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BOSTON — Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday still loves the Milwaukee Bucks. He spent three seasons with them and even lifted his first Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy at Fiserv Forum in downtown Milwaukee. Ironically, that love for the Bucks also fueled his competitive fire on Friday night, when the C’s beat their midwestern foe 111-105 […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are still trying to find a way to get better throughout the season, and the main constant has been wanting to get another center on the team. There are two specific centers that the Lakers have their eye on, according to Marc Stein. “On a related topic: My colleague Jake Fischer […]

The Milwaukee Bucks suffered a disappointing first-round exit at the hands of the Indiana Pacers. It’s worth noting that expectations were high on the Bucks, especially after the acquisition of All-Star guard Damian Lillard. Although the team had a relatively strong start, the Bucks also made a surprising coaching change in the middle of the […]

The Milwaukee Bucks had a disappointing ending to their season last year after all of the hype surrounding them when they acquired Damian Lillard. Injuries caught up to them in the end, with Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo missing games during their first-round matchup against the Indiana Pacers. It’s also hard to forget that the Bucks […]

Brook Lopez has been a topic of discussion all offseason for the Milwaukee Bucks. After signing a two-year, $48 million contract last offseason as an unrestricted free agent, Lopez now finds himself making $23 million in the final year of his deal with the Bucks. That is why there have been trade rumors fixated on […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have gone through a lot of sagas since the end of the NBA season. They got JJ Redick and are planning to clear more space after LeBron James opted out of his deal. So, what’s the next move? Well, it looks like they are getting some reinforcements to help Anthony Davis. […]

There’s a lot happening in the NBA right now. From the rookie draft to the ongoing trades, the offseason is full of head-turning updates. Of course, with all the busy activity comes the rumors. Many speculate about potential trades and free-agent signings, and one of the teams being highly talked about is the San Antonio […]

Rumors are running rampant now that the NBA Finals are over as teams around the league prepare for a busy offseason. We should expect to see numerous moves and the buzz around town is that there is a serious trade market for centers right now. From the sounds of it, Brook Lopez of the Milwaukee […]

Brook Lopez’s net worth in 2024 is $14 million. Lopez is a professional basketball player who currently plays for the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA. He is a NBA champion and an All-Star. Furthermore, Lopez also made two All-Defensive team selections and the All-Rookie First Team. For this piece, let’s take a closer look at […]

The Indiana Pacers are enjoying a stellar postseason with designs of knocking off the recent champion Milwaukee Bucks. On Thursday night, the Pacers seized a 59-47 halftime lead over the visiting Bucks in an effort to punch their ticket to the next round while nursing a 3-2 series lead. The Pacers’ hot start came during […]

The Indiana Pacers earned a Game 4 126-113 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks to take a 3-1 series lead. Bucks stars Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard missed Game 4, and it looks like both may be absent from Game 5 as well, per Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium. “There is doubt that Bucks […]

The Milwaukee Bucks have been under the microscope in recent weeks as a result of making the first head coaching switch of the season. After replacing first-year head coach Adrian Griffin after 43 games with long-time coach Doc Rivers, the Bucks made it clear that their only focus was to win a championship right now. […]

The Milwaukee Bucks have a great big-man duo in Brook Lopez and Giannis Antetokounmpo. But apparently Lopez nearly left Giannis for Alperen Sengun and the Houston Rockets this offseason, according to Jonathan Feigen of The Houston Chronicle. Writes Feigen, “The Rockets’ rebuild that Brook Lopez considered joining as a free agent last summer had gone […]

All of the early-season concerns regarding the viability of the new-look Milwaukee Bucks seem to be in the past. After a slow 5-4 start to the season that included ugly, double-digit losses to Atlanta, Toronto and Orlando, the Bucks have since gone 19-4 and solidly established themselves as an inner circle title contender. In fact, […]

Things got a little heated on Sunday between the Milwaukee Bucks and Houston Rockets for multiple reasons. Both Dillon Brooks and Rockets head coach Ime Udoka were ejected with under a minute remaining in regulation for arguing with the officials, but Brooks had been upset with the way the game was called for all 48 […]

The Milwaukee Bucks take on the Indiana Pacers in the NBA In-Season Tournament on Thursday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Much of the spotlight will certainly be on Milwaukee’s superstar duo of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard, who are slowly building their chemistry together. Together, they will look to lead Milwaukee to […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are set to take on the New York Knicks in the NBA In-Season Tournament Quarterfinals on Tuesday, December 5th. Ahead of the Bucks-Knicks showdown, we’ll be making our Bucks In-Season Tournament Quarterfinals bold predictions. The Bucks went a clean 4-0 in East Group B and tallied the best point differential among East […]

The Milwaukee Bucks will take on the New York Knicks in the quarterfinals of the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament next Tuesday, December 5th. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard, and the Bucks enter the tournament with the second-best odds to win the NBA Cup behind the Boston Celtics. The Bucks swept through East Group B and had […]

Kristaps Porzingis absolute embarrassed Brook Lopez during the Boston Celtics’ showdown with the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday. Late in the second quarter as Derrick White brought the ball to their side of the court, KP found himself with a clear path to the basket. White saw the opportunity and quickly dished the ball to the […]

The Milwaukee Bucks won the offseason when they acquired Damian Lillard from the Portland Trail Blazers and paired him alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo to form one of the best duos in the league. However, despite sporting a 4-2 record, the Bucks are off to a rather underwhelming start to the 2023-24 NBA season. They haven’t particularly […]

The Milwaukee Bucks’ dream season hasn’t been completely sunshine and rainbows so far. After trading for Damian Lillard, everyone expected Milwaukee to run over the rest of the competition. Unfortunately, they’ve had some bad performances ugly losses to the Hawks and the Raptors, two teams that they are expected to beat on sheer talent alone. […]

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 […]

When the Milwaukee Bucks won the 2021 NBA Finals, they looked to be the league’s next best team that would be contending for a championship every single year. Even though Jrue Holiday and Khris Middleton are fantastic secondary stars, the reason the Bucks found themselves in a championship position was because of Giannis Antetokounmpo. Arguably […]

The Nets franchise may have a championship to their name, but that came during their days in the ABA. Since the merger in 1976, the Nets have yet to add to that championship banner, although it hasn’t been for a lack of trying. Throughout their 56 years of existence thus far, the Nets have had […]

Who is the best player in the NBA? This is a question basketball fans debate every single year, and it’s one that often has no right answer. MVP candidates such as Nikola Jokic, Joel Embiid, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Stephen Curry and LeBron James are obviously amongst the best of the best, but one player cannot win […]

Compared to the last few offseasons, the NBA has been pretty quiet this summer. Then again, it still brought its fair share of fireworks with big names such as Bradley Beal, Fred VanVleet and Kristaps Porzingis finding themselves on a new team via trades and free agency. Not to mention, over a billion dollars was […]

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, […]

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 […]

One of the league’s best defensive centers this past season and a finalist for the 2023 Defensive Player of the Year award, Brook Lopez is staying with the Milwaukee Bucks. According to Shams Charania, Lopez and the Bucks have agreed to a two-year, $48 million deal that keeps the veteran center in Milwaukee through the […]

Add another name to the list of free agents whom the Los Angeles Lakers are monitoring: Brook Lopez. Here was the latest intel from ESPN’s Dave McMenamin: “Among the players L.A. has interest in signing with the non-tax midlevel are Denver Nuggets forward Bruce Brown and Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez, sources told ESPN”. The Lakers can use the $12.4 million […]

The Milwaukee Bucks plan to have Brook Lopez for a run at the 2024 NBA Finals. It doesn’t mean that the center is guaranteed to stay in Milwaukee. There’s a chance that Lopez ends up getting an unexpected offer from another team in 2023 NBA free agency that beats what the Bucks are willing to […]

The Giannis Antetokounmpo-led Milwaukee Bucks had a terrible ending to their season. Despite having an Eastern Conference and league-leading regular season record, they fell in the first round to the eight-seeded Miami Heat. This unfortunate scenario has brought a lot of questions to Brook Lopez and his upcoming NBA free agency. Brook Lopez may be […]

Brook Lopez and Khris Middleton have been garnering interest if the rumors are true surrounding NBA free agency, specifically from the Houston Rockets. However, now rumors are indicating that the Milwaukee Bucks are a in a ‘promising position’ to hold onto them both, reports NBA insider Marc Stein. “In related news, league sources say that […]

While the 2023 NBA free agent class is not as talented as it has been in years past, there are still plenty of All-Star and championship-caliber names who will hit the open market and begin negotiating new contracts at the end of the week when free agency begins. Draymond Green, James Harden Fred VanVleet, Kyrie […]

With NBA free agency looming on Friday, Brook Lopez is one of the bigger names on the market. As of right now, the Houston Rockets are big favorites to sign Brook Lopez away from the Milwaukee Bucks, via BetOnline. The Rockets sit at -150 to land Lopez if he opts to leave the Bucks. They […]

It has been an eventful NBA Draft night for the Milwaukee Bucks. They struck a deal with the Orlando Magic for the rights for the No. 36 overall pick, which allowed Milwaukee to get their hands on combo guard Andre Jackson Jr. of the UConn Huskies. The Bucks clearly have plans for this young man […]

The Milwaukee Bucks have a “strong desire” to retain their starting center, Brook Lopez, and forward Khris Middleton this summer, according to HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto. Lopez is an unrestricted free agent this offseason. According to Forbes, the maximum contract Lopez can sign with the Bucks is three years for $54 million. Forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has […]

The Milwaukee Bucks may still be reeling from the embarrassing way they exited the 2023 NBA playoffs (to a full-blown choke job against the Miami Heat), but it’s not like they need to make wholesale changes to compete for a championship next season. If the Bucks decide to run it back, they should still be […]

Brook Lopez did not have a good 2021-22 season. He suffered a back injury that kept him out for all but 13 games of the regular season. But in the playoffs, Lopez turned up for the Milwaukee Bucks, starting all 12 of their postseason games, showing glimpses of returning to form even though he was […]