The Milwaukee Bucks announced Monday that
the team will not exercise the third-year team option on the rookie scale
contract of forward Joe Alexander.
"It was a difficult decision not to pick up Joe Alexander's option," said
Bucks general manager John Hammond. "Joe has missed valuable on-court
development opportunities due to injury during his first two training camps,
and this year he will miss almost the first three months of the season with
his hamstring injury."
The Bucks announced on October 22 that Alexander aggravated his right
hamstring injury during the rehabilitation process and was expected to miss
8-12 weeks.
"We believe Joe can be a good NBA player, but his latest injury had hampered
our ability to further assess his progress," Hammond added.
The 22-year-old Alexander originally suffered the injury during voluntary
drills prior to the start of training camp on September 17.
In 59 games last season -- his rookie campaign -- Alexander averaged 4.7
points and 1.9 rebounds per game.
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