Bucks, Serge Ibaka agree to find trade

The Milwaukee Bucks and center Serge Ibaka have mutually agreedto find the 14-year NBA veteran a new home via trade as he remainsaway from the team reports Shams Charania of TheAthletic.

The Milwaukee Bucks and center Serge Ibakahave mutually agreed to find the 14-year NBA veteran a new home viatrade as he remains away from the team, sources tell @TheAthletic@Stadium.

Ibaka has been away from the team for the last six games forpersonal reasons and it looks like he will stay away until a tradecan be found.

The Bucks traded for the 33-year-old before last season's tradedeadline and he averaged 7.0 points and 5.3 rebounds for Milwaukeeduring the regular season but he was not a part of their rotationin the post-season. This season, he has only appeared in 16 gamesand only putting up 4.1 points and 2.8 rebounds in less than 12minutes per game.

The veteran big mane has dealt with back issues over the pastfew seasons which have greatly slowed him down from being thedefensive presence around the rim that he once was.

Ian Begley of SNY.tv had previousmentioned that the New York Knicks could be interested in addingIbaka if they're looking to add frontcourt depth, especially withMitchell Robinson missing at leastthe next three weeks following thumb surgery.