Milwaukee Bucks waiving guard Meeks after suspension served —report

Guard Jodie Meeks was set to be released by the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night, according to league sources at ESPN.

The move will be initiated as soon as his league-mandated suspension for violating the NBA/NBPA anti-drug program was scheduled to end Saturday night.

Meeks, who played at Kentucky, was a second-round draft choice by the Bucks in 2009, and played 41 games for them in his rookie season (2009-10).

Acquired by the Bucks in an October trade with the Washington Wizards for a future second-round pick and $1.5 million in cash, Meeks faced a 25-game suspension, and Saturday night's game against the San Antonio Spurs is the 19th he will have served since joining Milwaukee.

The 31-year-old was suspended before the 2017-18 playoffs, and the Wizards lost their first-round series in six games.

Averaging 9.3 points and shooting 37.2 percent from 3-point range in 531 career games that also included stops with the Philadelphia 76ers (2009-12), Los Angeles Lakers (2012-14), Detroit Pistons (2014-16) and Orlando Magic (2016-17), Meeks has asserted he never knowingly ingested any performance-enhancing substances. —Field Level Media/Reuters