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There have been plenty of talented individuals who have donned a Milwaukee Bucks uniform through its 55 years of existence to this point, with Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on top of everyone’s list. And with great players come great success, as the Bucks have a record above .500 in the entirety of its existence […]

Veteran big man Serge Ibaka began the 2022-23 season with the Milwaukee Bucks, a team that had set high title aspirations for themselves. While they did find a lot of success on the floor during the regular season, the Bucks looked very dysfunctional in the postseason and their year ended in playoff disappointment. Even before […]

San Antonio Spurs center Sandro Mamukelashvili is happy to be back by the River Walk, playing with mentor and head coach Gregg Popovich in what is now their most anticipated era since Tim Duncan was helping lead the famed franchise to five championships. With a new face of the franchise and international basketball sensation and […]

Former Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers star Lamar Odom is heaping praise onto Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo. After the NBA posted to their Twitter showing off some of Antetokounmpo’s best plays from the 2022-2023 season, Odom retweeted the post with the caption, “One of the most dominant players EVER, Giannis is a […]

For weeks now, NBA fans across the globe have been waiting to find out if superstars like Damian Lillard or James Harden would be traded this NBA offseason. Well, the NBA Draft has happened, free agency is basically done and NBA Summer League has concluded with neither All-Star being moved. While a deal could still […]

Milwaukee Bucks incoming second-year small forward MarJon Beauchamp had the basketball world buzzing on Saturday night — and for good reason. This is after the 22-year-old dropped a mind-blowing 83 points in a The CrawsOver pro-am game. Talk about making a bang, right? So much so, that the founder of the tournament himself, Jamal Crawford, […]

The summertime is always a fun time for NBA fans who have local pro-am leagues in their area. Among the most popular are the Drew League in Los Angeles, AEBL in Atlanta and the Miami Pro League in Miami. The NBA itself has even partnered with a few of these pro-ams to stream them live […]

Very rarely do we see professional athletes play with their siblings on the same team. Over the last four seasons though, Giannis Antetokounmpo has been able to play on the Milwaukee Bucks with his older brother Thanasis Antetokounmpo. It doesn’t seem like the Bucks nor Giannis are tired of the oldest Antetokounmpo brother yet though, […]

The Milwaukee Bucks had no other choice but to run it back after a shocking and disappointing round one loss to the Miami Heat. Hopefully, a full offseason can get Khris Middleton back to full health after he signed a three-year deal for $102 million. Brook Lopez was brought back in a two-year $48 million […]

A lot of money was spent on free agents and contract extensions this NBA offseason, but one key contract decision everyone was waiting for revolved around All-Star Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics. Entering the final year of his current contract, Brown was eligible for a massive extension after receiving All-NBA honors. With the league’s […]

The NBA offseason is a time for players across the league to continue working on ways to better their game and improve their team’s chances at finding success. It is also a time where many players devote their free time to the community around them. This offseason, Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo has taken time […]

Jayce Griffin, the grandson of Milwaukee Bucks head coach Adrian Griffin, tragically died over the weekend. Jayce, the son of Jasmine Riggs and Adrian’s son, Alan, was found unresponsive in a home in Urbana, Illinois and pronounced dead on Saturday, according to Adam Rife of CBS 58. The Bucks coach released a statement on the […]

The Milwaukee Bucks were eliminated in the first round of the 2023 playoffs by the eighth-seeded Miami Heat. They immediately fired champion tactician Mike Budenholzer and hired first-time head coach Adrian Griffin as the new man in the helm. The Bucks retained most of their guys as they re-signed Khris Middleton, Brook Lopez, and Jae […]

If you believe the rumors, Utah Jazz guard Collin Sexton has been offered up in multiple trade scenarios this offseason, first in the Jazz’s effort to move up in the 2023 NBA Draft and then in conversations with the Milwaukee Bucks. It’s the latter hypothetical that deserves the most attention though. Not because the draft […]

The Milwaukee Bucks finished up NBA Summer League play in Las Vegas last week, concluding the tournament with a 2-3 record. 2022 second-round pick MarJon Beauchamp, who played 52 times for the Bucks last season, led the way with 13.3 points per game as the team started hot but faltered against more serious competition. The […]

Other than agreeing to a long-term contract extension with All-Star guard Dejounte Murray, the Atlanta Hawks had not made any moves in free agency up until Friday morning. Making their first addition in NBA free agency, the Hawks have agreed to a one-year contract with veteran wing Wesley Matthews, first reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. […]

It’s been just over two years since the Milwaukee Bucks raised the Larry O’Brien Trophy as newly minted NBA champions. The Bucks’ title defense came up short in the Eastern Conference Semifinals absent an injured Khris Middleton, and a first-round playoff flameout last season tempted significant changes this summer that many deemed necessary for them […]

Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo could see action in the FIBA Basketball World Cup after all. Greece unveiled its pool for the World Cup on Thursday, and the seven-foot forward is listed in it despite questions on his health status. The Athletic and Stadium’s Shams Charania confirmed that Antetokounmpo “underwent a cleanup procedure” on his […]

Fresh off their first-round playoff exit, the Milwaukee Bucks are hungry to get back to the NBA Finals and compete for another championship. While they have gotten rid of a lot of their draft picks in trades lately, their Summer League team this year had a few intriguing options show out. The biggest name on […]

It became clear during the 2023 NBA Summer League play that the Milwaukee Bucks wanted an extended look at MarJon Beauchamp. The 22nd overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft led the team in minutes per game (28.9) and points per game (13.3) during Milwaukee’s five contests in Las Vegas. The young wing came to […]

Kyle Kuzma was a lightning rod for controversy during his time with LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the Los Angeles Lakers back in 2020. The 2020 Los Angeles Lakers became NBA champions during the league’s infamous ‘Bubble’ season with a Finals victory over Tyler Herro, Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat. Currently, the team is […]

One of the keys to success in the NBA is to know the competition. Even in realms outside of the NBA, that’s a lesson people have to keep in mind to succeed. That’s also why Charlotte Hornets rookie Brandon Miller recently left fans with their eyebrows raised and their mouths agape with confusion when it […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo continues to spend his offseason doing his own thing and finding his way onto social media in the meantime. Milwaukee Bucks fans will now be a little anxious at his most recent posting, pitching himself as a future soccer player. 497 498 499 500 Saudi Pro League still need strikers?!  😂👀 pic.twitter.com/euzVhW5XGE — Giannis […]

Coming off an early playoff exit for the third time in four seasons, this off-season was crucial for the Milwaukee Bucks. Brook Lopez and Khris Middleton were both free agents and the Bucks did not have much cap space to work with. Yet the Bucks were able to re-sign Lopez and Middleton, plus they also […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Steph Curry are two of the best players in the NBA. Both Giannis and Curry have also been loyal to their teams. The Milwaukee Bucks and Golden State Warriors would not have enjoyed their recent success without these superstars. Giannis shared a blunt one-emoji reaction on Twitter to his and Curry’s loyalty […]

The Brooklyn Nets are currently competing in NBA Summer League action. The team took on the Milwaukee Bucks at the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas in hopes of making a leap in the standings. The 2023 offseason is a big one for the Nets and their fans. The team lost Kevin Durant last year but […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo is undeniably the most important asset of the Milwaukee Bucks and that will continue to be the case in the coming years. His current contract with the Bucks will not expire until at least the end of the 2025-26 NBA season when he has a player option to think about, but there’s also […]

The Milwaukee Bucks 2022-23 campaign was rather disappointing, and that rings especially true for Khris Middleton. Middleton only played in 33 regular season games due to wrist and knee injuries, and his numbers when he played weren’t particularly good (15.1 PPG, 4.9 APG, 4.2 RPG, 43.6 FG%). Still, when free agency opened, Middleton managed to […]

The Milwaukee Bucks’ 2023 NBA postseason ended with an unexpected and resounding “thud” after their first-round defeat at the hands of the eighth-seeded Miami Heat. Perhaps most alarming wasn’t that Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo, and the Heat knocked off the Bucks — it was the way they won in dominating fashion that stunned Milwaukee fans and […]

With important questions looming this off-season about the future of the team’s core, the Milwaukee Bucks wasted no time putting pen to paper once NBA free agency started. Free agency began a week ago, and since then, Milwaukee has made six moves: re-signing four players and adding two free agents. Khris Middleton (three years, $102 […]

With some major questions looming this off-season, the Milwaukee Bucks wasted no time getting busy once NBA free agency started on June 30th. In the week since, Milwaukee has made six moves: re-signing four players and adding two free agents. Khris Middleton (three years, $102 million), Brook Lopez (two years, $48 million), Jae Crowder (one […]

The Milwaukee Bucks may be coming off one of the most embarrassing playoff defeats of all time, but the 2023-24 season marks a new beginning for a team that, as long as their best players remain healthy, should be right up there among the most serious title contenders in the league. The Bucks front office […]

The Milwaukee Bucks entered the NBA offseason with a lot of questions to sort through. They not only had to replace Mike Budenholzer at the head coaching position, but both Khris Middleton and Brook Lopez were to key free agents various teams around the league were showing interest in. Ultimately, the Bucks signed both Middleton […]

The Milwaukee Bucks have been busy this offseason and brought back Khris Middleton on a new extension. Now, the Bucks have given a promotion to AJ Green, who played well on a two-way contract last year, per Shams Charania of The Athletic. ‘Free agent guard AJ Green has agreed to a multi-year contract with the […]

It’s easy to forget nowadays that the Milwaukee Bucks finished the 2022-23 regular season with the best record in the NBA, winning 56 games as they stood out as one of the favorites to win the championship. And a huge part of the Bucks’ regular season dominance was the play of Brook Lopez, a legitimate […]

NBA Summer League in Las Vegas is about to start, and the Milwaukee Bucks Summer League roster is full of interesting prospects. The team has a wide range of players, from first-round picks like MarJon Beauchamp, former NBA players like Nico Mannion, and a college superstar in Drew Timme. Here are the five must-watch prospects […]

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo can’t even escape being recognized on the other side of the world. Giannis Antetokounmpo’s brother and teammate with the Bucks, Thanasis Antetokounmpo, shared a video on his Instagram story from China that showed a group of fans in a taxi driving alongside the NBA players. It’s not exactly clear if […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo has been, and continues to be, one of the best basketball players in the world. This summer, the Milwaukee Bucks star was set to lead Team Greece in the 2023 FIBA World Cup, but this appears very unlikely now after he recently underwent right knee surgery. As reported on Wednesday, Giannis had a […]

As the Utah Jazz continue to tinker with their roster, 24-year-old guard Collin Sexton has found himself headlining multiple trade rumors just a season after being part of the trade package that the Cleveland Cavaliers sent Utah in exchange for Donovan Mitchell. A presumed starter entering the 2022-23 season, the Jazz opted to bring Sexton […]