Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Milwaukee has high hopes for Trent Jr. As we inch closer to the start of the 2024-25 regular season and deeper into our Ranking the Roster series, the Bucks’ key off-season addition falls in line at No. 5. There’s plenty of reason for Bucks fans to be excited about with Trent Jr. coming to town. Given the Bucks’ constrictions heading … [Read more...] about Ranking the Roster: Gary Trent Jr. Hears His Name at No. 5
Ranking The Roster: Bobby Portis is Brew Hoop’s 6th Man
Photo by Cassy Athena/Getty Images He’ll almost certainly never win it in real life, but this is a nice consolation prize Time is a flat circle, life is a rubber band stretched ever tighter before it snaps, death, taxes, and Bobby Portis believing with his whole body and soul that he should bring Sixth Man of the Year glory to the Milwaukee Bucks. These are the few … [Read more...] about Ranking The Roster: Bobby Portis is Brew Hoop’s 6th Man
Ranking The Roster: Delon Wright wrongfully goes a pick too soon at 7th
Photo by Stephen Gosling/NBAE via Getty Images If last year is any indication, Wright could be their most important reserve When I looked over our list of ranked 2024–25 Bucks before today, I couldn’t quibble with it too much. I’m generally an AJ Green believer, but we may be too high on him because we’re too low on Pat Connaughton, who finished a spot below him. MarJon … [Read more...] about Ranking The Roster: Delon Wright wrongfully goes a pick too soon at 7th
Ranking The Roster: Taurean Prince Ascends to 8th
Petre Thomas-Imagn Images He is a wing. Taurean Prince. Hmm... My “Hmm...” is only partly due to the facts that (1) Taurean Prince is a new Buck and (2) my knowledge of the rest of the Association is mediocre. As I wrote earlier this month, of all of the Bucks’ recent acquisitions, Prince’s ride across teams has been the most variable (compared to Gary Trent Jr. and … [Read more...] about Ranking The Roster: Taurean Prince Ascends to 8th
Monday Morning Media Roundup: On NBA Coverage
Photo by Lauren Leigh Bacho/NBAE via Getty Images Milwaukee Bucks links for your perusal on September 23rd, 2024 Adrian Wojnarowski announced his retirement last week. Does that matter? As usual, I’m not trying to be overly flippant in asking the question. Everything around sports media and coverage lies somewhere in a halfway house of imagination and unreality. There … [Read more...] about Monday Morning Media Roundup: On NBA Coverage