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Although Damian Lillard’s desired destination for a trade was not the Milwaukee Bucks, he is still excited about the potential of the team’s offense now that he has gotten acclimated with the team in Training Camp. “It definitely feels different,” Damian Lillard said, via Eric Nehm of The Athletic. “And it looks different because you […]

The Milwaukee Bucks have been a contender in recent years. However, there is even more hype surrounding the team heading into the 2023-24 season after the acquisition of superstar Damian Lillard from the Portland Trail Blazers. With Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo on the roster, some have questioned how Khris Middleton will fit into the offense. […]

The writing was on the wall for Damian Lillard’s tenure in Rip City form the moment the Portland Trail Blazers drafted Scoot Henderson. The Blazers, after all, know full well that putting another small guard next to Lillard isn’t a winning recipe, and it’s extremely rare for even a prospect of Henderson’s esteemed caliber to […]

The point guard is the quarterback of basketball. Often times they are the leader of their team, so it makes sense that there are many point guards in the NBA that are among the highest-paid players in basketball. The position controls the floor, and because of how Steph Curry changed the game, the position is […]

The Milwaukee Bucks have perhaps the very best duo in the NBA with Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard. While they still have to get used to one another, it’s a combination of skills that will be incredibly hard to stop. The question of how Lillard and Antetokounmpo share touches will be one that the Bucks […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are set to embark on a championship quest after trading for Damian Lillard. This begins with their preseason opener against the Chicago Bulls on Sunday. But with it being preseason and all, will Dame and Giannis Antetokounmpo actually play vs. the Bulls? *Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV (click for a free […]

The Milwaukee Bucks put themselves in a new position when they completed a trade that allowed them to acquire superstar shooting guard Damian Lillard from the Portland Trail Blazers. The move has placed the Bucks in the role of favorites to win the NBA’s Eastern Conference this season. “14 days ago, my agent called me […]

Damian Lillard. You likely heard that name a lot during the NBA offseason. It certainly wasn’t the first summer where Lillard was mentioned in trade rumors. It was, however, the first time Lillard requested to be dealt away from the Portland Trail Blazers. As a result, there were no shortage of various rumors, storylines, and […]

The Milwaukee Bucks traded for Damian Lillard with the primary intention of maximizing their title-contending window with Giannis Antetokounmpo, essentially convincing him to stay in light of the statements he’s made all offseason long. The duo of Lillard and Antetokounmpo figures to give opposing defenses an unsolvable conundrum given how strong The Greek Freak is […]

Damian Lillard spent pretty much his entire offseason trying to find his way off of the Portland Trail Blazers, and he succeeded in that quest by getting dealt to the Milwaukee Bucks. While there’s no doubt Lillard is thrilled with this on-court development, he is currently dealing with a tough off-court issue that has caught […]

Damian Lillard is an American basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks. Lillard spent his entire career with the Portland Trail Blazers, accumulating a lot of accolades. He is a seven-time All-Star, NBA Rookie of the Year, All-NBA First Team in 2018, four-time All-NBA Second Team, and was on the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team. This helped […]

Freak Time is the new branding of the Milwaukee Bucks duo of Damian Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo. The duo has opened Adrian Griffin to a wide array of schematics that he can launch at rival teams. NBA fans already know that this duo is lethal when it comes to running the dribble handoff or pick-and-roll. […]

Guard Jrue Holiday has had his fair share of battles against the Boston Celtics in front of the rambunctious TD Garden crowd. But after getting moved to the C’s on Sunday, the Boston faithful will now be on his side. During Holiday’s official introduction on Wednesday, Holiday spoke very highly of the loyal fans of […]

Whenever the topic of a new team-up between two stars who’ve been accustomed to doing the heavy lifting comes up, reporters always make it a point to question how those two forces of personality will fit under one ecosystem. Damian Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Milwaukee Bucks’ newest star duo, aren’t immune to such questions, […]

The Milwaukee Bucks and their fans are salivating over the possibility of having Damian Lillard, Khris Middleton and Giannis Antetokounmpo on the court together this season. Coach Adrian Griffin’s squad had a disappointing finish to the 2022 season in the playoffs, but the addition of Lillard has fans changing their tune. Recently the Bucks’ superstar […]

The Miami Heat’s pursuit of Damian Lillard this offseason came up short, as the star point guard ended up being dealt to one of the Heat’s top rivals in the Milwaukee Bucks. Miami fans aren’t too thrilled with the deal, and Jimmy Butler is right there with them. However, the reason why Butler apparently doesn’t […]

Damian Lillard had a well-documented interest in the Brooklyn Nets this summer, but from all reports, it was not reciprocated on Brooklyn’s end. With negotiations between Portland and his top preferred destination, the Miami Heat, going nowhere, the seven-time All-Star reportedly informed the Bucks and Nets last month that he was interested in trades to […]

The Damian Lillard saga is finally over, as the seven-time All-Star was shockingly traded to the Milwaukee Bucks. And while acquiring Lillard wasn’t realistic for the Boston Celtics, star Jayson Tatum still tried his best to bring “Dame Time” to Beantown. Before the former Portland Trail Blazer was sent to Wisconsin, Tatum made his best […]

NBA Media Day finally gave us a glimpse of what Damian Lillard looks like in a Milwaukee Bucks uniform. Bucks fans were certainly ecstatic seeing their new acquisition don the green and white jersey. To make Bucks Nation more excited, Lillard, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and the rest of the squad wasted no time getting straight to […]

The Portland Trail Blazers recently made national headlines when they traded away longtime franchise cornerstone Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks. Although the end of the Lillard saga will certainly spell the beginning of a rebuilding era for the Blazers, the team may already have their guard of the future in 2023 draftee Scoot Henderson. […]

The Eastern Conference has completely transformed over the past few weeks, but Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla is more concerned with controlling what he can control. For example, when he was asked for his thoughts on Damian Lillard’s shocking trade to the Milwaukee Bucks, the second-year manager gave a pretty nonchalant answer on J.J. […]

Damian Lillard is happy to be with the Milwaukee Bucks. The trade from the Portland Trail Blazers gives the guard his best chance to win an NBA championship. But not every aspect of the Bucks’ trade has been easy for Damian Lillard. Lillard is married with three children. His move from Portland to Milwaukee, of […]

In the Eastern Conference, it’s the Milwaukee Bucks, the Boston Celtics, and everybody else. The Bucks and Celtics enter the 2023-24 NBA season as the best teams in the East. If there was a question earlier in the offseason, the Damian Lillard and Jrue Holiday trades left no doubt. Should the Bucks or the Celtics […]

For much of the past two months since Damian Lillard made his bombshell trade request to the Portland Trail Blazers, it seemed like a trade to the Miami Heat was inevitable, for this was Lillard’s preferred destination. But in the final hour, the Toronto Raptors, based on the rumor mill, had usurped every team that […]

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo has a new co-star in town. Just last week, the Bucks turned the heads of everybody following the NBA when they pulled off a bombshell trade with the Portland Trail Blazers for star point guard Damian Lillard, ending months of trade talks linking the seven-time All-Star to the Miami Heat, […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are officially heading into a brand new direction after trading franchise star Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks last week. At Media Day on Monday, both Joe Cronin and Chauncey Billups spoke out on the blockbuster for the first time. All quotes via Sean Highkin: “I want to open up thanking […]

The Milwaukee Bucks ultimately swooped in and traded for Damian Lillard despite the former Portland Trail Blazers star being linked to the Miami Heat for most of the offseason. Jimmy Butler, while rocking a new “emo” hairstyle, commented on the Bucks’ acquisition of Lillard, via ClutchPoints. “I don’t tell anybody how I feel. I just […]

NBA superteams are common nowadays, but fans would be hard-pressed to find more than a couple of instances where the collective star power of the team’s two top guys is greater than that of the Milwaukee Bucks. Fresh off acquiring Damian Lillard, general manager Jon Horst put into focus the historical significance of this mega-trade. […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo, almost all offseason long, was indirectly urging the Milwaukee Bucks to make some upgrades to show that the team, indeed, was serious about making another run for the championship. And to the Bucks’ credit, they pulled it off. The team that finished with the best regular season record in the NBA last year […]

Containing Damian Lillard, Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks during the 2023-24 season will be difficult. In fact, even Lillard isn’t sure how opponents will defend Milwaukee’s pick-and-roll between himself and Giannis, via ClutchPoints. “Obviously I’m a pick-and-roll player, I’ve played a lot of pick-and-roll in my career,” Lillard said during Media Day. “And when […]

More than two months after Damian Lillard made his bombshell trade request from the Portland Trail Blazers, specifically for him to be traded to the Miami Heat, a new reported frontrunner emerged in the Toronto Raptors. According to multiple sources, the Raptors overtook other prospective Lillard suitors in the race for the seven-time All-Star’s services, […]

For all the rumors that the Miami Heat would be the eventual landing spot of Damian Lillard, the superstar guard ended up getting sent by the Portland Trail Blazers to one of the Heat’s chief rivals in the Eastern Conference, the Milwaukee Bucks. Another East contender in the Boston Celtics also shored up their backcourt […]

No NBA star knows Damian Lillard more than CJ McCollum. The two have formed an elite duo that struck fear into the hearts of the Portland Trail Blazers’ opponents for years. This is why when the trade that sent Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks dropped, his former running mate was one of the first to […]

The NBA’s Eastern Conference has undergone a significant shake-up in recent days, after Damian Lillard joined the Milwaukee Bucks and Jrue Holiday departed for Portland, only to be almost immediately traded to the Boston Celtics. Now, these two modern-day powerhouses of the East will enter the 2023-24 season as notably different teams to what they […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have dominated NBA headlines this week, first with their shocking Damian Lillard trade involving the Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns, and then following that up by trading Jrue Holiday to the Boston Celtics. The Blazers’ goal during this entire ordeal has been to get young pieces and draft picks. Now that […]

Damian Lillard has officially arrived in Milwaukee. The former Portland Trail Blazers star was recently dealt to the Milwaukee Bucks as part of a three-team trade. On Saturday, he made his first appearance in the city following the blockbuster trade. Video from the Bucks, via ClutchPoints. Damian Lillard has arrived in Milwaukee for the first […]

There’s a real world where Damian Lillard could have been reporting to training camp on Monday as a member of the Brooklyn Nets. With trade talks between the Portland Trail Blazers and his top destination, the Miami Heat, going nowhere, Lillard instructed his agent to inform the Nets and Milwaukee Bucks he was interested in […]

A couple of days ago, the Toronto Raptors were making a lot of noise. After months of the Miami Heat being in the driver’s seat of the Damian Lillard sweepstakes, The Raptors suddenly emerged as the favorite to land the seven-time All-Star from the Portland Trail Blazers. Once again, it looked like Masai Ujiri had […]

When Damian Lillard first made his trade request to Joe Cronin and the Portland Trail Blazers, he made it clear he wanted to go to the Miami Heat. However, Cronin and the Blazers didn’t love what the Heat had to offer if they weren’t including one of their stars. There was little movement on the […]