Wisconsin Herd gets rights to 11 players
OSHKOSH, Wis. (CBS 58) – 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 the Wisconsin Herd’s 2017 NBA G League Expansion Draft:
| PLAYER | POS | COLLEGE | PREVIOUS NBA G LEAGUE TEAM |
| Vince Hunter | F | UTEP | Sioux Falls Skyforce |
| Gracin Bakumanya | C | Montverde Academy (HS) | Northern Arizona Suns |
| Perry Ellis | F | Kansas | Greensboro Swarm |
| Corey Walden | G | Eastern Kentucky | Maine Red Claws |
| Josh Davis | F | San Diego State | Greensboro Swarm |
| Michael Dunigan | C | University of Oregon | Canton Charge |
| Jarvis Summers | G | Ole Miss | Rio Grande Valley Vipers |
| James Siakam | F | Vanderbilt | Raptors 905 |
| Kyle Casey | F | Harvard | Northern Arizona Suns |
| Cady Lalanne | C | Massachusetts | Austin Spurs |
| Tyler Harvey | G | Eastern Washington | Lakeland Magic |