Hawes signed a G League deal with the South Bay Lakers.

EDGE Analysis

Hawes hasn't played in the NBA since the 2016-17 campaign, appearing in 54 games between the Bucks and the Hornets. He averaged 6.2 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists across 14.8 minutes while shooting 30.9 percent from distance on 81 total attempts. The 30-year-old center may be looking to achieve an NBA comeback.

Hawes signed a G-League contract Wednesday and will be available to be claimed off waivers, Adam Johnson of 2Ways10Days.com reports.

EDGE Analysis

Hawes appears to be hoping to join a team for the upcoming playoff run. He last played in the NBA in 2016 for the Hornets and Bucks, totaling 6.2 points, 3.5 rebounds , 1.5 assists and 0.6 blocks in 14.8 minutes across 54 contests for the two clubs.

Hawes will be waived by the Bucks, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reports.

EDGE Analysis

Reports surfaced earlier that the Bucks would use the stretch provision to waive Hawes and spread his cap hit over multiple years. Wojnarowski confirmed the report late Thursday. Hawes will be an unrestricted free agent once he clears waivers.

The Bucks are expected to use the stretch provision on Hawes' contract, David Aldridge of NBA.com reports.

EDGE Analysis

Hawes opted into the final year of his contract at just over $6 million this summer, but the Bucks have little use for the 29-year-old and are apparently interested in opening up a roster spot. By using the stretch provision, Milwaukee could waive Hawes and spread his remaining salary over a set number of years, rather than having the entire $6 million count against the team's 2017-18 cap figure. Hawes appeared sparingly in only 19 games for Milwaukee last season after coming over from Charlotte via trade.

Hawes will pick up the player-option for his 2017-18 contract, Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical reports.

EDGE Analysis

Hawes will make $6 million in the final year of his deal. The veteran averaged 4.4 points, 2.4 rebounds, 1.0 assists, and 0.5 triples across 9.0 minutes per game as a fringe-rotational player after being traded to Milwaukee in February. The Bucks drafted stretch-four D.J. Wilson out of Michigan with their first pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, and he projects to play a similar role with the club as Hawes. Thus, he will presumably have a hard time getting much regular rotation run in the upcoming season.

Hawes recorded 15 points (5-7 FG, 2-3 3Pt, 3-3 FT), five rebounds and two assists across 17 minutes in Wednesday's 112-94 loss to the Celtics.

EDGE Analysis

After being inactive for Monday's game against Charlotte to make room for John Henson returning from a thumb injury, Hawes returned to the Bucks lineup with several of the Bucks' normal rotation players resting before the playoffs against the Celtics. The well-traveled big man was lethal from the field in limited minutes, and finished with his highest scoring game in over a month.

Hawes won't play in Monday's game against the Hornets, C.F. Gardner of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

EDGE Analysis

John Henson (thumb) will be making his return to the lineup after missing the last 10 games, so the Bucks want to get him plenty of minutes to get back in game shape before the playoffs. That leaves Hawes on the outside looking in to the regular rotation, so he'll essentially be held out for rest Monday. It wouldn't be surprising if Hawes didn't see the floor in Wednesday's regular season finale against the Celtics either.

Hawes posted 10 points (3-4 FG, 2-3 3Pt, 2-3 FT) with three rebounds, two assists and two blocked shots over 18 minutes in Wednesday's 116-98 win against the Bucks.

EDGE Analysis

Hawes totaled 30 minutes over his past nine games with three DNP-CDs, so don't get overly excited about this performance. It's a start, but he has a long way to go before he can be trusted by fantasy owners outside of the deepest leagues.

Hawes scored 16 points (6-7 FG, 2-3 3Pt, 2-3 FT) while adding eight rebounds, an assist and a block in 17 minutes off the bench during Saturday's 101-94 win over the Raptors.

EDGE Analysis

After not seeing the court at all in his first 11 games as a Buck, Hawes played just three minutes Friday but was surprisingly the first man off the bench for coach Jason Kidd on Saturday, and the veteran stretch four responded with one of his best performances of the season. It's impossible to predict what his role in Milwaukee's rotation will be going forward, but the team's next game is against the lowly 76ers and their depleted frontcourt Monday, so if Hawes does see even a handful of minutes he could be productive once again.

Hawes (coach's decision) didn't see the floor in a 100-96 win over the Suns on Sunday.

EDGE Analysis

Hawes has yet to make his Bucks debut since being acquired from the Hornets on Feb. 2, and it doesn't appear coach Jason Kidd is eager to integrate the 7-foot-1 big man into the rotation at any point in the near future. Even after the Bucks were able to deal Roy Hibbert away to the Nuggets last week, the team still has a logjam at center, and that's left Hawes and John Henson on the outside looking in.