The Nuggets and Bucks officially completed a trade of two veteran forwards on Thursday.

Denver sent Ruben Patterson to Milwaukee in exchange for Joe Smith.

"It just came about that the numbers matched, the salaries matched and both of them were in the last years of their deal," Harris said at the Cousins Center. "We get a small forward who is a tough-minded defensive person that also has the ability to score, and has playoff experience."

Patterson has a troubled past, including a guilty plea for allegedly forcing the nanny of his children to perfom a sex act.

"We're comfortable with all of the information we've gathered and he understands that in coming to Milwaukee, talent is important and character is important," Harris said. "The past is one thing that I think he's grown from and he certainly has grown from those experiences and matured."