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To those who have closely followed the career and social media habits of Giannis Antetokounmpo, or just turned on the television lately, it is obvious how much family means to him. The special bond between the Milwaukee Bucks superstar and his brothers has been on full display for a while. They hang out at NBA […]

It is finally that time of year when analysts and experts lock in their votes for the season awards. Whether it’s the Rookie of the Year nod to the Most Valuable Player award, there will be controversial ballots cast. Kendrick Perkins may have just been one of these prominent figures. Giannis Antetokounmpo was notably missing […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are preparing to take on the Indiana Pacers in the NBA Playoffs with the series beginning on Sunday in Milwaukee. However, they are already without Giannis Antetokounmpo for the start of the series, although they are hoping he can return at some point. Now, Damian Lillard missed practice on Tuesday in a […]

With Giannis Antetokounmpo dealing with an injury that could sideline him for the majority or entirety of the first round of the playoffs, the Milwaukee Bucks may be staring down yet another disappointing postseason finish. The Bucks are “preparing to be without” Antetokounmpo for the beginning of their first-round series against the Indiana Pacers, a […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo missed the Milwaukee Bucks’ final three games of the regular season due to a left calf strain he suffered on April 9 against the Boston Celtics. Reports on Monday suggested that Antetokounmpo was set to miss Game 1 of the team’s first NBA playoff series against the Indiana Pacers. Now, it appears as […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are preparing for the NBA playoffs. Milwaukee finished the 2023-24 regular season with 49-33 record, which was good for third place in the Eastern Conference. Almost everyone agrees that the Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard-led Bucks feature no shortage of potential, but they did not meet their lofty expectations during the regular […]

Former NBA player and basketball analyst JJ Redick revealed his votes for who should win the NBA Most Valuable Player and New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson makes an appearance in his discussion. On his own podcast, he would list the players in order from who he thinks should win to the fifth best while […]

The time has finally come to determine who the NBA MVP will be. All season long, so much conversation has been made about the rise of the Oklahoma City Thunder with breakout superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. There has even been noise as of late surrounding Jalen Brunson and Luka Doncic making their way up the MVP […]

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is heading into the NBA playoffs with a calf injury that kept him out of the final three games of the regular season. While the team was hopeful that he would be able to progressively work his way back to full speed rather quickly, things are not looking good as […]

The Milwaukee Bucks have their first round matchup in the NBA Playoffs set and it’s against a familiar foe in the Indiana Pacers. It’s a matchup that is sure to have a lot of eyes on it due to the fireworks that have occurred between these two teams during the regular season. Once the Bucks […]

Recently, the Milwaukee Bucks received an injury scare when superstar power forward and league MVP candidate Giannis Antetokounmpo went down with a non-contact leg injury in a recent home game vs the Boston Celtics, which the Bucks went on to win in blowout fashion. Antetokounmpo has since been diagnosed with a calf strain that will […]

Milwaukee Bucks fans got a massive scare Tuesday night as the team’s superstar, Giannis Antetokounmpo, went down with a non-contact injury in his squad’s 104-91 win over the Boston Celtics. On Wednesday morning, the Bucks got the best injury update they could hope for on the Giannis injury, but they’re not totally out of the […]

The Boston Celtics have made plenty of history during the regular season. However, they made it for the wrong reasons on Tuesday night against the Milwaukee Bucks. During a 104-91 loss in Wisconsin, the Celtics attempted zero free throws. They are the first team in NBA history to have zero free throws made on zero […]

The Milwaukee Bucks engaged the Boston Celtics in an intense interconference matchup; however, the team was hit with a concerning loss. Star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo left during the second half of the game with an alarming non-contact injury, ClutchPoints’ Brett Siegel reports. Antetokounmpo began running down the floor after the Bucks inbounded the ball, but […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are in a brutal slump at the moment, losing four in a row and going 3-7 in their last 10 games. While they will likely head into the playoffs as the No. 3 seed in the East, Doc Rivers’ squad must figure it out in a hurry. It won’t get any easier […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks are mired in a tough stretch that has seen them lose six of their last seven games. ESPN NBA analyst Kendrick Perkins isn’t buying what the Bucks are selling, and had harsh words for the team: “Hell no… And the word is out that they are soft and they […]

We are now in the final week of the 2023-24 NBA regular season. That means there are just three or four games left for each of the NBA’s MVP candidates to stake their claim for the award. Throughout the vast portion of the season, it seemed like either Nikola Jokic or Shai Gilgeous-Alexander were going […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks are heading into the playoffs in the worst shape imaginable. April has been a month straight out of their nightmares; they have lost all four of their games in the month, including losses to three of the worst teams in the NBA. This stretch forced them to hold a […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are getting some murky news about their best player. Bucks All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo was listed as questionable for a key game Sunday against the New York Knicks. The forward is battling a left hamstring problem, as well as tendinopathy. Giannis Antetokounmpo injury status vs. Knicks Antetokounmpo has battled injuries for the greater […]

A healthy Damian Lillard will not completely obscure the distress that Milwaukee Bucks fans are feeling following perplexing back-to-back losses to the Washington Wizards and Memphis Grizzlies, but it sure does help. The eight-time All-Star is returning to action on Friday versus the Toronto Raptors after missing the last three games with an abductor strain, […]

The NBA 2K24 MyTEAM Eclipse Event offers another 100 OVR player item in the form of Bucks’ Superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo. Furthermore, the newest set adds multiple Dark Matter, Galaxy Opal, and Pink Diamond Player Items. Additionally, it includes some more incredible players, like Larry Byrd, Jimmy Butler, Derrick Rose, and more. Without further ado, let’s […]

The Milwaukee Bucks haven’t been the world-beating team everyone expected them to be when they traded for Damian Lillard this past offseason. And over the past few days, the atmosphere surrounding the Bucks has only gotten worse. Giannis Antetokounmpo and company have endured plenty of inexcusable losses as of late, the latest of which was […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks are on the verge of clinching the second-seed in the Eastern Conference. They can get one step closer to achieving this goal on Tuesday night when they take on the Washington Wizards, who have won just 14 games all season. This seems like a very easy game for the […]

Little time remains for those involved in this year’s race for the NBA MVP award to stand out and add to their resume. All season, Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander have been the two frontrunners for the award. It truly seems like the award will go to one of those two players, as Luka Doncic […]

The Milwaukee Bucks will be looking to end a two-game losing skid on Saturday as they face Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks. Star guard Damian Lillard has already been ruled out due to personal reasons, but Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton have also popped up on the injury report. That being said, there’s no […]

Luka Doncic has recorded jaw-dropping numbers throughout the 2023-24 season. He’s slowly climbed up the NBA MVP rankings over the past few months. The Dallas Mavericks star did not receive nearly enough attention in the conversation early in the season, but that narrative is changing now. In fact, Doncic is second in the rankings according […]

The term ‘All-Star whistle’ is around for a reason. NBA referees, for one reason or another, tend to give All-NBA talents more favorable calls than players still running out the years on their rookie contracts. Zion Williamson has been learning this the hard way and has the bruises to prove it. The New Orleans Pelicans […]

NBA stars are often respected for their greatness on the court. However, not all of them were great from the get-go. In fact, some of the biggest basketball stars that we respect today could be called late bloomers. Given the competition in the NBA, it isn’t surprising that some basketball players needed some time to […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo has gotten a lot of raised eyebrows for his free throw routine. One would think that he got better shooting advice since the Milwaukee Bucks have good shooters like Damian Lillard, Brook Lopez, and Khris Middleton. That is not at all the case which makes him getting clowned a very normal occurrence on […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are taking on the Los Angeles Lakers in a pivotal cross-conference matchup on Tuesday. Milwaukee wants to keep its status as a top seed in the Eastern Conference playoff picture. However, one question is on everyone’s mind: Is Giannis Antetokounmpo playing vs. the Lakers amid his concerning injury maintenance? *Watch NBA games […]

LeBron James’ status for the Los Angeles Lakers matchup with Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks is up in the air due to a lingering left ankle injury. The Lakers listed LeBron as doubtful for the first stop on the six-game road trip. LeBron played 38 minutes in the high-octane win over the Indiana Pacers […]

Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander continue to be the two favorites for the NBA’s MVP award with very little separation. Around this time last week, it was the Oklahoma City Thunder that led the Western Conference, resulting in Gilgeous-Alexander finding himself ranked at the very top of the NBA MVP rankings. Now, it is Jokic’s […]

The Milwaukee Bucks blew out the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday, and that’s largely because of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Co. shutting down Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the game. Sure enough, the Bucks prepared hard to counter the threat that SGA brings. They know he’s the focal point of the Thunder offense, and based on Antetokounmpo’s statement […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are facing off against the Oklahoma City Thunder in a Sunday matchup between two championship hopefuls. However, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s status for the game was initially not certain. Antetokounmpo was  listed as probable with left hamstring tendinopathy. He missed two games but was active for the Bucks’ prior game, which is a win […]

The Milwaukee Bucks hosted the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night in a game that has ramifications for superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo. In starting for the Bucks, Giannis appeared in his 65th game of the season, which makes him officially eligible for NBA MVP, per Bobby Marks of ESPN: “Giannis Antetokounmpo has now reached the 65-game criteria. […]

There are a lot of nitty-gritty factors scouts and teams look into to determine if a player has the potential to be a star in the NBA. While most fans will only see a player’s towering height and impressive skills, the size of their hands can also play a significant role. Interestingly, one NBA player’s […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo is dealing with a hamstring injury and will miss the Milwaukee Bucks-Boston Celtics clash on Wednesday night as a result, per Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium. It is a pivotal game for Milwaukee, and they will obviously miss their best player. The Bucks will try to step up amid Giannis’ absence […]

This season’s race for the NBA MVP award is perhaps the closest it has been over the last several years. Whether it was Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokic, or Joel Embiid the last couple of seasons, it always seemed like the MVP award was already determined heading into the final month of the regular season. Between […]

The Milwaukee Bucks decided to scratch star Giannis Antetokounmpo late ahead of their game against the Phoenix Suns on Sunday, in which they won 140-129, and head coach Doc Rivers explained the reasoning behind the move. “It’s not an injury. We’re just concerned a little bit,” Doc Rivers said, via Eric Nehm of The Athletic. […]