade clause because he signed a two-year deal with a player option on the second year and would lose his Early Bird rights if he’s…
— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) July 22, 2025
“Prince has an implied no-trade clause because he signed a two-year deal with a player option on the second year and would lose his Early Bird rights if he’s traded and opts out,” Smith clarifies.
Prince had inked a two-season, $7.1 million deal with Milwaukee this summer, including a $3.8 million player option for 2026-27.
He had previously joined the Bucks on a one-season veteran’s minimum agreement in the summer of 2024, following a one-season, bi-annual exception deal with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Sold as a 3-and-D combo forward, Prince underwhelmed on the “D” end of that equation during his inaugural Bucks season in 2024-25. He probably wasn’t going to earn much beyond a minimum agreement on the open market, so returning to Milwaukee on a team-friendly contract made sense.
That said, Prince was actually better on that end than the player he was signed to back up, former three-time All-Star Khris Middleton. Injuries sapped Middleton of his athleticism, and head coach Doc Rivers ultimately benched the Bucks’ former champion starter in favor of Prince, before general manager Jon Horst eventually shipped Middleton to the Washington Wizards at the trade deadline.
In 80 healthy games for the Bucks, Prince averaged 8.2 points on .457/.439/.813 shooting splits, 3.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 1.0 steals a night.
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