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31 October 2018 Sports

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The Green Bay Packers made two big moves Tuesday, trading RB Ty Montgomery to the Baltimore Ravens and sending S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix to the Redskins.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the Packers will get a 7th round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft in return for Montgomery. “Packers clearly wanted to move on, and so did Montgomery,” Schefter tweeted. Schefter reports the Packers will get a 2019 fourth-round draft pick for Clinton-Dix. On Tuesday, Ha Ha tweeted what appeared to be a goodbye message to Green Bay. “Much love y’all [cheese emoji].”

There’s been speculation about Montgomery’s future with the Packers since his decision to return a kickoff late in the fourth quarter against the Los Angeles Rams. With 2:05 left in the game, Montgomery took the kickoff out of the end zone and fumbled, giving the ball back to the Rams instead of putting it in the hands of Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The Rams then ran out the clock and to remain undefeated with a 29-27 win.

Montgomery admitted on Monday that he made a mistake by taking the ball out. Packers Head Coach Mike McCarthy said he was told to take the touchback.

The Packers also announced the signing of tight end Ethan Wolf to the practice squad and released fullback Joe Kerridge from the practice sqaud.

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Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has been named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played from Oct. 22-28. This is the fourth time in Antetokounmpo’s career he’s been named Player of the Week.

Antetokounmpo averaged 24.8 points, 13.0 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 2.0 blocks in
four games last week while leading the Bucks to a perfect 4-0 record. In a win over
the 76ers on Wednesday, Antetokounmpo tallied his 10th career triple-double,
recording season-highs in both points (32) and assists (10) while tying his
season-high of 18 rebounds. He also had 31 points and 15 rebounds in Monday’s win
over the Knicks to make him the first player since Wilt Chamberlain in 1965 to begin a season with four straight games of 25+ points and 15+ rebounds.

In six games this season Antetokounmpo is averaging 25.0 points, 14.2 rebounds, 5.7
assists and 1.7 blocks per game to help the Bucks to their second 6-0 start in team
history and first since 1971.
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The Milwaukee Bucks have exercised the fourth-year contract option on forward Thon Maker and third-year contract option on forward D.J.Wilson.

The 10th overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, Maker, 21, is averaging 6.3 points and
4.7 rebounds over three games this season. In his first two seasons with the Bucks,
Maker averaged 4.4 points and 2.6 rebounds per game.

Wilson, 22, was the 17th overall selection in the 2017 NBA Draft. He appeared in 22
games for the Bucks in his rookie campaign and averaged 1.0 point and 0.5 rebounds.
In 11 games for the Wisconsin Herd, the G League affiliate of the Bucks, Wilson
averaged 15.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists last season.

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