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The Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday added to their frontcourt by acquiring 35 year old P.J. Tucker from the Houston Rockets.
Forward Rodions Kurucs is also coming to Milwaukee, along with a 2022 first-round pick. The Rockets are receiving guard D.J. Augustin and forward D.J Wilson along with the Bucks 2021 first-round pick.
Tucker is averaging 4.4 points and 4.6 rebounds per game this season, and is a 36 percent three-point shooter in his career.
Bucks GM Jon Horst
Milwaukee Bucks general manager Jon Horst held a pre-draft Zoom call with reporters on Monday to discuss the latest on the team as the NBA Draft approaches Wednesday night, the ability to make trades starting yester (Monday) and free agency opening Friday. By the time the day finished, most of what Horst said became irrelevent.
Monday night, the Bucks pulled off a pair of big deals with New Orleans and Sacramento, hoping their all-in approach will convince star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo to sign a Supermax deal with the team as early as Sunday.
The Bucks and Pelicans came up with a trade agreement with the Bucks getting all-star guard Jrue Holiday for Eric Bledsoe and George Hill as well as three first-round draft picks. The deal also allows the Bucks to swap picks with the Bucks in two other drafts. The deal is expected to leave the Bucks without their first round pick (24th overall) in Wednesday nights draft.
Following that deal, the Bucks sent Donte DiVincenzo, D.J. Wilson and Ersan Ilyasova to the Kings for Bogdan Bogdanovic and Justin James. DiVincenzo was the Bucks first round pick in 2018 while Wilson was taken in the first round in 2017.
The deals still leave the Bucks well over the salary cap with just seven players on their roster and little depth to speak of at the moment. It’ll leave Horst trying to build the rest of his roster with minimum contracts. [Read more…]
The Milwaukee Bucks summer league team opens its season Friday afternoon in Las Vegas against the Philadelphia 76ers. They will take on Atlanta, Minnesota and the Chinese National Team over the next week-plus.
If the Bucks don’t qualify for the eight team tournament, they will play one consolation game.
Among the notable on the roster are third year players Sterling Brown and D.J. Wilson. Bonzie Colson, and Xavier Munford are also on the roster. The Bucks 2018 first round pick, Donte DiVincenzo will not be part of the team. DiVincenzo is still coming back from a season ending injury.
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The Milwaukee Bucks were simply looking to close out the regular season Wednesday night without getting anybody hurt. They accomplished that, playing without starters Giannis Antetokounmpo, Brook Lopez and Eric Bledsoe, falling to the Oklahoma City Thunder 127-116.
Khris Middleton scored 21 points on 9 of 14 shooting in just 17 minutes.
The Bucks will open the playoffs on Sunday against the Detroit Pistons, a team they swept, 4-0, during the regular season. Detroit wrapped up the 8-seed by knocking off the New York Knicks 115-89.
Bucks guard Tim Frazier played all 48 minutes and finished with 29 points and 13 assists. Bonzie Colson had a career-high 21 points and 10 rebounds but isn’t eligible for the playoffs. D.J. Wilson had 18 points and 17 rebounds in 47 minutes.
Russell Westbrook had a triple-double with 15 points, 17 assists and 11 rebounds. The Thunder are the number-six seed in the upcoming Western Conference playoffs.
Khris Middleton (File Photo) Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images)
The Milwaukee Bucks proved to be the best team in the East through the first half of the season after knocking off the rival Toronto Raptors 105-92 at Scotiabank Arena on Thursday night.
The win gave the Bucks the season series (3-1) and a perfect 2-0 mark in Toronto.
The Bucks led by as many as 24 points in the second half, but the Raptors drew close in the final minutes and got the game to within six points before the Bucks clamped down defensively and pulled away for the 13-point victory.
Giannis Antetokounmpo spent much of the game in foul trouble and picked up his fifth foul in the opening minute of the fourth quarter and had to head to the bench. But Khris Middleton and the Bucks played with great composure and made sure Toronto didn’t steal one with Giannis on the bench.
Middleton, who was named an all-star reserve earlier, finished with 18 points and D.J. Wilson came off the bench to score a career high 16 points.
By securing the top record in the East in the first half, Mike Budenholzer and the rest of his coaching staff will coach Team Giannis at the NBA All-Star Game on Feb. 17 in Charlotte. That honor goes to the coaching staff of the team with the best record by Feb. 3, and the Bucks clinched that with the win.
The Bucks travel to Washington to face the Wizards on Saturday night.
Giannis Antetokounmpo – Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images).
Giannis Antetokounmpo poured in 31 points and added 14 rebounds, eight assists and four blocks to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 112-96 win over the visiting New York Knicks on Thursday night at Fiserv Forum.
The frustrations mounted for the Knicks, who watched Antetokounmpo dominate on Christmas Day in New York, then do so again Thursday night.
With around 10 minutes left in the game, Enes Kanter hit Giannis with a shot to his face, which didn’t draw a foul call. Kanter’s eye was already bloodied from an earlier play. As Antetokounmpo moved back up the floor, he and Kanter came together, with Kanter yelling at Giannis.
Bucks assistant coach Darvin Ham quickly left the bench to separate the two. After an official review, Kanter was assessed a pair of technical fouls and ejected. Antetokounmpo received one technical. [Read more…]
Giannis Antetokounmpo scores against the Pistons – Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Brian Sevald/NBAE via Getty Images)
Giannis Antetokounmpo poured in 32 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to help lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 107-104 win over the Detroit Pistons at Little Caesars Arena on Monday night.
Twenty-four of Antetokounmpo’s 32 points came in the second half.
The Bucks led by 15 in the third quarter, but the Pistons made a run to get back in it and the teams went back and forth the rest of the way. Then in the closing minutes, Giannis took over with three clutch baskets and the Bucks held on for the win.
Khris Middleton added 22 points and Eric Bledsoe had 17 points and nine assists.
Blake Griffin had a triple-double for the Pistons with 19 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, but he hit just 4 of 13 from the field and committed 10 turnovers. After Giannis Antetokounmpo got into early foul trouble, it was D.J. Wilson and Sterling Brown that held Griffin in check the rest of the night.
Wilson finished with nine points on 4 of 5 shooting from the field and added three rebounds and three assists. His opportunity came after Ersan Ilyasova suffered a nose injury during practice.
The Bucks also played again without Malcolm Brogdon, who missed his second straight game with left hamstring soreness.
The win is number-20 on the season for the Bucks, who didn’t secure their 20th win until Jan. 3rd last season. They also improved to 7-1 against Central Division teams this season. They finished 6-10 against the Central Division last year.
Next up for the Bucks is a home game on Wednesday night against the New Orleans Pelicans.
Thon Maker – File Photo: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images)
The Milwaukee Bucks picked up the fourth-year option on Thon Maker’s contract and the third-year option on D.J. Wilson’s deal yesterday. Maker will earn $3.6 million next season and Wilson will earn around $3 million.
Maker was the 10th overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft and has played in 131 games during his first two seasons with the Bucks. He’s averaged 4.4 points and 2.6 rebounds and was a big part of the team’s playoff appearances.
After a slow start this year, Maker scored 11 points and pulled down seven rebounds in Monday’s win over the previously unbeaten Toronto Raptors.
Wilson was the 17th overall pick in the 2017 draft but has seen little time as a rookie last season. He’s been hampered by a hamstring injury during a preseason scrimmage and has not played yet this season.
Rashad Vaughn (File Photo) Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images)
The Milwaukee Bucks let a 13-point lead in the fourth quarter get away, falling to the Dallas Mavericks 106-104 in their preseason opener. Dallas rookie Johnathan Motley scored the game winning basket for the Mavericks with 4.7 seconds left. Rashad Vaughn’s three point attempt at the buzzer was off the mark.
Vaughn led the Bucks with 20 points on 8-of-18 shooting. Bucks first round draft pick D.J. Wilson finished with 9 points on 4-of-7 shooting in his debut. Fellow rookie Sterling Brown was 0-for-9 from the field in a team-high 27 1/2 minutes.
Kendall Marshall tallied 10 of the Bucks 34 assists in 16 minutes, all in the second half.
Greg Monroe had 12 points and seven rebounds.
The Bucks played without their star, Giannis Antetokounmpo, who didn’t make the trip following the death of his father over the weekend. Bucks coach Jason Kidd said there’s no timetable for Giannis’ return.
Second-year center Thon Maker also missed the exhibition opener due to a right ankle injury that he suffered in practice.
The Bucks return to action Wednesday night when they play host to the Indiana Pacers at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
The Milwaukee Bucks wrapped up Las Vegas Summer League play with a 97-76 loss to the Utah Jazz. The Bucks leave Vegas with just one win under their belts in Summer League play.
Point guards Gary Payton II and Travis Trice, as well as center Stephen Zimmerman led the Bucks with 12 points each. The Bucks finished Summer League play at 1-4.
Bucks first round pick, D.J. Wilson finished 3 of 10 from the field in 18 minutes. Sterling Brown went scoreless on three shots in 18 minutes.