Taurean Prince

Prince arrived from Baylor as the 12th pick in 2016 and has settled into the kind of role that keeps rosters functional: a big wing who defends multiple spots and knocks down catch-and-shoot threes without needing the ball. Atlanta gave him his first extended runway, and stops in Brooklyn, Cleveland, Minnesota and Los Angeles taught him to plug into wildly different roles — spot starter, bench spacer, playoff insurance. He's a career mid-to-high-30s three-point shooter whose value shows up less in raw scoring than in how cleanly he fits next to stars, spacing the floor and switching screens. With Milwaukee in 2025-26 that steadiness was interrupted by neck surgery in November to repair a herniated disc, an injury that underlines how much a role player's leverage depends on availability.