Bucks Sign Brayden Burries To Rookie Scale Contract

A freshman at Arizona in 2025/26, Burries made an immediate impact in his first and only college season by averaging 16.1 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 1.5 steals in just 29.8 minutes per game and compiling a strong shooting line of .491/.391/.805. The performance earned the 6’4″ shooting guard a spot on the All-Big 12 first team and made him a lock to be a lottery pick in the 2026 draft.

The former Wildcat was widely projected by draft experts to be Dallas’ pick at No. 9, but he made it to Milwaukee at No. 10 after the Mavericks provided the first surprise of the first round by opting for Morez Johnson Jr. Burries was the first player drafted by the Bucks after the organization signaled a significant change of direction by agreeing to trade Giannis Antetokounmpo to Miami.

As our tracker shows, Burries and teammate Nate Ament were among eight 2026 first-round picks who had yet to sign their rookie scale contracts. Ament can’t sign quite yet — he isn’t technically a Buck, since he’ll be involved in the Antetokounmpo blockbuster that can’t be officially finalized until after the July moratorium lifts on Monday at 11:00 am Central time.

Burries’ new contract will pay him about $6.42MM in 2026/27, with a four-year total of $29.21MM.