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What the Bucks can learn from this year’s playoffs: Western Conference First Round
It was a helluva run. Five first-round exits, two semi-finals defeats, a conference finals heartbreak, and right in the middle of it all, ultimate glory. Nine years of playoff basketball. 47 wins and 42 losses—more than a season’s worth of postseason action. Now, for the first time since the 2015-16 season, the Milwaukee Bucks are […]
Bucks introduce Taylor Jenkins as head coach
The Taylor Jenkins era officially began this afternoon, as the Bucks formally introduced him to a crowd of fans, media, and a few players, including Myles Turner, Bobby Portis, and AJ Green, at the Milwaukee Art Museum. The 16th head coach in franchise history (not including interim head coaches like Joe Prunty) was flanked by […]
The NBA’s anti-tanking proposal would help the Bucks, but hurt the league
ESPN’s Shams Charania recently reported that the NBA has disclosed to its 30 general managers a new anti-tanking proposal, with a final vote by the league’s board of governors set for May 28. I’m sure most people are aware of the specifics by now, but if you aren’t, here’s what you need to know: Here […]
Bucks draft-and-stash Bogoljub Markovic wins Serbia’s MVP award
2025 Milwaukee Bucks second-rounder Bogoljub Markovic won Serbia’s ABA League MVP, the ABA announced Friday. Markovic, who averaged 18.2 points, a league-leading 9.1 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game, won 50.4% of the votes. Markovic also won the Top Prospect Award for the second year in a row and was named to the “Ideal Starting […]
Bucks to take part in California Classic Summer League
The Milwaukee Bucks will play three games in the four-team California Classic Summer League, the NBA announced last Wednesday. The Bucks will face the Golden State Warriors on July 4, the Brooklyn Nets on July 5, and the Sacramento Kings on July 6 in the Golden 1 Center. This is Milwaukee’s first year participating in […]
Milwaukee Bucks End-of-Season Player Review & Quiz: AJ Green, Gary Harris, Andre Jackson Jr., Cormac Ryan, Gary Trent Jr.
With apologies to Thanasis and Alex, the final edition of our pop quiz series focuses on the Bucks’ gaggle of off-ball guards/wings to round out the roster. Aside from Ryan, you’d be hard-pressed to say the other four met or exceeded expectations, and at least one fell well short of them. Here’s hoping for better […]
Milwaukee Bucks End-of-Season Player Review & Quiz: Ousmane Dieng, Kyle Kuzma, Taurean Prince
We continue our pop quiz series with the Bucks’ non-Giannis forward corps. Only one of these guys played a full season with the Bucks, but all arguably exceeded expectations given how low those were due to prior underperformance or injury. Let’s first review their years before the questions. Season in a snippet Ousmane Dieng 30 […]
Milwaukee Bucks Poll: Do you approve of the Taylor Jenkins hire?
While we’re still waiting for the Bucks to make it official, an ESPN report indicating that Taylor Jenkins will be their next head coach from last Thursday hasn’t been refuted anywhere, so we can count on it, I suppose. Zac weighed in on the hire over the weekend, which had been telegraphed going back a […]
Milwaukee Bucks End-of-Season Player Review & Quiz: Bobby Portis, Jericho Sims & Pete Nance
Up next in our pop quiz series are the Bucks’ backup bigs: Bobby Portis, Jericho Sims, and Pete Nance. But while they share on-court positions, these guys play completely different games. How well do you know them? Season in a snippet Bobby Portis 67 GP, 24.2 MPG, 13.6 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 1.6 APG, 0.6 SPG, […]
Hiring Taylor Jenkins: What to make of the Bucks’ coaching search and Jenkins’ past
On Thursday, news broke that the Milwaukee Bucks will hire Taylor Jenkins as their new head coach. This came just 11 days after it was announced that Doc Rivers would no longer be coaching the team, which itself came out on the same day their 2025–26 season officially ended. If these were clues to a […]
Milwaukee Bucks End-of-Season Player Review & Quiz: Myles Turner
You might have passed the tests on Giannis Antetokounmpo, Ryan Rollins, and Kevin Porter Jr., but how will you fare with Myles Turner? A surprise addition to Milwaukee’s roster last offseason, Turner was supposed to catapult the Bucks back into contention. Instead, he arguably had his worst season as a professional. Season in a snippet […]
Bucks hire Taylor Jenkins as next head coach
The Bucks will hire ex-Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins to take over their coaching vacancy, Shams Charania of ESPN reports. Milwaukee’s ownership group, including GM Jon Horst and owners Wes Edens and Jimmy Haslam, flew down to Memphis last week to discuss the team’s potential future under Jenkins. This follows Doc Rivers’ resignation as Bucks […]
Milwaukee Bucks End-of-Season Player Review & Quiz: Kevin Porter Jr.
Pop quiz one focused on Giannis Antetokounmpo, while pop quiz two featured Ryan Rollins. Up next is the most divisive Buck, Kevin “Sakuta” Porter Jr. Season in a snippet 38 GP, 33.2 MPG, 17.4 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 7.4 APG, 2.2 SPG, 0.5 BPG, .465/.322/.878 Kyle’s end of season grade: B- Porter ended last season on […]
Brew Hoop’s 2025–26 NBA Award Winners
Last week, NBA media submitted their ballots for regular-season awards, with the late-breaking stipulation that Cade Cunningham and Luka Doncic were indeed eligible despite playing fewer than 65 games. What a stupid rule. As we hope that one goes the way of the dodo bird in short order, and as hardware starts to come out […]
NBA Lottery tiebreakers increase Bucks’ odds of moving up in draft
While the 2025–26 NBA regular season standings were finalized after last weekend, as I mentioned a week ago, that didn’t mean the lottery odds were completely set. Since multiple teams in the lottery finished with identical records, the NBA needed to conduct random tiebreakers between those teams to determine who got an extra ball in […]
Bucks meet with Taylor Jenkins about head coach vacancy
Bucks GM Jon Horst, along with team owners Wes Edens and Jimmy Haslam, met with former Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins in Memphis early last week to discuss Milwaukee’s head coach opening, registering “serious interest,” per Eric Nehm and Sam Amick of The Athletic. This follows former coach Doc Rivers’ resignation from the Bucks post […]
Milwaukee Bucks End-of-Season Player Review & Quiz: Ryan Rollins
In our first pop quiz, you were tested on the most iconic player in franchise history, Giannis Antetokounmpo. And while his season might have been his most disappointing yet, Ryan Rollins just had his best. By far. Season in a snippet 74 GP, 32.1 MPG, 17.3 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 5.6 APG, 1.5 SPG, 0.4 BPG, .472/.406/.796 Kyle’s […]
Milwaukee Bucks End-of-Season Player Review & Quiz: Giannis Antetokounmpo
The season might be over (at last), but that doesn’t mean your interest wanes—or the coverage stops. With this in mind, we present to you our end-of-season player pop quizzes. Each quiz focuses on a single Buck, posing three “totals” based questions, two “advanced stats” based questions, and one “obscure” question about their 2025-26 campaign. […]
Milwaukee Bucks Player Season Review, Stats & Quiz: Giannis Antetokounmpo
The season might be over (at last), but that doesn’t mean your interest wanes—or the coverage stops. With this in mind, we present to you our end-of-season player pop quizzes. Each quiz focuses on a single Buck, posing three “totals” based questions, two “advanced stats” based questions, and one “obscure” question about their 2025-26 campaign. […]
Milwaukee Bucks Final Player Grades
After each game, Brew Hoop evaluates each Buck’s individual performance with a letter grade. At this season’s 25% mark, we decided to check the Bucks’ grades as a progress report. We also had a midseason report and a 75% point. Now it is time to see the final grades. Given I’m the tenured professor who is on […]
Momentum Moments: Vol. 10
Well, we made it. It wasn’t always pretty—and there was often more pain than pleasure—but the 2025–26 season has finally come to a close. Along the way, every major moment, every momentum-shifting play has been captured—here, in prose and picture. 10 volumes, 82 games’ worth. So, for one last time, enjoy reliving the moments that […]
Early rumblings on Bucks head coach candidates
During the last couple weeks of the regular season, Doc Rivers kept dropping hints that his time as Bucks head coach would be concluding after the season, much to the fanbase’s relief. As we wait to find out if Rivers will have a future role with the team as a consultant/advisor, which had also been […]
Bucks finish with 10th-best NBA Draft Lottery odds as standings finalize
The Bucks’ 2025–26 regular season is mercifully over, and while we still have more questions than answers—including a now-official question as to who will be coaching them come October—we do have more clarity on where Milwaukee could be drafting in June. As you’ll read, while the standings are set in stone, the lottery odds for […]
Bucks vs. 76ers Player Grades: Green makes history (again), Ryan double-doubles as season comes to an end
As Kyle wrote in the preview, this game had legitimate stakes—a win for the Philadelphia 76ers (and other results) could have them move up to sixth place and avoid the play-in game(s), but a loss could have them in the 9-10 game against the Miami Heat. For the first half, the Bucks handled this well, […]
Doc Rivers out as Bucks head coach
Not long after the Bucks’ first 50-loss season since the Obama administration concluded in Philadelphia, Shams Charania of ESPN reported that Doc Rivers is departing as head coach. Charania also reported that the Bucks will pay out the final year of Rivers’ contract in the 2026-27 season. Eric Nehm and Sam Amick of The Athletic […]
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