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The NBA is becoming an increasingly impatient kingdom where the ruling owners harshly overlook the recent accomplishments of their “fall guy” head coaches. That is not jarring for anyone who followed the George Steinbrenner New York Yankees or are familiar with soccer’s wild coaching carousel. But the firing of Milwaukee Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer […]

Mike Budenholzer‘s tenure as the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks has officially come to an end. This is after reports confirmed that the Bucks have decided to part ways with the same guy that coached them to a title just two years ago. Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr is already aware of […]

The Milwaukee Bucks rocked the basketball world on Thursday after it was reported that the organization had decided to part ways with now-former head coach Mike Budenholzer. This development comes after the Bucks suffered a shocking NBA Playoffs first-round exit at the hands of Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat. As it turns out, Budenholzer […]

Mike Budenholzer is now officially out as Milwaukee Bucks‘ head coach. The report was confirmed by ESPN’s NBA guru Adrian Wojnarowski on Thursday, who reported that Milwaukee has come to this drastic decision after their first-round exit to the No. 8 seed Miami Heat in the NBA Playoffs. This decision had been a long time […]

The Milwaukee Bucks have parted ways with head coach Mike Budenholzer after a disappointing first round exit from the 2023 NBA Playoffs. Following the announcement, the Bucks official Twitter account posted a statement from General Manager Jon Horst and Team President Peter Feigin. A letter from Bucks General Manager Jon Horst and Team President Peter […]

The hammer has fallen. The Milwaukee Bucks needed a scapegoat for their utterly disappointing NBA Playoffs first-round exit at the hands of the Miami Heat, and unfortunately for him, it’s head coach Mike Budenholzer who has emerged as the odd man out — or should I say former Bucks head coach. ESPN’s NBA guru Adrian […]

Being able to play with your sibling on the same sports team is always a blessing and both Thanasis Antetokounmpo and Giannis Antetokounmpo get to live this dream every day with the Milwaukee Bucks. While he has not played much through the years, Thanasis has been a great leader on the bench for the Bucks […]

Milwaukee Bucks fans aren’t the happiest bunch right now. After all, the last thing they expected was an early first-round exit at the hands of the No. 8 seed Miami Heat. To make matters worse, Giannis Antetokounmpo and the rest of the squad apparently decided not to do their annual exit interviews with the press. […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are currently experiencing a much earlier start to the 2023 NBA offseason than they expected. Coming into the 2023 NBA Playoffs as the No. 1 overall seed and having Giannis Antetokounmpo finishing arguably his best season yet, the Bucks had NBA Finals aspirations on their mind. The Miami Heat quickly silenced those […]

For stretches of the 2022-23 regular season, the Milwaukee Bucks seemed almost disinterested, struggling for a bit in late 2022 as their best players missed time consistently due to injuries. But as the calendar flipped to 2023, Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks turned things around. Starting in mid-January, the Bucks went on to win 16 […]

The Milwaukee Bucks shockingly lost in the first round to the Miami Heat in five games. Milwaukee finished the season with the best record in the NBA but was eliminated by the 8th-seeded Heat, to the surprise of many. Giannis Antetokounmpo got injured early in Game 1 and missed Games 2 and 3. However, he […]

Heading into the 2022-23 NBA postseason, the Milwaukee Bucks, led by Giannis Antetokouunmpo, were widely perceived as the favorites to win the championship this summer. They finished with a league-best 58-24 record during the regular season, including a 26-15 record on the road (also the best in the NBA). But Jimmy Butler, Eric Spoelstra, and […]

The Milwaukee Bucks looked, for all money, like a championship team throughout the course of this season. Unfortunately, that all unravelled in the playoffs, and their 4-1 loss to the Miami Heat will go down as one of the biggest shocks in NBA playoff history. So does this ageing core still have something to give? […]

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo’s inspirational failure speech is making waves throughout the sporting world. After the Bucks exited the playoffs in five games to the Miami Heat last week, Antetokounmpo was asked if he considered the season a failure. The 2021 NBA champion initially displayed frustration since he was asked the same question by […]

According to Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo, there are no failures, only steps to success. This is certainly an admirable mindset to have in the aftermath of one of the most embarrassing first-round playoff defeats in NBA history, one that’s indicative of Antetokounmpo’s priorities that lie way beyond basketball. However, the NBA is a business, […]

Remember that not-a-failure rhetoric of Milwaukee Bucks superstar forward Giannis Antetokounmpo after their embarrassing first-round exit at the hands of Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat in the 2023 NBA Playoffs? Well, it’s become a big theme Sunday night in the world of hockey, with fans using that perspective by the Greek Freak to clown […]

Milwaukee Bucks guard Jrue Holiday is 32-years-old and a 14-year NBA veteran. However, while other players are looking to extend their careers by playing long past their prime, Holiday seems like he wants to go out while at the top of the game. At least, one could argue that those are his intentions, as earlier […]

The top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks flamed out of the 2023 NBA Playoffs in shocking fashion, losing to the Miami Heat in the first round in just five games. By no surprise, tons of criticism has been coming their way, but Giannis Antetokounmpo offered some perspective after Game 5 when his answer to a reporter’s question about […]

The Milwaukee Bucks flamed out of the 2023 NBA playoffs in spectacular fashion, squandering double-digit leads in the fourth quarter in two consecutive games en route to a five-game series loss to the Miami Heat. While there is definitely plenty of blame to go around the entire Bucks’ organization for this colossal collapse, no one […]

The Golden State Warriors botched their chance to close out their NBA Playoffs first-round series against the Sacramento Kings on Friday night. With Stephen Curry and Co. up 3-2 in the series, they had a golden opportunity to end this opening-round encounter with a win on their home floor. Instead, it was the Kings who […]

Los Angeles Lakers head coach and former Milwaukee Bucks assistant Darvin Ham lauded Giannis Antetokounmpo for his comments on failure in sports that went viral on Wednesday. You probably don’t need a refresher, but here was what Giannis said when asked if the No. 1 seed Bucks’ season was a failure minutes after they lost […]

It comes as no surprise that Mike Budenholzer has come under heavy criticism following the Milwaukee Bucks‘ shocking first-round exit against the Miami Heat. After all, the No. 1 seeded Bucks were expected to cruise through the opening round against a Heat side that had to go through the Play-In tournament just to be able […]

Jae Crowder and the Milwaukee Bucks were absolutely stunned in their first-round series against the Miami Heat, becoming the first No. 1 seed to lose in the opening round of the postseason since 2012. With the season over long before the Bucks expected, Crowder reflected on his purpose with the team, after only playing 18 […]

The Milwaukee Bucks saw their season end at the expense of Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat after a five-game series in the first round. With that, a ton of questions have popped up regarding the future of head coach Mike Budenholzer, and the early exit is definitely not what anybody in the organization expected. […]

This season definitely isn’t a championship or bust one for Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks, especially when it hasn’t even been two years since they won a title. But certain expectations come with finishing with the best record in the NBA like the Bucks did during the 2022-23 season. And among those expectations is […]

The Milwaukee Bucks cruised through the 2022-23 regular season with the clear expectations that an NBA Championship was the organization’s primary goal. When the Miami Heat toppled the Chicago Bulls in the NBA play-in tournament, NBA fans felt the Bucks-Heat series would be over in a maximum of five games. Giannis Antetokounmpo sustained a lower […]

The fact that Jimmy Butler and the eighth-seeded Miami Heat have beaten the team that finished with the best record in the entire NBA in the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the 2023 NBA playoffs still seems surreal. After all, the Heat lost one of their best players in Tyler Herro to injury. […]

Jimmy Butler is the man of the moment. He ought to be after his masterful performance in Game 5 of the Miami Heat’s NBA Playoffs first-round series against the Milwaukee Bucks. Against all odds, Butler willed his team to a sensational 4-1 series victory against Giannis Antetokounmpo and the league-best Bucks. This was one for […]

The Miami Heat absolutely shocked the basketball world on Wednesday night after mounting a sensational comeback in Game 5 of their NBA Playoff first-round matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks. Jimmy Butler led the way yet again for the Heat as they escaped with a stunning 128-126 overtime victory to close out the series and eliminate […]

Houston Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr. salvaged his rookie year with strong play towards the end of the 2022-23 regular season. Still, it’s still a curious choice for him to take to Twitter and second controversial ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins’ opinion that the Milwaukee Bucks season was “a complete failure.” “Are we serious right now,” […]

Every good coach is alike; every bad coach is bad in his own way. For Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer, this badness manifested itself in a fatal passivity as Budenholzer bungled his way through the end of the Bucks’ season-ending Game 5 loss to the Heat as if he had forgotten that he’s allowed to coach. […]

The Miami Heat stunned the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the NBA Playoffs and beat them in five games. Giannis Antetokounmpo and his team saw their title hopes end early, but Jimmy Butler and the Heat are now heading to the next round after winning the play-in tournament. After another masterful playoff performance, […]

The Boston Celtics have a history with the Miami Heat in the postseason, so Jayson Tatum wasn’t too surprised when the red-hot team from South Beach took down the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks. Although the Heat barely snuck into the playoffs after losing their first Play-In Tournament game, Tatum never underestimated them. “I wouldn’t necessarily call […]

The Milwaukee Bucks season came crashing down to an end Wednesday after the Bucks fell to the Miami Heat in Game 5 of their first-round series. Milwaukee became the sixth No. 1 seed to lose in the playoffs to an eight-seed. Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer admitted he should have handled the final possession of […]

The Milwaukee Bucks completely botched it. After finishing the regular season with the best record in the NBA, the Bucks were widely regarded as the favorite to win the 2023 NBA Playoffs. Rather than repeating their 2021 success, the Bucks struggled to get off the ground and were defeated in five games by the eighth-seeded […]

Most one-seeds in NBA history can be forgiven for not paying too much attention to their first-round matchup. After all, the eight-seed in the conference is usually the worst among all teams that qualified for the playoffs. But the institution of the play-in tournament has brought forth some changes that have proven to be devastating […]

The Milwaukee Bucks fell to the Miami Heat after just playing just five games in the postseason, sullying their 58-24 record and their top seed in the Eastern Conference. Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, who averaged 23.3 points, 11.0 rebounds, 5.3 assists, and 0.7 blocks per game in their First Round loss while dealing with an […]

The Miami Heat Twitter page kept the receipts on Wednesday night following their series-clinching win over the Milwaukee Bucks, proceeding to troll their opponent and TNT’s Ernie Johnson. Just take a look at this tomfoolery: Were we supposed to fear the deer? Oops. pic.twitter.com/ytQ7cTBKHt — Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) April 27, 2023 Oh deer 🥴 we […]

In one of the more stunning playoff collapses in recent history, the Milwaukee Bucks were stunned by the Miami Heat in their first-round series on Wednesday night, getting eliminated from the playoffs in Game 5 after coming up short 128-126 in a wild overtime battle. After the game, Giannis Antetokounmpo shocked many fans by declaring […]