Nuggets Waive Steve Novak - Signs With Bucks

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Forward Steve Novak was released by the Denver Nuggets on Friday despite never playing a game for the team, per the Denver Post. The team acquired him in a trade Thursday after he played in just seven games for the Oklahoma City Thunder this season.

Novak, who has started just six of the 456 games he's played in his career, averaged 2.4 points and 0.6 rebounds per contest for the Thunder this season. In 10 NBA seasons with nine different teams, he has scored 4.7 points and grabbed 1.3 rebounds per game.

The sharpshooter, who has connected on 43.8 percent of his three-point attempts during his career, has been traded five times and never played more than two seasons for any team, per Darnell Mayberry of the Oklahoman.

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Former Marquette star Steve Novak bound for Milwaukee Bucks

Former Marquette star Steve Novak, after stops with nine NBA teams, is headed back to the state of Wisconsin.

League sources told ESPN.com that the perimeter specialist intends to sign a deal with the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday or Monday after clearing waivers.

On Friday, Novak secured a buyout from the Denver Nuggets, who had just acquired him Thursday in a trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Over his 10-year NBA career, Novak has played for the Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers, Dallas Mavericks, San Antonio Spurs, New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors, Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City.

If the deal with Milwaukee goes through, as expected, Novak will play for Bucks coach Jason Kidd, with whom he was a teammate in New York.

Novak was a high school star in Wisconsin before joining Dwyane Wade on Marquette's Final Four team as a freshman.