Milwaukee Bucks’ All-Too-Familiar Issues Return in Embarrassing 126-123 Wizards Defeat
Milwaukee Bucks suffer their most frustrating loss yet, falling to the lowly Washington Wizards despite shooting 55% from both the field and three-point range. Can Giannis Antetokounmpo and Doc Rivers steer the Bucks out of this slump before it’s too late?
Camille Davis and Frank Madden deliver a candid analysis of the Bucks disappointing play, spotlighting persistent issues—turnovers, rebounding woes, lackluster effort, and poor point-of-attack defense. The conversation discusses whether coaching, roster construction, or both are at fault for the Bucks’ slow start and lack of execution in critical moments. Can Milwaukee right the ship before the next clash with the Detroit Pistons, or are deeper changes needed to save the season?
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THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS TEAM DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PLAYERS EXCEPT GIANNIS AND PORTER. ALSO TREND GREEN AND PORTIS ARE POSITIVE PLAYERS. THE TRUTH IS THAT, TURNER AND KUZ MA ARE JUST OVERRATED PLAYERS. ALSO, SIMS AND ROLLINS CAN HELP.
do you think the Bucks would do worse without coach?
People love to overreact, they lost a couple games in beginning of the season while missing their two best players, Giannis and KPJ.
Focus on the bright side, KPJ dropped 30PTS/4REB/5ASTS/3STLSin 30 mins on 12/15 shooting from the field and 5/6 from the 3.
Brother is really one of the ones, I been saying this since he got to Houston and I really watched him play.
Bucks need to give him the keys to the offense and let him be the Kobe to Giannis’s Shaq.
I love Giannis but letting him run the offense in the half court slows the entire offense down.
Yes he’s going to get a bucket or create an open shot for a teammate but it’s going to take 14 seconds for it to happen.
The entire NBA is playing “7 seconds or less” basketball right now.
The Bucks are far and away the best shooting team in the NBA percentage wise. They’re the only team that can shoot 50% from FG and the 3 but still lose!
They just literally have to speed their offense up and take more shots, and decide who is going to take an overwhelming majority of those shots
(Giannis and KPJ need to take a combined 50 shots a game, 32 isn’t going to cut it.)
The Bucks other problem is they have two major rotation big men that can’t rebound, Myles and Bobby, and Bobby can’t defend a baby.
And I’m not a Bobby hater, he’s an extremely skilled offensive player with a beautiful game. If you get him matched up with a smaller defender on a switch, he’s going to get an easy bucket, plus he’s a decent stretch big.
But he can’t defend bigs, he can’t defend wings, he can’t defend guards.
Mid-level scorers can score on him at will, while mediocre but stronger/more athletic bigs can have their way with him.
He doesn’t fit this new Bucks team, the NBA is in a run and gun era, pace and space. He’s a slow, undersized big man that can’t defend and takes 16+ seconds to get a decent shot up if you match him up with a smaller player.
You don’t need two stretch bigs that can’t rebound, you can only afford to have one in the modern NBA.
Get rid of Bobby, give his minutes to Jericho, and give his shots to anybody else on the roster, the roster is filled with great shooters.
Jericho’s rebounding and versatility on defense are more valuable than Bobby’s scoring and ability to stretch the floor.
Bobby is having a great year shooting too, he’s 48% from the field, 47% from deep.
But there is no reason for him to be taking almost 10 shots a game and half of them are midrange jumpshots or post hooks 15 seconds into the possession.
They are just not that good they need to semi blow it up and get rid of Doc gosh dam😢
They had a 16 point lead and lost it horribly 😮
Clippers aint getting jack for any one of their old ass players
Myles Turner starting to look like the worst free agent signing in Bucks history
TURNER SHOULD STOP BEING IN THE STARTING 5, HE'S JUST OVERRATED
Frustrating game to watch. KPJ was the only shining light until he got injured. Kuzma has to get traded, he is way too patchy given his contract size.
No defence at all. This team is trash.
Doc need to go
Giannis bout leave soon
Yeah I'm good I'm done wasting time watching this team I hope Giannis can get out of Milwaukee place is in shambles
Play in team or not it don't matter this team sucks and the coach is the worst in the NBA
7 rebounds from a guy like Giannis yeah he don't wanna be here anymore
Pathetic. To the Wizards? This is NOT a team prime for a deep playoff run. We so screwed.
Docos horrible at getting the talent out of players he's literally the biggest issue with this team and Giannis wanted him. Trade Giannis while we can get tons of pieces for him
Bet the Pistons -14.5 it's literally a lock if you wanna win some money this team is one of the worst teams in the NBA
Don't worry we Giannis 😂😂😂
FIRE DOC RIVERS ! HE IS A BUM!
Final couple minutes of that Knicks game was rigged though. We probably woulda won if the refs didn’t let Towns get away with 2 egregious fouls/violations.
With Gianni on a minutes restriction so we right there with decent teams like that.
FIRE GLEN DOC RIVERS
Giannis quit tonight it might be over Doc needs to be fired we absolutely run no offensive plays and the whole team is out.
They should throw Alex Antetokounmpo in the mix and see what he’s got for this team in terms of hunger to rebound….offensively and defensively. We saw him in the Euro Basketball some weeks ago with good flashes.
As for Doc, he knows how to say the right things and blame others in order to keep his job as long as possible….. he should be fired asap…..at least let that be a conversation so we know what coach is available to replace him.
Kuzma, Trent and Turner should perfect their 3 point shots in order for them to be unpredictable when on the court.
The league is now a shooter’s league. If you are a big that can shoot, then it helps when you drive to the basket or make a pass.
Frank looks defeated 🤣
I'm sure everyone will attack me because I'm saying something even remotely negative about Giannis, but the guy really plays some low IQ ball at times. Key possessions down the stretch and he's chucking up fadeaways thinking he's Jordan or something. He must shoot like 10% on those. I'd rather see the ball in Rollins' hands in those spots. He's a capable shot creator and can at least hit his free throws.
We lost to the wizards rip
Told all you idiotic Bucks fans a year ago this was going to be a disaster that this team was way too small on the wings and there was not enough shot creation. The buck should’ve blew this thing up and started the rebuild. This team shouldn’t of never have signed Gary Trent or prince. Or Kpj. Go back look it up im writing checks idiots😂😂😂
Aww the bucks not going to be good for a while
.you don't do people like that!
I'm a knicks fans by no means is Washington an easy team. there's no such thing as an easy NBA team. Utah beat the rockets , Mava beat Denver.. yesterday was the losers bowl.
The best coach in European basketball history just became available. Bucks should hire Zeljko Obradovic.
It’s the roster NOT DOC your 2nd best player doesn’t even crack top 70 in the league POP COULDNT WIN WITH TRASH NEITHER CAN SPO trade Greek now
Frank, you are the one talking about a Giannis trade. Yes, Giannis played a bad game and everyone is actually entitled to a few bad games. You've always been anti-Giannis. I know you want Giannis to leave but he won't. As bad as you say Giannis played, the bucks should not have lost that game. I know fairness and honesty bothers you but if you are being honest, John Horst put this team together, not Giannis. Also, when all is said and done, only 1 team will win this year. With that being said, you are just like any of us who for someone reason "covers" the Bucks. You are a negative dude and most people on here know it.
We honestly shouldn't care about Frank says ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO GIANNIS. As bad as Giannis played, the Bucks shouldn't have lost that game. You are just being a hater if you think Giannis is the reason why the Bucks lost. From the NBA media, refs, bucks management, coaching, players, Giannis to this podcast… y'all all have somthing to work on ro get better. Don't be blaming a player like hes the reason why the bucks are failing.
Kevin needs to play a more sound game if this team wants to be serious. Supreme talent but more structure would make him an all star. Not sure doc can bring that out of him. Rollins should be the point guard. Kpj as a play finisher can be dynamic
Trade GA OR move the team.
NBA ain't having no Milwaukee team winning any more
defense and rebounding are effort and intensity related. This team is not serious about winning and they have lost a ton of professionalism. The team is just bad and doesn't bring much effort or desire to the table on a regular basis.
Dame is the problem we have got to trade him!!!!!!!
I had a bad feeling in the 4th when giannis came in and kuzma stayed in, i blame this loss on doc and giannis! Mostly giannis tho they way he is so immature and will try get a bucket on his best friend when he just needs to draw the double team kick it out or try draw a foul to get in the bonus for the 4th like dame used to try to do, I knew bucks were going to lose when the commentators said I wonder if giannis will try to do to much when he checked into the game and immediately had a turn over 😂 this team and coaching staff is cooked they don’t kno how to use miles turner correctly
American's take on basketball is strange. How can you talk about what type of player you need when the team has no plan or character. They just move casually up and down the floor trying to score 300 points so they can win a game. You can't tell anything about the roster if you don't have a team. Simple as that.
kpj the only bright side, giannis didn’t really look like he wanted to play this game