You don’t need any more reasons to fall in love with Giannis Antetokounmpo, but he’s about to give you one. The always-fantastic Lee Jenkins of Sports Illustrated penned a strong profile on the Milwaukee Bucks’ superstar, and while the entire piece is worthy of multiple reads, the story of what Antetokounmpo did the first time head [...]
January 3, 2017
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The Thunder have played 22 games so far this season and Russell Westbrook has posted a gaudy 31.0 points, 10.9 rebounds, while dishing out 11.3 assists. What he has done so far is unthinkable. We haven’t seen a player average a triple double for an entire season since Oscar Robertson. Nor have we seen anyone [...]
December 7, 2016
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John Stockton isn’t heard from much around NBA circles these days—at least not to universal public knowledge. The Hall of Fame point guard seems to prefer life outside the spotlight. That, however, didn’t prevent him from working with the Milwaukee Bucks at head coach Jason Kidd’s request during their training camp. As new team member [...]
October 20, 2016
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The Milwaukee Bucks stood together in a show of “unity” during the national anthem before Monday’s preseason opener against the Chicago Bulls. The Bucks stood in a line arm in arm. Some players and coaches kept their right hands on their hearts as the anthem played. “It’s not a protest,” Kidd said. “We’re not protesting. [...]
October 4, 2016
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Let’s go back 13 years, the Spurs had just one won their second NBA title in five years. Tim Duncan was entering his prime and was the best player in the world and the Spurs, despite winning the NBA title over the New Jersey Nets in the 2003 NBA Finals, were unsure if they could [...]
July 13, 2016
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Jason Kidd and the Milwaukee Bucks apparently won’t be saying goodbye to one another anytime soon. According to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, Milwaukee is working on a contract extension for Kidd, who is entering the last season of his current deal: Zanik’s hiring is another in a sequence of significant franchise moves that co-owners Wesley [...]
Jason Kidd comes across as very mild-mannered, unassuming and easy to get along with. But clearly, that’s far from what he actually is, according to some. His exit from Brooklyn was both surprising and puzzling, as he was out of a job seemingly overnight. Reports indicated that management thought he was cocky, arrogant and demanded [...]
April 13, 2016
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Rumors
Usually when a team underachieves, players are dealt during the deadline or the coach is fired. Typically, something happens. But that wasn’t the case for the Milwaukee Bucks. The team stood still at last week’s trade deadline as they are 23-33 and already likely out of the playoff picture in the East. The Bucks have [...]
February 22, 2016
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Add the Milwaukee Bucks to the list of NBA teams who most likely won’t be making a move prior to the February 18 trade deadline. Here’s Kidd on the Association’s player-swap cutoff, per Charles F. Gardner of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Kidd on trade deadline: "I don't know if we have any action going on, [...]
February 12, 2016
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All of those years in the NBA have apparently caught up to Jason Kidd. The 42 year-old Bucks head coach is being forced to take a leave of absence from the team in order to undergo hip surgery. This comes at a bad time for the Bucks as they are underachieving with an 11-18 record [...]
December 21, 2015
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