Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. (Central) The Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Clippers do battle tonight in the first game out of the All-Star break. The two squads faced off back in January, where 40 points from James Harden powered the Clippers to a win in LA. Can the Bucks return serve? Per our own Gabe Stoltz, Giannis, … [Read more...] about Bucks vs. Clippers: Game Thread
Vote in the Brew Hoop Tuesday Tracker: Changing odds and All-Star festivities
Brad Rempel-Imagn Images Tracking the larger sentiments of Bucks fans week by week. As they have basically every season since 2019, the Bucks came into this season with designs on winning a title. But as their key pieces aged, they went from a team within the top three clearest-cut title favorites from 2019–2023ish, Milwaukee was surpassed by other title-winners like … [Read more...] about Vote in the Brew Hoop Tuesday Tracker: Changing odds and All-Star festivities
NBA All-Star Game Recap: Damian Lillard helps Team Shaq to “championship”
Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Three ball and Dame Time The 2025 All-Star game had a new format, but that didn’t stop the Milwaukee Bucks from having a player represent them. Leading vote-getter Giannis Antetokounmpo withdrew from the game due to a calf injury; though he was present for the festivities, Damian Lillard still played. Lillard was a member of Team OG, led … [Read more...] about NBA All-Star Game Recap: Damian Lillard helps Team Shaq to “championship”
Moneyball? The CBA, econo-free fandom, and parity
Photo by Paras Griffin/WireImage Reflections in the wake of the trade deadline The NBA trade deadline is officially in the rearview mirror. We here at Brew Hoop did our best to keep you up to date with the ins and outs of everything that happened and could have happened. Part of that coverage is on-court analysis, like the fit of potential trade candidates. But part of … [Read more...] about Moneyball? The CBA, econo-free fandom, and parity
NBA All-Star Saturday Night Recap: Dame and AJax come up short
Kyle Terada-Imagn Images Neither Buck advanced in their respective events: the Three-Point Contest and Dunk Contest The Milwaukee Bucks had two players participating in the NBA All-Star Saturday night festivities. First, it was Damian Lillard attempting a three-peat in the three-point contest. And then we had the high-flying Andre Jackson Jr. competing in the dunk … [Read more...] about NBA All-Star Saturday Night Recap: Dame and AJax come up short