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So much for a meaningful late-season preview of a potential Eastern Conference Finals matchup. Blame Joel Embiid and Eric Bledsoe. Less than three minutes into Thursday’s highly-anticipated game between the Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers, Bledsoe and Embiid got into it while jostling for rebounding positioning on a made three-point by Giannis Antetokounmpo. After the […]

On Tuesday, Chris Paul of the Houston Rockets and Eric Bledsoe of the Milwaukee Bucks were matched up against each other. In the battle of the guards and former teammates, it was Bledsoe who came out on top. After the game, Paul had nothing but praises for his former back-up guard. To recall, Bledsoe spent […]

Milwaukee Bucks guard Eric Bledsoe had his fair share of the spotlight during their match against the Houston Rockets on Tuesday night. The Bucks-Rockets showdown was tagged as the final showdown of the Most Valuable Player favorites Giannis Antetokounmpo and James Harden this season. But while all eyes were on Antetokounmpo and Harden, Bledsoe made […]

The Milwaukee Bucks continue to thrive under the leadership of All-Star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Greek Freak was once again sensational in the team’s 113-98 road win against the Miami Heat. Giannis finished with 33 points and 16 rebounds. He also had nine dimes, one of which was a nice no-look pass to Eric Bledsoe. […]

A bat interrupted the Bucks vs. Spurs game, and point guard Eric Bledsoe has a lot to say about the matter and took to Twitter to share his thoughts. Mama I got attacked today😔 #theundefeatedSanAntoniobatslol — Eric Bledsoe (@EBled2) March 11, 2019 Apparently, according to ESPN, the bats in San Antonio frequently interrupt games for […]

The surging Milwaukee Bucks will have multiple decisions to face in free agency this coming offseason, as multiple core pieces of their team will be seeking new contracts. The Bucks are acting quick, though, as they gave themselves a head start by locking up Eric Bledsoe with a contract extension on March 1. The extension […]

The Milwaukee Bucks took the first step in keeping their impressive core intact when point guard Eric Bledsoe signed a four-year, $70 million extension Monday. The Bucks announced the official signing via Twitter: ✍️ Making it official!! The Bucks have signed @EBled2 to a contact extension » https://t.co/00miqtYWv4#FearTheDeer pic.twitter.com/NdOHQhGQCs — Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) March 4, […]

It was reported on Friday that Milwaukee Bucks point guard Eric Bledsoe had finally put pent to paper on a four-year, $70 million extension with the squad. Speaking to reporters following the Bucks’ 131-120 victory against the Los Angeles Lakers, the 29-year-old was smiling ear to ear, claiming that he was extremely delighted with recently […]

There was a time when Eric Bledsoe was considered one of the top up-and-coming point guards in the NBA. He was one of the top scorers at his position and was like a freight train in getting to the rim, which earned him the nickname “mini-LeBron.” Of course, knee injuries ended up sabotaging Bledsoe’s prime, […]

The Milwaukee Bucks have recently agreed on a contract extension with veteran guard Eric Bledsoe, and head coach Mike Budenholzer is ecstatic about the fact that he will be with the team for quite a long time. “Beyond excited. … I’m glad he’s going to be with us for the next four years… It starts […]

The Milwaukee Bucks rewarded Eric Bledsoe with a four-year, $70 million extension on Friday for his impressive performance this season that helped the team hold onto the top spot in the Eastern Conference standings. Bledsoe is currently averaging 15.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game this season, establishing himself as the Bucks’ third […]

The Milwaukee Bucks and guard Eric Bledsoe have agreed on a contract extension, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Guard Eric Bledsoe has agreed to a four-year, $70M extension with the Milwaukee Bucks, league sources tell ESPN. Bledsoe, 29, is having his best NBA season with Bucks and was determined to stay with franchise. He could’ve […]

Milwaukee Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo says point guard Eric Bledsoe went at Brooklyn Nets guard D’Angelo Russell on Monday because he thinks he should have been an All-Star over Russell. Russell was named as Indiana Pacers shooting guard Victor Oladipo’s injury replacement in the 2019 All-Star game. Statistically, D’Angelo Russell is having a better year than Eric […]

After a stellar defensive effort, Eric Bledsoe and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks connected in transition for an alley-oop jam. Against the Brooklyn Nets, Bledsoe and Antetokounmpo ran a fastbreak play to perfection. Another L👀K at that Bledshow Alley-oop to the Greek Freak!! #FearTheDeer | #Giannis pic.twitter.com/1oiHfX7PYw — Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) February 5, 2019 The Nets […]

The best team in the Eastern Conference will have to get by without its floor general on Saturday. Eric Bledsoe will miss the Milwaukee Bucks’ game against the Washington Wizards at Capital One Arena due to soreness in his left achilles tendon. Backup wing Tony Snell is starting in Bledsoe’s place. Eric Bledsoe (Left Achilles […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are “motivated” to keep starting point guard Eric Bledsoe once he becomes a free agent in the upcoming summer, according to ESPN’s Malika Andrews. The Bucks traded for Bledsoe early last season, giving them a versatile and athletic floor general with excellence defensive capabilities and the unique chops to initiate his own […]

The Milwaukee Bucks currently sit atop the Eastern Conference standings and have impressed all season long thus far into the 2018-19 campaign. However, that was not the case last year when they were ousted in seven games by the Boston Celtics in the first round of the 2017-18 playoffs. Although it was most certainly a […]

There was a time when Eric Bledsoe was one of the most explosive young guards in the league. Unfortunately, knee injuries have taken a toll on Bledsoe, making him a shell of the physical force he once was, but he is still a productive player, and a guy can who still throw it down on […]

Eric Bledsoe has been instrumental to the dominant season the Milwaukee Bucks are having. It’s hard for the NBA world to forget how he arrived in Milwaukee, though. It was one of the funniest and most interesting storylines in recent league history, but Eric Bledsoe is trying to put his tweet that led to his […]

Milwaukee Bucks veteran Eric Bledsoe recently reflected on his performance in last season’s first round Playoffs war against the Boston Celtics. The 29-year-old was not afraid to admit that he had a sub-par series, and explained how he has used this as a motivation to make himself a better player. “It was bad,” Bledsoe said, […]

The Milwaukee Bucks might have exposed James Harden’s true weakness on national TV, completely blocking out the left side in front of him — a strategy that clearly bothered him in the second half and soon netted the Bucks the lead. Point guard Eric Bledsoe, who guarded Harden for most of the game, despite giving […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are hosting the Toronto Raptors Saturday in an Eastern Conference heavyweight battle, and Bucks point guard Eric Bledsoe isn’t messing around. Bledsoe, who is having a stellar season in his second year in Milwaukee, showed off his explosiveness and athleticism by splitting Raptors guard Danny Green and star small forward Kawhi Leonard […]

Milwaukee Bucks starting point guard Eric Bledsoe began his NBA career with the Los Angeles Clippers learning from Chris Paul and Chauncey Billups, an experience the explosive guard doesn’t take for granted. In an interview with Shams Charania of Stadium, Eric Bledsoe details what he learned the most from CP3 and Mr. Big Shot. “It was big,” Eric […]

Eric Bledsoe and the Milwaukee Bucks are off to an 8-2 start to the season and appear to be buying into head coach Mike Budenholzer’s system well. Budenholzer, who comes from the Gregg Popovich coaching tree, has implemented a new offense in Milwaukee, one which is predicated on moving the ball side to side, playing uptempo and […]

Milwaukee Bucks point guard Eric Bledsoe is fond of the Milwaukee Bucks’ increasing their emphasis on the long-ball. According to Bledsoe, “sometimes our offense is our best defense. When you make threes like that it’s draining…last season when we played teams that shot the three ball well it drained us all game.” “Sometimes our offense […]

Milwaukee Bucks guard Eric Bledsoe was supposedly the final piece to the playoff puzzle of the team. With Giannis Antetekoumnpo, Khris Middleton, and Jabari Parker last season, they needed a point guard to complement the trio. His roster fit with the Bucks was questionable, but an upgrade on talent nonetheless. In reality, the Bucks needed […]

In LeBron James’ absence, conventional wisdom dictates the Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors or Philadelphia 76ers will take his place as rulers of the Eastern Conference. Even if Kawhi Leonard departs Toronto as a free agent next summer, the Celtics and 76ers appear poised to reign supreme over the East for the next half-decade. So long […]

Eric Bledsoe, the 6-foot-1 combo-guard for the Milwaukee Bucks, just pulled down the ring after dunking the ball after an alley-oop to himself. Do you find that statement hard to believe? Check out the video below for further evidence: https://www.instagram.com/p/BmbpfZtnpiM/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_loading_state_control Much has been said about Bledsoe and the strength he possesses. This trait has made […]

Fans of the NBA weren’t happy when news of DeMarcus Cousins signing with the Golden State Warriors broke. Apparently, Eric Bledsoe feels the same way. The Bucks guard posted a video of Cousins on his Instagram story, telling Boogie, “Take them weak a– shorts off.” Of course, Boogie was wearing Warriors shorts. Cousins was dancing […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are headed into a franchise-defining period after losing to the Boston Celtics in the first round. Though star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is signed through the 2020-21 season, vultures will soon begin to circle Milwaukee if the Bucks don’t make substantial progress, as ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski noted last summer. .@wojespn says Hayward's exit […]

The Milwaukee Bucks might have started to circle the wagons on a potential trade, looking to re-shape their backcourt by trying to deal point guards Eric Bledsoe and Matthew Dellavedova, along with second-year forward D.J. Wilson, according to Gery Woelfel of The Racine Journal Times. The Bucks dealt for Bledsoe early in the season, as […]

The Milwaukee Bucks could be looking to package two of their star players in recently-acquired point guard Eric Bledsoe and injury-plagued forward Jabari Parker, according to fantasy guru Chris Sheridan of GetMoreSports. “I expect the Bucks to move Eric Bledsoe and Jabari Parker, because Giannis Antetokounmpo does not enjoy playing alongside those two.” The Bucks […]

Daily shipment of highlight reels, filled with extraordinary individual plays and thrilling displays of teamwork, is the factor that has always driven the popularity of the NBA across the globe. There is, however, the other side to that coin. With almost a 1,000 hours of televised action per season, we are bound to witness a […]

There is no question at this point that Boston Celtics point guard Terry Rozier is a huge fan of former New England Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe. It was Rozier who has had a break out postseason in the absence of the injured Kyrie Irving, and has all that confidence along with it. During the first […]

Boston Celtics point guard Terry Rozier showed plenty of mettle going against Eric Bledsoe in the first round of the postseason, but the back-and-forth between them stole the show, despite their spirited play. Oddly enough, former NBA player-turned-analyst Jalen Rose once compared Rozier to Bledsoe during the 2015 NBA Draft before the Louisville product was […]

Terry Rozier is not done making Eric Bledsoe pay for disrespecting him in the first round. It could be remembered that in the middle of the heated and recently concluded series between the Boston Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks, Bledsoe told reporters that he does not know who Rozier is, prompting the Bucks guard to […]

While the one-on-one matchup ended up being mostly one-sided (not to mention, new) to be a “rivalry”, the brewing feud between Milwaukee Bucks guard Eric Bledsoe and Boston Celtics’ incumbent starting point guard Terry Rozier has been a hot topic throughout the series. Originating from an innocuous Freudian slip that saw Rozier referring to Bledsoe […]

When it comes to Boston Celtics guard Terry Rozier and Milwaukee Bucks guard Eric Bledsoe during this best-of-seven playoff series, there was a lot of headlines about a beef between them. Once the Celtics finished off the Bucks with a 112-96 victory in Game 7 at TD Garden, both embraced one another on the court […]

The Utah Jazz’s home crowd got some added badge to their reputation after Enes Kanter’s recent interview and Russell Westbrook’s run-in with a couple of fans in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s final game in Salt Lake City this season. However, the Boston Celtics’ home fans are trying to one-up their Western Conference counterpart in Game […]