Roy Hibbert has been traded for a second time this season. (Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)The Milwaukee Bucks have traded center Roy Hibbert to Denver for a future second-round pick, Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical reports:
Milwaukee is finalzing a deal to send Roy Hibbert to the Denver Nuggets, league sources tell @TheVertical.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) February 23, 2017
Denver will send a heavily protected second-round pick to the Bucks for Hibbert, league sources tell @TheVertical.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) February 23, 2017
Hibbert was a part of the Bucks-Hornets trade earlier in the month, and this will be his second time being traded this season. He has averaged 5.2 points, 3.6 rebounds and 16 minutes in 42 games.
The Nuggets have been active in trade discussions this season, also recently trading for Mason Plumlee. They intend on building the team around young star Nikola Jokic, and view Hibbert as someone that can help them make the Playoffs this season, according to Wojnarowski.
Hibbert did not play a single game for the Bucks, who continue focusing their efforts on building around their young core of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jabari Parker.
Hibbert, 30, holds career-averages of 10.1 points and 6.4 rebounds per game, and was named to the All-Star team in 2012 and 2014.
He is set to become a unrestricted free agent on July 1st.
