Bucks Sign Chris Copeland

[IWB]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Bucks Press Office


BUCKS SIGN CHRIS COPELAND

The Milwaukee Bucks have signed free agent forward Chris Copeland, General Manager John Hammond announced today. Terms of the contract were not disclosed in accordance with team policy.

Copeland, 31, was undrafted out of the University of Colorado in 2006 and spent six seasons split between the NBA D-League and professional teams overseas before landing in the NBA with the New York Knicks in 2012-13. He has posted career averages of 6.4 points and 1.8 rebounds over three seasons with New York and Indiana, and has averaged 3.5 points and 0.7 rebounds through 21 playoff games (1 start).

Copeland spent the last two seasons in Indiana, and in 2014-15 averaged 6.2 points and a career-high 2.2 rebounds in 50 games (12 starts). In a 21-point effort at Atlanta on Nov. 1, 2014, he hit a career-high six 3-pointers. In his rookie campaign, Copeland finished first among NBA rookies in 3-point field goal percentage, connecting on 42.1 percent of his shots from beyond the arc. That number was also good enough to tie for 13th among all NBA players that season. Copeland was named the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month in April of 2013.

[Goose85]

Nice pickup. Provides outside shooting which the Bucks need, as well as coverage for Parker.
When I first heard of the Bucks looking at Copeland my first thought was they think Inglis is going to need more time before he can contribute.

[mufan2003]

Good size, can defend multiple positions. Covering all bases, the Bucks are doing just that.

[MU/Panther]

Wasn't the contract about 1.1 million per year?

[mufan2003]

The benefit of having Jason Kidd as coach:

http://espn.go.com/blog/nba/post/_/i...eland-to-bucks