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Giannis Antetokounmpo and James Harden have been named the NBA’s Players of the Month for December. Antetokounmpo averaged 29.3 points, 12.0 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game as the Milwaukee Bucks went 13-2. Harden, meanwhile, averaged 37.3 points, 6.9 assists and 5.6 rebounds per game as the Houston Rockets went 10-5: Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo […]

With the NBA’s trade deadline approaching several teams around the league are searching for ways to improve their respective rosters. One such organization is the Milwaukee Bucks, who might be interested in waiving power forward Dragan Bender. Bender hasn’t had much of a role with the Bucks this season. The Croatian-born forward signed a two-year […]

Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo was one of the many personalities that spoke about the recent tragic passing of former NBA commissioner David Stern. The reigning league Most Valuable Player winner took the opportunity to provide his own eulogy on Stern following his team’s 106-104 victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday. Giannis Antetokounmpo does […]

Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Ryan Saunders was almost caught speechless when asked about rookie Jarrett Culver’s audacious dunk over Milwaukee Bucks big man Robin Lopez on Wednesday night. The Timberwolves coach had nothing much to say about the outstanding play, except for the fact that he absolutely loved everything about it. Hey Coach, how do […]

Minnesota Timberwolves shooting guard Jarrett Culver made his presence felt with a poster dunk on Milwaukee Bucks center Robin Lopez that saw him receive a technical for trash talk. It did not take long for forward Giannis Antetokounmpo to add some insult to injury. Antentokounmpo issued some payback by dropping center Nazr Reid with a […]

The Milwaukee Bucks played without wing Wesley Matthews for the second consecutive game Wednesday versus the Minnesota Timberwolves, as the team is being “aggressively cautious” with his rehab. Pre-game updates from Bud: – Bledsoe will play more tonight (16min vs CHI), but still sounds like there is a minutes restriction. – They are being “aggressively […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are listing superstar forward Giannis Antetokounmpo as probable to face the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday. Antetokounmpo still has some soreness in his back, but it looks like the Bucks star will play against the Timberwolves after returning to the lineup on Monday versus the Chicago Bulls. Giannis Antetokounmpo struggled on Christmas against […]

The Milwaukee Bucks have been remarkably efficient this season, racing their way to 30 wins before the flip of the calendar year, with 21 of those coming against sub. 500 teams, a mark that also leads the NBA. The Bucks are a tidy 21-0 against teams currently sporting sub-.500 records. Pretty dang efficient — Marc […]

Milwaukee Bucks sharpshooter Kyle Korver becomes just the fourth player in NBA history with 2,400 career 3-pointers. Korver has joined Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry, Indiana Pacers icon Reggie Miller and Boston Celtics icon Ray Allen as the only players in league history with 2,400 makes from downtown. Congrats to @KyleKorver of the @Bucks […]

Milwaukee Bucks veteran shooting guard Kyle Korver has played with four MVPs during his career: Allen Iverson, Derrick Rose, LeBron James and now Giannis Antetokounmpo. Korver, whose Bucks currently have the best record in the NBA, believes this Bucks team is similar to the Rose-led Chicago Bulls teams he played for. The Bulls had the […]

Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo can become an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2021 if he declines the supermax extension from the Bucks after this season ends. Khris Middleton, who re-signed with the Bucks this past offseason, says he always jokes with the reigning MVP that he can’t leave him since he stayed […]

The Milwaukee Bucks re-signed Khris Middleton to a beefy five-year, $178 million deal this summer, but they lost Malcolm Brogdon, who agreed to a sign-and-trade with the Indiana Pacers. Many Bucks fans resented ownership for giving up on the stout guard, and Brogdon himself even recently threw some shade at Milwaukee, but Middleton never doubted […]

The Milwaukee Bucks will get Giannis Antetokounmpo back for Monday’s game against the Chicago Bulls after a two-game absence due to a back injury, along with starting point guard Eric Bledsoe, according to ESPN’s Eric Woodyard. Wesley Matthews is listed as out with a right thigh contusion. The Bucks have not missed a beat without […]

Milwaukee Bucks forward Khris Middleton has been really solid this season. He’s been doing really well as the team’s secondary option on offense. And he’s pretty confident that he can make the All-Star team for the second consecutive season, per Matt Velasquez of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “I definitely think so. My numbers have been […]

Khris Middleton continues to play well for the Milwaukee Bucks this season. The veteran forward is putting up 18.7 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 3.8 assists this season. He’s been the second-best player on the team and he believes that he deserves to be an All-Star for the second-straight year. Bucks center Brook Lopez praised Middleton’s […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks is ‘questionable’ against the Chicago Bulls on Monday. Per Mike McGraw of the Daily Herald, Antetokounmpo is still nursing a back injury. He missed the Bucks’ last two wins over the Atlanta Hawks and the Orlando Magic. Giannis (back) is questionable for #Bulls on Monday. He's missed the last […]

Milwaukee Bucks guard Eric Bledsoe is likely to make his return on Monday night against the Chicago Bulls after missing the last eight games due to a fractured fibula: And Eric Bledsoe, who has missed 8 games with fibula fracture, is probable for return to Bucks. — K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) December 29, 2019 Bledsoe suffered […]

The reigning MVP, Giannis Antetokounmpo, has been ruled out for the Milwaukee Bucks’ Saturday matchup against the Orlando Magic, according to Matt Velazquez of the Journal Sentinel. He has been dealing with back soreness that he suffered prior to the team’s last game. Today’s injury report lists Giannis as OUT for tonight against the Magic […]

Mike Budenholzer’s teams are typically known for their defensive prowess. While the Milwaukee Bucks are certainly one of the better defensive teams in the NBA (they rank first in defensive rating, according to Basketball Reference), they have also proven themselves extremely capable on the offensive side of the floor. The Bucks have scored at least […]

The Milwaukee Bucks, being the best team in the Eastern Conference, get more slack with their outgoing pregame routines, which often feature players like reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo practicing professional wrestling moves. On Friday before their road matchup with the Atlanta Hawks, veteran shooting guard Wesley Matthews put a (fake) beatdown on backup center […]

Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo indicated to reporters on Christmas he was dealing with a sore back. Giannis still has a sore back and won’t play on Friday against the Atlanta Hawks: Bud makes it official. Giannis Antetokounmpo is OUT tonight against the Hawks due to back soreness. — Eric Nehm (@eric_nehm) December 27, 2019 Antetokounmpo struggled on […]

Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo had previously been listed as probable for Friday night’s game against the Atlanta Hawks due to a sore back, but now he has been downgraded to doubtful, according to the NBA’s official injury report. The Bucks are playing a back-to-back this weekend, with the second game coming against the Orlando […]

Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo indicated to reporters on Christmas he was dealing with a sore back. Giannis still has a sore back, but he’s probable to play on Friday against the Atlanta Hawks: Giannis was indicating he had a sore back on Christmas Day in Philly. It's something that has been noted on the […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo took the full extent of the blame for his team’s loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Christmas Day, as the Milwaukee Bucks had their zone defense clobbered by a barrage of 3-pointers in a 121-109 loss. Meanwhile, The Greek Freak, who was praised for his improved shooting in a blockbuster matchup against the […]

During the Christmas day showdown between the Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers, there was a play that featured Giannis Antetokounmpo being scratched in his eye. The play resulted in the reigning MVP being visibly upset with one of the referees, Tony Brothers. After the game, Antetokounmpo told Malika Andrews of ESPN  that his eye is […]

The Philadelphia 76ers routed the Milwaukee Bucks on Christmas Day, showing off for their hometown crowd in a statement win against Giannis Antetokounmpo and company. All-Star center Joel Embiid capitalized on the beatdown with a rejection of reigning league MVP Antetokounmpo in the second half (via NBA on ESPN). Embiid standing his ground against Giannis […]

Milwaukee Bucks MVP candidate Giannis Antetokounmpo might be the most dangerous player in the NBA when gets in the open floor. The “Greek Freak” delivered the goods on Christmas Day in Philadelphia, taking the ball from coast to coast and throwing down a massive jam over Sixers forward Tobias Harris and a trailing Josh Richardson: […]

Sacramento Kings head coach Luke Walton recently had some seriously high praise for up-and-coming forward Marvin Bagley III. Not only did Walton compliment the young big man, but he even compared his to the reigning league MVP in Milwaukee Bucks superstar swingman Giannis Antetokounmpo. One knock on both Bagley III and “The Greek Freak,” though, […]

Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo will wear a unique pair of shoes from Nike for Milwaukee’s Christmas Day matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers. According to ESPN’s Eric Woodyard, The Greek Freak will lace up in Nike’s Zoom Freak 1 “Soul Glo,” which features a “Coming to America” theme: Here is a classic scene from Eddie […]

Malcolm Brogdon had some gripes with how his first free-agency stint took place with the Milwaukee Bucks, finally opting to play for the Indiana Pacers as a sign-and-trade facilitated his venture to a new team. The fourth-year guard has thrived in his new role, averaging a well-rounded 18.3 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 7.6 assists through […]

Malcolm Brogdon of the Indiana Pacers threw some shade at the Milwaukee Bucks ahead of Sunday’s game. According to Brogdon, he would’ve loved to remain the team but felt that they did not value him enough. “I would’ve loved to play for this team, if they had wanted me. If they had valued me the […]

A few days before Christmas, Milwaukee Bucks Giannis Antetokounmpo is already into the spirit of giving. The reigning NBA MVP certainly made a young fan’s day during the team’s 117-89 victory over the Indiana Pacers at Fiserv Forum on Sunday. After the Greek Freak dropped a near triple-double of 18 points, 19 boards, and nine […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks saved Robin Lopez from an attack by Wesley Matthews in a new twist to their pro-wrestling pre-game ritual. Peep the clip below which features Antetokounmpo putting on his best impression as a pro wrestler. Near the end of the video, as Matthews was about to hit Lopez with a […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are strolling through the Association with a league-leading 26-4 record. It’s hard to imagine them thinking about tinkering their roster with their blistering start to the season. But as we saw in last year’s playoffs, it doesn’t really matter how good you are in the regular season. What matters is that you […]

The Milwaukee Bucks sent quite a message to the entire NBA last night, besting the Western Conference’s top team Los Angeles Lakers, 111-104, to take solo lead of the league’s best record. There were plenty of storylines to go around in the aftermath of the first meeting of the two of the league’s best teams […]

Thursday night’s matchup between LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers and Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks was the highest-rated game during the 2019-20 NBA season since opening night, according to Turner Sports. TNT’s Lakers/Bucks telecast is most-watched NBA game since Opening Night. #NBAonTNT pic.twitter.com/ZYnQCFybiM — TNT Sports U.S. PR (@TNTSportsUS) December 20, 2019 […]

Milwaukee Bucks shooting guard Kyle Korver has had the pleasure of playing with both LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo. James is a four-time MVP and three-time champion, while Giannis is the reigning MVP and eager to lead the Bucks to the Finals after coming up short last season. Milwaukee lost to the Toronto Raptors in […]

Milwaukee Bucks shooting guard Kyle Korver believes Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is “going to be dunking a basketball when he’s 70.” Korver played with James on the Cleveland Cavaliers and knows first-hand how diligently LeBron takes care of his body: “In his mind, playing every game, playing those minutes, he wanted to give […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo’s latest master class came with a new career-high in 3-pointers made, burying five against the Milwaukee Bucks’ biggest competition to date — the Los Angeles Lakers. If a statement 111-104 win over the West-leading Lakers wasn’t enough, The Greek Freak’s 3-point improvement is just the latest semblance of proof that he’s nearing world […]