Jun 24, 2016; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Bucks first round pick Thon Maker (R) and second round pick Malcolm Brogdon (L) hold up their jerseys at Milwaukee Bucks training facility. Mandatory Credit: Sam Caravana- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via USA TODAY Sports

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After a fairly long wait, the Milwaukee Bucks are set to sign Thon Maker and Malcolm Brogdon on Saturday.

The Milwaukee Bucks selected Thon Maker and Malcolm Brogdon in the 2016 NBA Draft. A month later, despite both of them playing in the Las Vegas Summer League with the Bucks, neither player was signed to a long-term deal.

That’s set to change on Saturday. According to The Vertical’s Shams Charania, Milwaukee plans on signing both players to kick off the weekend.

Vertical Sources: Bucks will sign Thon Maker, 10th pick, to four-year rookie deal today; second rounder Malcolm Brogdon on three-year deal. — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 30, 2016

It sounds like both deals are very ordinary, according to Shams. According to the CBA FAQ done by Larry Coon, Thon can make something like $2.1 million in his first season, with small raises after that for the duration of his deal.

He can make from 80 percent to 120 percent of that number in his first year–120 percent is likely considering how high Milwaukee is on Thon.

It’s unclear what exactly Brogdon will make. Since he’s signed a three-year deal according to Shams, it has to be more than a minimum salary deal–those can only last two seasons.

It’s unlikely Brogdon is making massive money in NBA terms, although technically second round picks can be signed for anything from the minimum to the maximum allowable amount. Until someone releases the details it’ll be fairly impossible to guess what he’s getting, but it’s more than $543,471.

Something like $750,000 seems like a reasonable deal. Although negotiating for a few hundred thousand in a salary cap of tens of millions seems meaningless, these things matter to NBA teams. A few hundred thousand can make a huge difference in adding a piece down the line.

Maker and Brogdon likely played under Summer League contracts earlier, before the Bucks had signed them to actual deals. According to this old article from the Charlotte Hornets website, those deals aren’t exactly lucrative.

Even if you’ve got an NBA All-Star appearance under your belt, as Sacramento forward Ron Artest did when he played one Vegas game in 2006, your paycheck is the same as an undrafted rookie free agent. Each player receives the regular NBA player per diem roughly $100 per day, as well as a relatively small amount in salary. The salary is identical for everyone.

It must be nice for Maker and Brogdon to be making more than undrafted rookie free agent money, and to have a guarantee they’ll be playing in Milwaukee for a while.

As more details come out we’ll find out the specifics of the deals, but they seem to be fairly standard at the moment.