Milwaukee Bucks Articles - Page 142

The beer-chugging phenomenon continues to grow among professional athletes. Back in May, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and offensive lineman David Bakhtiari engaged in a chugging face-off while sitting courtside during the Milwaukee Bucks’ Eastern Conference Finals series against the Toronto Raptors. David Bakhtiari vs. Aaron Rodgers in a beer chugging face-off. It happened. […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are not worried about potentially losing Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Golden State Warriors in 2021. While there is a friendship and a connection between the reigning MVP and Warriors franchise star Stephen Curry, The Greek Freak could take the precedent of Kevin Durant’s three-year stint in Golden State as an example of […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are not sweating the recent rumors surrounding the Golden State Warriors arising as a “serious threat” to snatch away their franchise talisman Giannis Antetokounmpo in 2021. The Greek Freak has been intent in staying in the small market franchise, appearing to be a low-maintenance superstar with a fondness for the city of […]

The Central Division in the NBA for the 2019-20 season will be run by one team. While the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons can cause issues, the banner will be raised by the Milwaukee Bucks once again. With the Pacers and Pistons fighting for second place, the rest of the division will be in rebuild […]

From the department of “well, obviously” comes a story revolving around reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks. After a fantastic season with the Bucks in which the Greek Freak put up a staggering stat line (27.7 points per game, 13.5 rebounds per game, 5.9 assists per game, 1.5 blocks per game and […]

The Milwaukee Bucks signed Brook Lopez’s brother, Robin Lopez, in free agency this summer. The Lopez brothers haven’t been on the same team since their college days at Stanford, which was a decade ago. While Brook is excited to play with Robin again, he did warn Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer that he and Robin […]

Brook Lopez admits there was a feeling of “disbelief” and “shock” in the Milwaukee Bucks’ locker room after they lost four games in a row to the Toronto Raptors in the 2019 Eastern Conference Finals. Milwaukee had a 2-0 lead in the series. Kawhi Leonard then led the Raptors to four straight wins, propelling Toronto […]

Brook Lopez says the Milwaukee Bucks are out to prove that last season wasn’t a fluke year. The Bucks had the best record in the NBA in 2018-19. They got all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals, where they lost to the Toronto Raptors in six games. "We want to come in and handle […]

By finishing the regular season with a league-best 60 wins last term, the Milwaukee Bucks had arguably the best season in franchise history (for the modern era, at least). This was no fluke as well, with Milwaukee establishing themselves as the best team in the league from start to finish. Unfortunately for them, they faced […]

As part of her appearance on Monday’s episode of The Jump, ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne noted that the Golden State Warriors are a “big threat” for landing Milwaukee Bucks All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo. “The one team lurking out there — I don’t know how this would happen — but the Warriors have always been the big threat […]

Milwaukee Bucks star and reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo didn’t have the greatest of times with Greece during the FIBA World Cup. However, the Greek Freak is already looking forward after learning important lessons in China. Giannis posted an image of himself wearing a Greece jersey on Instagram. The caption to the image pertained to […]

After coming out with an MVP-winning campaign to lead his Milwaukee Bucks to the best record in the league last season, it was only inevitable that the future of Giannis Antetokoumpo became the hottest topic of conversation within the Bucks organization. In a recent town hall open forum courtesy of FOX Sports Wisconsin, Bucks general […]

Houston Rockets star James Harden has taken yet another shot at the media for voting Milwaukee Bucks swingman Giannis Antetokounmpo as the 2019 MVP. Harden says the media created a narrative around Antetokounmpo last season and focused all their stories and attention on him despite what he was doing for the Rockets on a nightly […]

Nike and the league office faced swift and widespread criticism earlier this week when it was announced players would be banned from wearing the increasingly-popular “ninja-style” headbands in 2019-20. If the powers that be had contacted Robin Lopez, though, he’s certain they could have avoided the backlash resulting from this silly policing of on-court attire. […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are coming off of a 2018-19 NBA campaign in which they won a league-best 60 games and made it to the Eastern Conference Finals before losing to the Toronto Raptors. With Kawhi Leonard heading West, you would think the Bucks would immediately become East favorites, but it’s not that sample. Milwaukee lost […]

Thanasis Skourtopoulos has faced a fair amount of criticism for the way he has utilized Giannis Antetokounmpo throughout the 2019 FIBA World Cup. Many journalists from the U.S. side reacted negatively to Skourtopolous’ decision to rest the Milwaukee Bucks star in the fourth quarter against Team USA, and now he’s firing back. Greece managed to […]

Bucks forward Khris Middleton knows that his Bucks teammate, Giannis Antetokounmpo,, isn’t going to stop pursuing a gold medal in FIBA World Cup play, despite the fact that Greece has been eliminated from this year’s tournament. Greece needed to win by 12 points against the Czech Republic on Monday to advance in this year’s FIBA […]

Greece coach Thanasis Skourtopoulos was well aware that Milwaukee Bucks prodigy Giannis Antetokounmpo had all the best intentions to help his national team qualify for the upcoming Olympics, though the team fell well short of the goal after an 84-77 win over the Czech Republic. The Greek national team needed to win by 12 points […]

Milwaukee Bucks fans who watched Team USA’s game against Greece were probably puzzled. The Greek Freak spent the fourth quarter of his nation’s 69-53 loss against his fellow NBA players on the bench. Understandably, Greek fans who made the trip all the way to Shenzhen was exasperated by the Greek head coach’s decision to bench […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo is the great big hope of the Milwaukee Bucks in terms of winning another NBA championship. The same thing rings true for Greek basketball as he is leading his country in the FIBA World Cup. Nike is also cashing in on the Greek Freak mania. The juggernaut shoe brand went all in as […]

After sweeping through the first round of the FIBA World Cup, Team USA is ready to move on to the next phase of the tournament. But things will be tougher this time around, especially since they will be facing Giannis Antetokounmpo and Greece on Saturday. Brook Lopez said the 2018-19 NBA MVP and Milwaukee Bucks […]

Sterling Brown, as expected, isn’t backing down. The Common Council in Milwaukee officially approved a $400,000 settlement offer from the city attorney to the Milwaukee Bucks guard, according to Alison Dirr of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Brown’s attorney, Mark Thomsen, made it clear his client would not accept any settlement that didn’t include an admission […]

After Brazil defeated Greece on Tuesday, Brazil head coach Aleksandar Petrovic didn’t necessarily have great things to say about Greece and Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo. Brazil won by a final score of 79-78. Petrovic said he’s known how to stop Antetokounmpo ever since the Toronto Raptors defeated the Bucks in six games in the […]

Memphis Grizzlies swingman Bruno Caboclo saved the day for his home nation of Brazil, as his game-winning tip clinched the victory for the Brazilians over a heavily favored Greece side, 79-78, in the opening stage of the FIBA World Cup in China. To be clear, Caboclo’s tip came on the defensive end, as he swatted […]

While most star players in the NBA are known by casual fans everywhere due to their popularity, exposure on national television, and kids sporting their jerseys all around the world, there are a few talented ballers who slip through the cracks of the national media and fly under the-radar. Khris Middleton is one of those […]

Joe Johnson will work out for the Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks and Brooklyn Nets next week fresh off an MVP and championship trophy in the BIG3, according to Dave McMenamin of ESPN. Johnson worked out for the Philadelphia 76ers last week and is also drawing interest from the Los Angeles Clippers and Denver Nuggets. Story […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are coming off a spectacular 2018-19 campaign in which they won an NBA-best 60 games and made it to the Eastern Conference Finals before falling to the Toronto Raptors. Now, entering the 2019-20 NBA season, the Bucks are widely viewed as the favorite to win the Eastern Conference with Kawhi Leonard no […]

It doesn’t matter what stage he’s on, Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo is always going to have highlight plays on both ends of the floor. The Greek Freak threw down a couple of massive throwdowns earlier in their FIBA World Cup tournament opener against Montenegro. He also didn’t forget to serve up some defensive highlights […]

It was just another day in the office for Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo. It doesn’t matter if it’s in the NBA or in the international scenes, the Greek Freak is always going to showcase a massive highlight throwdown. Giannis delivered a perfect coast-to-coast dunk in the first quarter of Greece’s tournament opener against Montenegro […]

Donovan Mitchell continues to get brownie points from Team USA players and coaching staff as the FIBA World Cup gets underway in China. This time, Milwaukee Bucks star Khris Middleton heaped praise on the Utah Jazz guard. In an interview with Brian Windhorst of ESPN, Middleton expressed how Mitchell stepped up in a time that […]

Former number two overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, Hasheem Thabeet, will participate in five-on-five scrimmages with the New York Knicks next week and has a second workout scheduled with the Milwaukee Bucks, according to Ian Begley of SNY TV. Hasheem Thabeet, a former No. 2 overall pick, will play in 5-on-5 scrimmages again […]

While Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez competes with Team USA in China for the 2019 FIBA World Cup, his twin brother, Robin Lopez, had the chance to slyly jab at the former’s expense with little in-person recourse. Robin Lopez, 31, signed a two-year contract with his brother’s team in the summer, reuniting the twins after […]

Today, Ray Allen is regarded as one of the best shooters in NBA history. But the all-time leader in three-pointers credits his humble beginnings with the Milwaukee Bucks as the component that set him up for a successful career. Allen told Ben Rohrbach of Yahoo! Sports that spending the early part of his career in […]

As he prepares to make his run with Greece at the 2019 FIBA World Cup, Milwaukee Bucks All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo is stressing the importance of team chemistry. In an interview with eurohoops.net, Antetokounmpo commented on the three games Greece played in the “Atlas” preparation tournament. He says the time he spent with his teammates was […]

Team USA big man Brook Lopez, of the Milwaukee Bucks, is still overwhelmed by the support he received from the fans in Australia. The US men’s national basketball team had three exhibition games in Australia, which concluded with an 84-68 victory against Canada in Sydney on August 26. During that game, fans were cheering for […]

Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez believes it’s time for the NBA to play preseason and regular season games in Australia. Lopez says he and his Team USA teammates were impressed with the number of fans who came out to watch USA take on Canada at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena on Monday. “It’s so important to […]

As part of their preseason predictions, the experts and analysts at ESPN predicted that Milwaukee Bucks All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo will win the 2019-20 MVP award. ESPN polled a panel of experts for several predictions. When it came to this season’s MVP, though, Antetokounmpo was favored by a rather large margin. Warriors point guard Stephen Curry […]

Milwaukee Bucks big man Brook Lopez is currently spending his summer suited up for Team USA in the FIBA World Cup. He is playing for a team that hoops fans consider to be weaker than their usual delegations. While there are questions as to whether Lopez and his teammates will be able to win the […]

Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez is confident about his team’s mindset heading into next season. Last season, the Bucks won 62 games and had the best record in the league. They also had the homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs, and at that point, reaching the NBA Finals seemed inevitable with how well they were playing. […]