Report: Pelicans Trade Nikola Mirotic to Bucks for Jason Smith, Stanley Johnson

The Bucks will send Jason Smith and Stanley Johnson in the deal.

The New Orleans Pelicans have traded Nikola Mirotic to the Milwaukee Bucks, ESPN's Zach Lowe and Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Thursday.

According to Wojnarowski, Milwaukee will send Jason Smith and Stanley Johnson to the Pelicans in the deal. The deal will also include the Pistons and will send multiple second-round picks to the Pelicans.

In 32 games so far this season, Mirotic is averaging 16.7 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. Mirotic was in the midst of his first season back with the Pelicans joining the Bulls briefly in 2017. 

Smith is currently averaging 3.2 points and 2.7 rebounds per game for the Bucks, while Johnson is averaging 7.5 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists.