According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, the National Basketball Association is set to launch an investigation into Gary Trent Jr. and the Milwaukee Bucks regarding the new agreement between the two sides on the four-year, $64 million contract.

The NBA has confirmed they’ll be “continuing to look into” the contract and if anything shady occurred behind closed doors. They view this as possible salary cap circumvention, plus their collective bargaining agreement contains a clause against “prior agreement.”

Trent’s $64 million deal follows two successive seasons playing for Milwaukee at the veteran’s minimum.

The last time the NBA stepped in, investigated, and handed out punishments for this type of alleged behavior was back in 2000 with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Joe Smith. The league proved that both sides signed a written, illegal secret agreement that promised Smith a multi-year, multi-million-dollar contract extension after he had played three seasons on minimum contracts for the organization.

The punishments handed out were penalties and voided a contract; if Trent Jr. and Milwaukee were to be found guilty, then they would most definitely receive some of the same treatment. The extent of the punishment is unknown, as investigation is still pending, but many speculate it would follow the same rules as the Joe Smith situation 26 years ago.

The 27-year-old opted out of his player option to become a free agent this offseason and is set to earn $15.2 million this upcoming regular season.

After spending the last 14 years in the NBA, Jonas Valanciunas has decided to take his talents to Lithuania with the Zalgiris Kaunas.

He has signed a two-year deal, the amount of money he is earning is currently unknown to the public.

The Denver Nuggets waived the 34-year-old last week.

According to The Athletic, the NBA has made the decision to not punish Bam Adebayo for his altercation with Tyler Herro and him punching Herro. This was in a Las Vegas hotel and gym last week, both the players and the NBPA have discussed this.

“After discussing with the players involved and the NBPA, everyone would prefer to move on from this unfortunate circumstance, and no further action will be taken by the league,” said the spokesperson.

Before Herro was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks, him and Adebayo spent seven years together with the Miami Heat. Screenshots have come out that have direct messages from an Instagram account connected to the new Bucks guard online, this questioned Adebayo’s game and whether he deserves to be making all the money he’s currently making.