Milwaukee Bucks Articles - Page 190

As the NBA trade deadline approaches, rumors are starting to get around. One of the most prominent rumblings out there is how the Milwaukee Bucks are frontrunners in getting L.A. Clippers center DeAndre Jordan. But a recent tweet from Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times may finally kill this rumor. As I reported several […]

The Milwaukee Bucks could be well in their way to get back one of their most important contributors, as they have recalled Jabari Parker from G League affiliate Wisconsin Herd today, according to the team. Parker has been sidelined the entire 2017-18 season since suffering a second ACL tear 51 games into last season. The […]

Nobody is doubting Giannis Antetokounmpo’s crazy athletic abilities. He’s been dominating practically everybody on the basketball court. He is averaging 28.3 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 4.5 assists. But it looks like the Greek Freak’s athletic abilities will be exclusively for professional basketball — and that’s not going to change anytime soon. In an interview after […]

Trade rumors can only grow as the NBA trade deadline approaches. One of the rumors circling around is how DeAndre Jordan may be wearing a Milwaukee Bucks jersey faster than we realize. Marc Stein said on the Dunc’d On Basketball Podcast that the Bucks are 100 percent interested in Jordan and they are probably just […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded the first 20-point, 20-rebound game of his four-plus-year career, after posting 27 points and 20 rebounds in a 104-95 win over the Washington Wizards during an early matchup on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Greek Freak has amazed plenty around league circles with his all-around game, but this is the very […]

On Monday, the Milwaukee Bucks have signed Marshall Plumlee of the G League’s Agua Caliente, according to Shams Charania of Yahoo! Sports. Marshall is the younger brother of Mason and Miles Plumlee, who have also played in the NBA in the past. Similar to his brothers, Marshall committed to Duke University, where he was ranked as […]

In this generation of young people, many of them decide to sit with their faces buried in their phones, and Milwaukee Bucks guard Tony Snell has had it. Snell, who has been in the NBA for a number of years, can’t stand seeing his teammates always on their phones in the locker room, per Lori […]

You reach, I teach. That’s exactly what Golden State Warriors superstar Kevin Durant had in mind when he faked Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo out of his shoes on Friday night at BMO Harris Bradley Center. With the Warriors up 49-45 and a little more than five minutes left to go in the second quarter, […]

Through the 2017-18 NBA season, the Milwaukee Bucks currently have the sixth-best record in the Eastern Conference (21-18). As Giannis Antetokounmpo is on pace for a career season, some feel the Bucks are underperforming as they are one of the more active teams heading into the February trade deadline. After trading for Eric Bledsoe from […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo took a break from dealing with the leather as he pranked fellow Milwaukee Bucks player Sterling Brown. What’s even better is that the Greek Freak actually told the entire team about his plan and captured it all on camera. Brown didn’t know anything about any of his teammate’s plan, so he confidently approached […]

Following a slow start to the season, the Milwaukee Bucks have climbed back into holding one of the better records in the Eastern Conference. With the trade deadline being just under a month away, the Bucks appear to be in the market to add more frontcourt depth as Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times […]

It appears that Andrew Bogut may find a home soon enough, and it could be with a familiar team. Bogut, who was waived by the Los Angeles Lakers recently before his contract became fully guaranteed, is receiving some tepid interest from the Milwaukee Bucks, the team that drafted him No. 1 overall in 2005, per […]

Every match-up in the NBA’s 82-game schedule presents a new challenge, regardless if you are battling the top dogs or the bottom-feeders. For the Milwaukee Bucks, a team that is still maturing as a unit, they usually have to rely on their best players — namely, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton — to do a lot […]

Milwaukee Bucks veteran point guard Jason Terry, “The Jet,” told Woelfel’s Press Box he has no intentions of retiring when this season ends: “Oh, yeah, I’m going to keep playing. Next season would be No. 20. I want to play 20 years. That’s the goal I set for myself. I’m a very goal-oriented guy and […]

Basketball runs in the blood of the Makers as Thon Maker’s younger brother is as close as ever to realizing his NBA dream. According to 247Sports, the 20-year-old power forward from Mississauga, Canada will skip college to enter the 2018 NBA Draft this coming June 21. Thon also did the same thing in 2016 as […]

With only two days to go before teams can either guarantee or waive players with non-guaranteed contracts, the Milwaukee Bucks have already made their decision on their young backup guard, Sean Kilpatrick. He confirmed via his Twitter account that he will continue his NBA journey this season with the Bucks. https://twitter.com/SeanKilpatrick/status/950193136265060353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsonline.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fnba%2Fbucks%2F2018%2F01%2F07%2Fbucks-sign-bolomboy-nba-deal-put-munford-two-way-contract%2F1009819001%2F The 28-year-old Cincinnati product […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are set to part ways with DeAndre Liggins before his contract becomes fully guaranteed, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. The Milwaukee Bucks will waive guard DeAndre Liggins before Sunday's deadline to guarantee deals for season, league sources tell ESPN. Liggins played 31 games, impacted defensively. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 7, 2018 The […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo is clearly on his way to superstardom. The Milwaukee Bucks point-forward is the current leading vote-getter for the All-Star game after the first returns were made public recently. He has MVP buzz and is lighting up the league with ridiculous play after ridiculous play after ridiculous play. One of the main criticisms of […]

The Milwaukee Bucks will be shaking things up on their roster as they are reportedly going to make a few moves. DeAndre Liggins has been informed that he will be waived by the team, which will result in having a roster spot open. That said, the Bucks are planning to sign Wisconsin Herd standout Xavier […]

On Saturday night, the Washington Wizards faced the Milwaukee Bucks and things certainly got chippy. In a particular play, Bradley Beal came up the court on a possession, but he was pulled down by his neck by Matthew Dellavedova. The action resulted in an altercation between him and Beal, and the referees shortly ejected Dellavedova […]

It appears that the Washington Wizards may be the scrappiest team in the NBA. In Saturday night’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks, Bradley Beal was involved in a heated altercation with Matthew Dellavedova. This wouldn’t be the first time that Beal got into a scuffle with an opponent. Against the Golden State Warriors, Beal got […]

The NBA is in love with PR and marketing. Although it will never be admitted, the league loves rumors, speculations and most of all team and player rivalries. Because at the end of the day, it all promotes the product which is the NBA itself. That’s why the so-called Christmas games have turned into one […]

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo never ceases to amaze basketball fans. With a rare combination of height, length, speed, athleticism, and Randy Moss-like sure-handedness, Antetokounmpo left Bucks fans’ jaws on the floor once again Friday night with this insane fastbreak catch and finish against the Toronto Raptors at home. From behind the backboard. Giannis is […]

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo was recently asked who he would pick first if he’s voted into captaincy for this season’s NBA All-Star Game. “Have you given it much thought?,” a reporter asked Antetokounmpo. “Who you would take first overall if you had the chance…” Giannis stayed loyal to his teammates in his reply. However, […]

The first returns for the All-Star Game starters are already in. With the first set of votes counting as double, fans did not waste time to cast them for their favorite players and those they think deserve to be part of the exhibition game the most. Familiar names lead the list of top vote-getters with […]

Get excited, Milwaukee Bucks fans. The return to an NBA court of former No. 2 overall pick in forward Jabari Parker just got that much closer on Tuesday afternoon. According to a post from the Bucks’ official Twitter account, Parker was recalled from Milwaukee’s G League affiliate after he practiced with the Wisconsin Herd on […]

When the Indiana Pacers (19-18) travel to take on the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night, they again are going to be without the services of rising star guard Victor Oladipo for the fourth straight game. According to a tweet on Tuesday from the Pacers’ official Twitter account, Oladipo was ruled out due to his sore […]

The Milwaukee Bucks were not able to weather the storm that was DeMar DeRozan on Monday, as they took a 131-127 overtime road loss at the hands of the Toronto Raptors, but Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo still managed to get off a smile after the game. And how could he not when around 700 of […]

Milwaukee Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has become one of the most exciting players in the league to watch on a nightly basis. The 23-year-old put his freakish athleticism and explosiveness on display with a tantalizing play by throwing a two-hand dunk over three defenders on Monday night against the Toronto Raptors. Giannis dunked on […]

On a night when they did not have the services of star forward Paul George, the Oklahoma City Thunder fought back valiantly from a big early deficit against the Milwaukee Bucks. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough as star forward Carmelo Anthony and the Thunder fell 97-95 to the Bucks in controversial fashion. After superstar point guard Russell […]

Well, that was quite a crazy and controversial ending to Friday night’s game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Milwaukee Bucks. It’s really too bad that such an exciting game had to end with a missed call by the refs on a dunk by Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo over Thunder star guard Russell Westbrook. […]

After a controversial finish in the Oklahoma City Thunder 97-95 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night, many people wanted answers as to why superstar forward Giannis Antetokounmpo wasn’t ruled out of bounds on the Bucks’ final possession. According to a tweet from Thunder beat writer Erik Horne of The Oklahoman, it was brought to […]

Another day, another controversial ending to an otherwise great game. This time it came at the end of the showdown between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Milwaukee Bucks. The Bucks managed to escape with the victory after a game-winning lay-in from superstar forward Giannis Antetokounmpo over superstar point guard Russell Westbrook. Although it became evident […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are coming off perhaps one of the most controversial games in the 2017-18 NBA season. Despite the ending, the Thunder’s showdown with the Milwaukee Bucks also proved to be quite entertaining. Among all the notable highlights was the posterization of Bucks center Thon Maker by Thunder superstar point guard Russell Westbrook. While […]

Not today, Russell Westbrook. That’s exactly the mentality that Milwaukee Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo had when the Oklahoma City Thunder star point guard tried to attack the basket during the closing second of the half. With the Bucks already up 58-44, Giannis was not going to let Westbrook cut the Milwaukee lead down to […]

Another day, another game decided by a blown call from the game officials. In the latest show of NBA referees’ incompetence, the officials working Friday’s game between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Oklahoma City Thunder failed to call an out-of-bounds infraction on Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, as he drove to the basket for the game-winning […]

A valiant Thunder comeback came up just short as Giannis Antetokounmpo made the game-winning bucket in the final seconds, a strong drive baseline and finish over Russell Westbrook to lift the Bucks to a 97-95 win. Take a look at the sequence: Note that it looks like Antetokounmpo stepped out of bounds on the drive […]

Russell Westbrook may have ended Thon Maker’s career. Westbrook took a pass on the right wing and then drove the lane before elevating for the ridiculous poster dunk on Maker Friday night during the Thunder-Bucks game. Take a look at the ridiculous play by Russ: Westbrook is of course one of the great athletes the […]

For Milwaukee Bucks guard Malcolm Brogdon, it is no secret that the 2017 NBA Rookie of the Year has some insane athleticism. In Friday night’s game against the red-hot Oklahoma City Thunder, he showed us exactly why he is such a dynamic player. Midway through the second quarter of the game at Chesapeake Energy Arena, […]