Holiday may be piece to a 2nd basketball championship puzzle
SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Jrue Holiday has already had gold in his grasp. It belongs to his wife, Lauren, who won two gold medals as a member of the U.S. women’s soccer team. The latter was in 2012, when Holiday went to London to cheer her on. “I’ve actually held them, so I don’t know […]
Antetokounmpo has something to declare on return to Greece
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo definitely had something to declare on his triumphant return to Greece on Sunday. The NBA star carried the Larry O’Brien Trophy with him at Athens International Airport and said he hopes to win more titles with the Milwaukee Bucks. “We are happy to be back and that we could […]
Bucks GM: No knee procedure necessary for Antetokounmpo
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks general manager Jon Horst says Giannis Antetokounmpo doesn’t need any type of offseason procedure for the left knee that the two-time MVP hyperextended during the team’s NBA title run. “He’s fine,” Horst said Friday. “I can’t explain it, but he’s fine.” Antetokounmpo hurt his knee in Game 4 of the […]
Champion Bucks trade down, get 2 forwards late in 2nd round
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks traded down in the second round of the NBA draft Thursday night and reportedly received a couple of frontcourt players in Sandro Mamukelashvili of Seton Hall and Georgios Kalaitzakis of Greece. The Bucks made these moves exactly a week after their parade that celebrated their first NBA title since […]
PODCAST: From Deep – Season Finale
BVM Sports’ Scott Procter and Lucas Semb bring the 2021 NBA season to a close, predict where the free agency dominoes will fall, dissect Team USA’s struggles, revisit Cap or Real Talk and the mailbag.
The Milwaukee Bucks are NBA champions after almost a decade of ‘owning the future’
Fifty years after the Milwaukee Bucks won their first NBA title, they do it again on the back of a historic postseason performance by Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Former Virginia standout Mamadi Diakite continues to spread Midas touch with NBA championship
Seemingly everywhere Mamadi Diakite goes, championships follow. After winning the school’s first NCAA title with Virginia, Diakite has gone on to win both a NBA G League Championship and an NBA title with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Milwaukee Bucks’ fans celebrate NBA championship with parade
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Thousands of fans lined downtown Milwaukee streets on Thursday to catch a glimpse of their beloved Bucks in a parade to celebrate the city’s first NBA championship in half a century. Six police officers on horseback clopped past cheering fans at the head of a procession that included a hook-and-ladder fire truck, […]
BVM Sports Chalk Talk: Episode 37 – NBA Finals Special
Where does Giannis Antetokounmpo rank all-time in NBA history after his MVP performance? Could this be the beginning of a Bucks dynasty? Is Mike Budenholzer Milwaukee’s coach for the long haul now? Was this Chris Paul’s last chance at winning an NBA title and can the Suns make it back to the Finals? What does the Bucks’ title mean for other small market teams in the NBA?
NBA Finals up over last year, but post 4th-lowest average
NEW YORK (AP) — Television ratings for the NBA Finals and playoffs posted sizable increases over last year. But that was the only good news for the NBA as far as viewer numbers. According to Nielsen, the NBA and ABC, the six-game series between the Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns averaged 9.91 million viewers, a […]