The Milwaukee Bucks are coming off of a 112-110 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday, but face a difficult challenge to remain in the win column on Wednesday night.
In a rematch of last season’s NBA Cup final, the Milwaukee Bucks will host the Thunder shorthanded on Wednesday night, missing both their starting center and second point guard.
The Bucks escaped Atlanta with a 112-110 win on Monday afternoon despite squandering a 23-point lead. Once CJ McCollum missed a potential game-tying look, Milwaukee snapped a three-game losing streak just in time to get home to prepare for a date with the defending champs.
The Milwaukee Bucks will host the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday, January 21, with tip-off scheduled for 9:30 p.m. ET at Fiserv Forum. The Bucks enter the game 18-24 and 11th in the Eastern Conference, while the Thunder hold a 36-8 record and sit atop the NBA and the Western Conference standings.
We are inching closer and closer to the NBA trade deadline, now just over two weeks away from February 5. The Bucks haven’t pulled the trigger on anything yet, but with all the rumors swirling, it’s definitely possible we see some action before then.
Most NBA players, no matter how successful, are out of the league before the end of their 30s, or even their 20s. That leaves a lot of life left to live, and a good handful of players have made the most of their professional lives after leaving the court.
Giannis Antetokounmpo has shown how publicly committing to a franchise does not always quiet trade speculation, and Ja Morant now finds himself in a similar spotlight.
Khris Middleton may soon reenter the trade block soon, and the Milwaukee Bucks continue to loom as an obvious fit. The Athletic’s Josh Robbins reports that executives around the NBA expect Middleton to remain with the Washington Wizards through the trade deadline before likely reaching the buyout market.
The Milwaukee Bucks were supposed to be a decent team this season and were viewed by most to be a playoff team. They added Myles Turner in a shocking free agency signing, in an era where very few impact players truly become free agents.
No matter how many times Giannis Antetokounmpo or the Milwaukee Bucks try to squash the rumor about a possible move of the two-time NBA Most Valuable Player before the trade deadline, the rumors just aren’t fading away completely.
Giannis Antetokounmpo’s long-term outlook remains cloudy as the Milwaukee Bucks continue to stumble. While Antetokounmpo has publicly stated that he wants to stay in Milwaukee and finish his career with the franchise, speculation around his future has never fully gone away.
The Golden State Warriors took a major hit when it was confirmed that Jimmy Butler suffered a season-ending ACL injury on Monday, stripping the team of one of its top scoring options and placing even more responsibility on Stephen Curry.
All signs are pointing toward Cam Thomas and the Nets heading for an eventual split. According to Brian Lewis of the New York Post, most league observers expect Thomas to be moved either by the February 5 deadline or in the offseason, with the latter increasingly viewed as the more realistic outcome.
With the Milwaukee Bucks still on the outside looking in for the NBA Playoffs, Bobby Portis recently addressed what the team needs to do in order to climb back into the postseason picture.
The Milwaukee Bucks are inching closer to the trade deadline, which is just over two weeks away. If the Bucks want to improve their roster, they are going to have to take advantage of the opportunity in front of them.
The NBA on Martin Luther King Jr. Day is more than just a marathon of televised games; it is a cultural institution. For Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers, the holiday has evolved from a nascent league experiment into a profound personal milestone that bridges his playing days, his coaching career, and now, his son’s budding media empire.
The Bucks and Giannis Antetokounmpo have spent the past two weeks trying to put a lid on trade chatter. Around the league, that lid is still rattling. ESPN’s Brian Windhorst said on NBA Countdown that rival teams are actively pressing pause on deals because they are not convinced Antetokounmpo will still be in Milwaukee after February 5.