Miles Plumlee

Bucks deal Plumlee to Hornets

February 2, 2017 By Bill Scott

The Milwaukee Bucks signed Miles Plumlee to a four-year, $50 million contract last summer, but things didn’t work out the way either side had hoped.

Bucks general manager John Hammond sent Plumlee to the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday, getting big men Roy Hibbert and Spencer Hawes in return. The Bucks also released Steve Novak to make room for the extra roster spot.

Plumlee averaged 2.6 points and 1.7 rebounds in 32 games for the Bucks this season.

Hawes is a 10-year NBA veteran with stints with Sacramento, Philadelphia, Cleveland, the Los Angeles Clippers and the Hornets. He averaged 7.3 points and 4.2 rebounds in 35 games for Charlotte this season. [Read more…]

Bucks re-sign big man Miles Plumlee

August 2, 2016 By Bill Scott

Miles Plumlee – Photo Courtesy of the Milwaukee Bucks.

The Milwaukee Bucks have re-signed restricted free agent center Miles Plumlee on Tuesday.

The 27-year-old Plumlee averaged 5.1 points and 3.8 rebounds while averaging 14.3 minutes a game last season. He appeared in 61 games (14 starts) and shot a career and team-high 60.1 percent from the field.

The 6’11 center enters his fifth NBA campaign with career averages of 5.6 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.

Plumlee was originally drafted by the Indiana Pacers in the first round (26th overall) of the 2012 NBA Draft. He appeared in 228 career games (121 starts) with the Pacers, Phoenix Suns and the Bucks.

Bucks drop third straight in Boston

April 9, 2016 By Bill Scott

The Milwaukee Bucks dropped their third straight game, falling to the Celtics in Boston 124-109.

The Bucks started strong, behind the efforts of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jabari Parker, but the Celtics quickly rebounded to win their fourth straight in convincing fashion.

Antetokounmpo poured in 17 points in the opening quarter and Jabari Parker hit five of his first eight from the field for ten quick points. The Bucks led by as many as 11 points in the first quarter and had a 35-30 lead at the break.

Antetokounmpo then got into foul trouble and the Bucks balloon quickly lost air.

Antetokounmpo finished with 27 points, including a career-high four three-pointers. He added seven assists and seven rebounds. Parker added 18 points and Miles Plumlee 16 points.

Five Celtics scored in double figures, led by Tyler Zeller with 26 points. That broke Isaiah Thomas’ streak of 17 straight games as Boston’s leading scorer. Thomas finished with 20 points on the night.

The Bucks face the 76ers in Philadelphia on Sunday.

Bench leads the Bucks to victory over Memphis

March 18, 2016 By Bill Scott

John Henson

The Milwaukee Bucks started the fourth quarter trailing the Memphis Grizzlies by five points. They went with their bench and came from behind to pull out a 96-86 victory.

Jason Kidd went with John Henson, Miles Plumlee, Rashad Vaughn, Tyler Ennis and Damien Inglis. That group outscored the Grizzlies 28-13 in that fourth quarter and they never left the floor.

Ennis led the way with all 13 of his points in the final quarter. The Bucks had eight of their 17 blocked shots in the quarter.

AUDIO: Jason Kidd on the Bucks bench in the 4th quarter :23

Things got a little chippy in the final four minutes. John Henson committed a hard foul on Lance Stephenson that resulted in a flagrant-1 call, as well as a technical for getting in Stephenson’s face after the play.

Then with 5.5 seconds left and the Bucks up by 10, Henson came from behind to block a Matt Barnes shot out-of-bounds. Henson then got in Barnes’ face for a short time. Both players received technical fouls and Henson was ejected.

Even though Barnes hadn’t been tossed, he took off for the tunnel with some Bucks coaches and staff members in hot pursuit. Nothing ended up happening and the game ended with a Bucks victory.

Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 15 points, 11 assists and six rebounds.

Bucks shuffle lineup, beat the Heat

March 10, 2016 By Bill Scott

Miles Plumlee was moved back into a reserve role, scoring 18 points in 24 minutes to help the Milwaukee Bucks hold off the Miami Heat 114-108 at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.

The Bucks had to rally after trailing by five-points through three-quarters.

Giannis Antetokounmpo finished with 24 points, seven rebounds and six assists. Jabari Parker had 23 and Khris Middleton 22 as the Bucks ended Miami’s five game winning streak.

The Bucks improved to 27-38 with the win. Miami fell to 37-27.

Bucks rally but fall short against Pacers (AUDIO)

March 3, 2016 By Bill Scott

Jason Kidd

The Milwaukee Bucks, trailing by 11 points with just over a minute and a half to play, made one last push against the Indiana Pacers. The Bucks drew the deficit to three points but Khris Middleton’s three-pointer was off the mark and the Pacers held on for a 104-99 victory.

Indiana’s Solomon Hill hit a pair of free throws with 5.9 seconds left to finish off the Bucks.

AUDIO: Jason Kidd sums up the game :20

Indiana used a 14-2 run to start the second quarter, building a lead they would never surrender.

The Bucks saw the deficit grow to 19 points in the third quarter before the Bucks started to rally and close the gap in the fourth quarter. [Read more…]

Giannis gives fans another peak at the future (AUDIO)

February 23, 2016 By Bill Scott

Kobe Bryant and Jason Kidd embrace before Monday nights game. Photo: Milwaukee Bucks

There’s no doubt that Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant has star power. There’s not a lot of players that have the ability to sell out the BMO Harris Bradley Center on a Monday night, but that’s what happened.

The sellout crowd of 18,717 fans came out to pay tribute to Bryant, one of the NBA’s all-time greatest players. Bryant isn’t the player he once was, but still gave the Milwaukee crowd reason to cheer, scoring 15-points and pulling down five rebounds in a 108-101 Bucks victory.

But it was Bucks youngster Giannis Antetokounmpo that ended up stealing the show, collecting his first career triple-double with 27 points, 12 rebounds and ten [Read more…]

Bucks deal Brandon Knight at trade deadline

February 19, 2015 By Bill Scott

Brandon Knight dealt to the Phoenix Suns

The Milwaukee Bucks traded guard Brandon Knight in a 3-team deal just before the NBA’s trade deadline this afternoon.

Knight goes to the Phoenix Suns while the Bucks get 6’6 point guard Michael Carter-Williams from Philadelphia and rookie guard Tyler Ennis and center Miles Plumlee from the Phoenix Suns.

Carter-Williams was the NBA rookie of the year last season after being drafted No. 11 overall y the 76ers. [Read more…]