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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 […]
Rapid Recap: 76ers 126, Bucks 106
The Bucks fell flat in their season finale, suffering a double-digit blowout against the Philadelphia 76ers. Seeking to play spoiler against a Sixers team fighting for the six seed, the Bucks started strong in the first half. However, their high-volume shooting betrayed them in the second half as Tyrese Maxey (21 points) caught fire from […]
Milwaukee Bucks vs. Philadelphia 76ers Preview & Game Thread: End of suffering and an era?
The Milwaukee Bucks have their final game of the 2025-26 regular season, traveling to Philadelphia to take on the 76ers. Philly has won all three games and will look to complete a season sweep. Where We’re At What a season; I don’t think anybody expected this. To be honest, a lot went wrong. The Bucks […]
Bucks vs. Nets Player Grades: Green makes history, Ryan goes off in emphatic win
Cormac Ryan electrified the crowd in the opening minutes of his first ever start, and AJ Green later brought the house down with an all-time display of marksmanship, leading to an emphatic 125-108 win by the Milwaukee Bucks over the Brooklyn Nets. Read our full summary of the game here and catch a six-minute audio […]
Rapid Recap: Bucks 125, Nets 108
The Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Brooklyn Nets to give fans a cathartic finale in what has been a forgettable season. In the final home game at Fiserv Forum, the Bucks played with purpose and poise, displaying admirable ball movement on offense and great discipline on D. AJ Green paced the Bucks with 35 points, with […]
Milwaukee Bucks Poll: Some fans are turning on Giannis
In this week’s Tuesday Tracker and SB Nation Reacts poll, we asked you about Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. the Bucks, in the wake of their disagreement about his health and whether or not he should play. Whose side are you on? Are you done with him and want him traded? Here are the highlights: Thanks again […]
Milwaukee Bucks vs. Brooklyn Nets Preview & Game Thread: Give the fans something
The Milwaukee Bucks will play the Brooklyn Nets in the final game at Fiserv Forum for the season. These two teams just faced each other earlier this week, and the Nets beat the Bucks 96-90. Where We’re At Not much has really changed. The Bucks are just trying to get through the end of the […]
Bucks vs. Pistons Player Grades: Despite big loss, Sims shines with triple-double
The Milwaukee Bucks lost bigly, 137-111, to the Detroit Pistons as this depressing season draws to a close. But you know what’s not depressing? Jericho Sims! The big man recorded the first trip-dub of his career. But yeah, it was a rough one as the Pistons ran all over the Bucks, winning the season series […]
Rapid Recap: Pistons 137, Bucks 111
The Detroit Pistons knew that they would need reinforcements for this one, so a bunch of folks returned from injury to ensure victory agains the undermanned Milwaukee Bucks, 137-111. Jericho Sims notched his first career triple-double while Ryan Rollins scored a team-high 23. Detroit spread the wealth, with Jalen Duren atop their scorers with 21. […]
Milwaukee Bucks vs. Detroit Pistons Preview & Game Thread: Comfortably numb
Relax, you need some information first: what’s left of the Milwaukee Bucks takes on the Detroit Pistons tonight in the Motor City. It’s game 80 of the season and the Pistons have wrapped up the first-seed in the East, while the Bucks are locked into the 11th or 12th spot. And you know what that […]
Bucks vs. Nets Player Grades: A potentially crucial loss
In what can only be described as a tank-off (though I’d argue one team tried a lot more shenanigans than the other), the Milwaukee Bucks fall to the Brooklyn Nets 96-90. The loss brings the Bucks just one game behind the Bulls for the ninth-best draft odds. This win for the Nets means they lead […]
Rapid Recap: Nets 96, Bucks 90
The Milwaukee Bucks had a bad shooting night against a poor 20-win team, the Brooklyn Nets, losing 96-90. AJ Green led the Bucks with 20 points on 6/12 from three, while E.J. Liddell scored a career-high 21 in as many minutes (as he didn’t play in the fourth quarter because… you know why). NBA.com Box […]
Porter Jr. undergoes season-ending knee surgery
Bucks guard Kevin Porter Jr. will undergo his second knee surgery of the season, effectively ending his 2025–26 season, the team announced. Porter had missed the last ten games with synovitis, or severe knee inflammation. The team has not yet determined a timetable for his injury. Porter will end his season with a murmur instead […]
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