Milwaukee Bucks Rumors & News

USA Today "In the category of unemployed future Hall of Fame coaches, Phil Jackson has been capturing the large majority of the spotlight in recent weeks. But while it remains to be seen if the former Lakers and Bulls coach will re-enter the NBA anytime soon, another member of this rarest of clubs may be..." May 13

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "ESPN’s Chris Broussard had an NBA assistant coach rank the current and potential NBA head coaching vacancies from best to worst. The name of the assistant was not disclosed. "This should give you some insight as to how people within the league, including guys who could be interviewing with..." May 12

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "The Milwaukee Bucks coaching search has begun in earnest with team officials interviewing candidates Nate McMillan and Kelvin Sampson this week. They are the first candidates to be interviewed as Bucks general manager John Hammond prepares to make just his second full-time coaching hire since..." May 10

CBSSports.com "The Milwaukee Bucks' search for a head coach has emphasized strong-willed candidates who would be able to control the locker room. Now we know why. Monta Ellis and Larry Sanders nearly came to blows in the locker room after Game 3 of Milwaukee's first-round sweep at the hands of defending..." May 09

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Former Milwaukee Bucks assistant coach Kelvin Sampson is scheduled to interview for the Bucks head coaching job Thursday, according to a league source. The Bucks asked Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey for permission to interview Sampson, currently an assistant to Rockets head coach..." May 07

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "John Hammond's off-season to-do list is a long one. Let's see what the Milwaukee Bucks general manager has on his agenda before the team returns for training camp in October. • Find a coach. • Deal with the free-agent or contract status of the Bucks' top three guards, Monta Ellis,..." May 05

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "It's a highly competitive market with plenty of NBA teams searching for head coaches right now. And the Milwaukee Bucks jumped into the deep end of the pool on Wednesday as they elected not to retain interim coach Jim Boylan and immediately began a search for a successor. Former Miami Heat..." May 04

Orlando Sentinel "Stan Van Gundy soon might receive a phone call from the Milwaukee Bucks regarding the Bucks' head-coaching vacancy. The Bucks announced that interim head coach Jim Boylan won’t be offered a new contract, and Yahoo! Sports is reporting that Van Gundy “has emerged as the franchise’s top..." May 02

Wisconsin State Journal "Everyone, it seems, has a solution for what ails the Milwaukee Bucks. Everyone except the Bucks, that is. But with Milwaukee facing a particularly challenging offseason even by its standards, some want the Bucks to blow up their roster and start over. Some want them to let their backcourt of..." May 01

Yahoo! Sports "As the Milwaukee Bucks start the process of hiring a new head coach, Stan Van Gundy has emerged as the franchise's top target, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. Houston Rockets assistant coach Kelvin Sampson also is near the top of the franchise's list, sources said, after the Bucks parted..." May 01

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Jim Boylan will not be back as coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, a basketball source told the Journal Sentinel Wednesday. The news was not unexpected after the Bucks were swept out of the NBA playoffs Sunday by the top-seeded Miami Heat. The Bucks lost all four games in the first-round series by..." May 01

Fox Sports Wisconsin "With Lon Babby and the Phoenix Suns attempting to land a "first-rate talent evaluator," the candidates – as expected – will include Milwaukee Bucks assistant general manager Jeff Weltman. Babby, the Suns' president of basketball operations, cited the aforementioned evaluation component of the..." April 30

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Mike Dunleavy has served as a valuable sixth man for the Bucks during the past two seasons. And the 32-year-old guard-forward said Monday he would be open to returning. Dunleavy scored 17 points and grabbed five rebounds in Milwaukee's 88-77 loss to Miami in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference..." April 30

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Really, the Milwaukee Bucks never had a chance. They knew it deep down. The Miami Heat certainly knew it. And the final results were what nearly everyone expected: a first-round sweep by the defending league champion Heat. Miami completed the job with a workmanlike 88-77 victory over..." April 29

Fox Sports Arizona "With Lon Babby and the Phoenix Suns attempting to land a “first-rate talent evaluator,” the candidates – as expected – will include Milwaukee Bucks assistant general manager Jeff Weltman. Babby, the Suns’ president of basketball operations, cited the aforementioned evaluation component of the..." April 28

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "The regular season was about the Miami Heat taking care of business early so they could relax before the start of the playoffs. Now, the Heat are using the same mentality in the postseason as opportunity to gain even more rest. They defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 88-77 Sunday at Bradley Center..." April 28

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Larry Sanders is learning plenty about the playoffs. But the Milwaukee Bucks center also is absorbing some tough lessons from the defending league champion Miami Heat. Sanders found himself in serious foul trouble throughout Game 1 while being limited to 19 minutes and six points. He did..." April 27

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "J.J. Redick broke through with a strong shooting performance in the first half in Game 3 on Thursday night. But the Milwaukee Bucks guard said he has never lost confidence in his shot even after struggling in Game 1 and not playing much in Game 2 of the series. "It was ball movement," Redick..." April 26

CBSSports.com "The founder and managing director of the National Basketball Players Association's former financial firm has been charged with attempting to defraud the union of $3 million by forging the signature of a dead man, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Joseph Lombardo, 72, the founder and director..." April 26

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "A fierce response was what the Miami Heat expected. And for nearly three quarters, that's what they got. For a second straight game, it was a strong finish by the Heat that proved the difference. The Heat rallied from a second-half deficit to defeat the Milwuakee Bucks 104-91 Thursday at..." April 26

ESPN.com "Dwyane Wade was in familiar territory early Thursday as the Miami Heat held their shootaround on the campus where he starred at Marquette University. And when the Heat enter the BMO Harris Bradley Center for Game 3 against the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night, Wade will again be welcomed by..." April 25

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "Dwyane Wade tried, playing with a rejuvenated hop in his step. LeBron James tried, filling the box score through three periods. Chris Bosh tried, coming alive with a third-quarter scoring burst. And, still, the Miami Heat needed more against a Milwaukee Bucks team that decided to this time make..." April 24

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "As we await the end of the Bucks' season with far less enthusiasm than the beginning of spring, this much is for certain: Whatever the Bucks do in the next three games against the Miami Heat is far less important than what they do in the next three months or three years. I know, we're all..." April 23

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "It's the loneliest job out there and a thankless one at that, trying to slow down Miami Heat star LeBron James. That's the nearly impossible task given to Bucks forward Luc Richard Mbah a Moute in Milwaukee's playoff series against the top-seeded and defending league champion Heat. But hold..." April 23

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "It was a frustrating playoff debut for Milwaukee Bucks center Larry Sanders. The third-year pro was in foul trouble throughout the game and never found a rhythm in the Bucks' 110-87 loss to the Miami Heat on Sunday night in Game 1 of the teams' Eastern Conference playoff series. "I kept..." April 22

Miami Herald "Is this where Heat fans were supposed to modestly feign concern because their team’s playoff run began Sunday night with a victory that was somewhat close for a little while? Do we now pretend this might be a competitive series, after all, because the Bucks’ opening loss was, for some of the..." April 22

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Just when the Milwaukee Bucks thought they were hanging around against the defending champion Miami Heat, LeBron James and his teammates decided to get serious. The Heat pulled away with an energetic performance in the second half Sunday to defeat the Bucks, 110-87, and take a 1-0 lead in the..." April 22

Fox Sports Florida "Samuel Dalembert is now facing the Miami Heat. Next season, he has interest in playing for them. The Milwaukee Bucks center becomes a free agent this summer. Dalembert, who had discussions about joining the Heat before last season, expects they again will be in the mix. “The Heat will be..." April 22

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "The reality is the Milwaukee Bucks accomplished plenty of what they had hoped for Sunday night against the Miami Heat: Brandon Jennings was walking the walk after his uber-confident pregame talk. Monta Ellis was erasing his regular-season scoring struggles in the matchup. And a surprisingly..." April 21

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Monta Ellis was part of an eighth-seeded team that stunned a heavily favored top seed during the 2007 NBA playoffs. That was the last time Ellis reached the post-season as a member of the Golden State Warriors team that knocked out the Dallas Mavericks, 4-2, in a memorable first-round..." April 20

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "The Milwaukee Bucks have told NBA Commissioner David Stern that when the team's lease at the BMO Harris Bradley Center expires in 2017 the franchise will have a plan that includes a new arena. Stern made that clear Friday in a teleconference with reporters in advance of the NBA's..." April 20

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "The confidence is there from both sides. One side can actually back it up. In advance of Sunday's 7 p.m. opener in the best-of-seven first-round playoff series between the Miami Heat and Milwaukee Bucks, there is no shortage of belief. The Heat, of course, enter coming off victories in 37 of..." April 19

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "No Kevin Durant. Russell Westbrook made an early cameo and sat down for the rest of the night. Serge Ibaka, Oklahoma City's sultan of swat, played just 8 minutes. Hey, it didn't matter. The Milwaukee Bucks desperately needed a victory in the regular-season finale Wednesday night and..." April 18

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "The calendar puts the Milwaukee Bucks in Oklahoma for the regular-season finale Wednesday night. But it's clear the Bucks' focus is already shifting toward their first-round playoff matchup against the defending league champion Miami Heat. The struggling Bucks are seeded eighth in the..." April 17

Yahoo! Sports "Brazilian 7-footer Lucas Nogueira, a serious candidate to be a first-round draft pick, has decided to enter the NBA draft, sources told Yahoo! Sports. Nogueira, 20, possesses a 7-foot-6 wingspan and has been an intriguing prospect to NBA executives for several years. The center initially..." April 17

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Monta Ellis put the Milwaukee Bucks on the verge of victory with a spectacular play late in Monday night's home finale against the Denver Nuggets. But again the Bucks could not finish the job, falling to the Nuggets when Denver point guard Ty Lawson hit an 11-foot jumper with 9.3 seconds left..." April 16

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "You won't hear a discouraging word from Milwaukee Bucks coach Jim Boylan. The Bucks are limping into the playoffs and have lost four straight games and 11 of their last 14 entering the regular-season home finale against Denver on Monday night. But Boylan is focused on getting his team in a..." April 15

Fox Sports Wisconsin "The Milwaukee Bucks certainly aren't at full strength as they prepare to play the final two games of the regular season, but they will get one key player back for Monday's regular season home finale against Denver. Point guard Brandon Jennings will return to the starting lineup after missing..." April 15

Racine Journal-Times "As the Milwaukee Bucks season winds down, it appears Monta Ellis’ days in a Bucks uniform are numbered as well. At least, that’s the prevailing sentiment of some Ellis acquaintances. They claim Ellis, the Bucks’ potent-scoring guard, has indicated to them that he intends on opting out of his..." April 13

CBSSports.com "Kemba Walker had 21 points, Josh McRoberts nearly had a triple-double and the Charlotte Bobcats handed the Milwaukee Bucks their ninth straight road loss, 95-85 Saturday night. The loss locks the Bucks into eighth place in the Eastern Conference, meaning they'll draw the defending champion..." April 13

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "The only aspect that averted total disaster for the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday was the shining performance of rookie big man John Henson. Larry Sanders went down with a back injury in the first half, and the Bucks needed Henson to come through against the Orlando Magic. It was hardly..." April 12

Orlando Sentinel "On Wednesday morning, Orlando Magic rookie Maurice Harkless was asked what he and his teammates needed to learn with 78 games down and just four to go. He answered without hesitating. The Magic, he said, needed to learn how to close out games. A few hours later, they took a positive step,..." April 11