2024–25 Milwaukee Bucks season explained

Team:	Milwaukee Bucks
End Year:	2025
Misc:	0
Wins:	11
Losses:	9
Division:	Central
Division Place:	2
Conf Place:	5
Coach:	Doc Rivers
Gm:	Jon Horst
Owners:	Wesley Edens Jimmy Haslam
Arena:	Fiserv Forum
Bbr Team:	MIL
Television:	FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin WMLW-TV (5 games) WYTU-LD (5 games in Spanish)^[1]
Radio:	WTMJ

The 2024–25 Milwaukee Bucks season is the 57th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They will look to bounce back from last season's dysfunctional, disappointing ending following their injury-laden first round exit to the Indiana Pacers. It is the second season with Damian Lillard on the roster. The Bucks would start out with a rather disappointing 2–8 start to their season before winning 8 of 9 games to reach a 10–9 record near the end of November, including a six-game winning streak near the end of that month.

Draft

See main article: 2024 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position(s)	Nationality	Club
1	23	AJ Johnson	SG	United States
2	33	Tyler Smith	SF	United States	NBA G League Ignite

The Bucks entered this draft (which was two days instead of one like it had been since the NBA draft was shortened down to two rounds back in 1989) with a late first-round pick and an early second-round pick they had acquired from the Portland Trail Blazers via the Sacramento Kings.^[2] ^[3] Near the end of the first night of the draft, the Bucks would surprise draft pundits by selecting shooting guard AJ Johnson (a player who was projected to either be taken late in the second round or go undrafted by most draft boards) from the Illawarra Hawks of Australia's National Basketball League as the 23rd pick of the draft. On the second day of the draft, the Bucks would select what ultimately became the final player drafted from the now-defunct NBA G League Ignite team of the NBA G League (and their third player drafted in four seasons from that team) by selecting the former Overtime Elite forward Tyler Smith with the 33rd pick of the draft.

Roster

Depth chart

Standings

Conference

Game log

Preseason

Regular season

|- style="background:#cfc"| 1| October 23| @ Philadelphia| | Damian Lillard (30)| Giannis Antetokounmpo (14)| Giannis Antetokounmpo (7)| Wells Fargo Center
19,754| 1–0|- style="background:#fcc"| 2| October 25| Chicago| | Giannis Antetokounmpo (38)| Bobby Portis (12)| Damian Lillard (8)| Fiserv Forum
17,790| 1–1|- style="background:#fcc"| 3| October 27| @ Brooklyn| | Giannis Antetokounmpo (22)| Giannis Antetokounmpo (12)| Giannis Antetokounmpo (7)| Barclays Center
17,926| 1–2|- style="background:#fcc"| 4| October 28| @ Boston| | Damian Lillard (33)| Giannis Antetokounmpo (10) | Damian Lillard (7)| TD Garden
19,156| 1–3|- style="background:#fcc"| 5| October 31| @ Memphis| | Giannis Antetokounmpo (37)| Giannis Antetokounmpo (11)| Damian Lillard (6)| FedExForum
15,377| 1–4|- style="background:#fcc| 6| November 2| Cleveland| | Damian Lillard (41)| Giannis Antetokounmpo (16)| Antetokounmpo, Lillard (9)| Fiserv Forum
17,341| 1–5|- style="background:#fcc"| 7| November 4| @ Cleveland| | Damian Lillard (36)| Bobby Portis (18)| Damian Lillard (7)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
19,432| 1–6|- style="background:#cfc"| 8| November 7| Utah| | Damian Lillard (34)| Giannis Antetokounmpo (16)| Damian Lillard (7)| Fiserv Forum
17,341| 2–6|- style="background:#fcc"| 9| November 8| @ New York| | Giannis Antetokounmpo (24)| Giannis Antetokounmpo (12)| Damian Lillard (6)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 2–7|- style="background:#fcc"| 10| November 10| Boston| | Giannis Antetokounmpo (43)| Giannis Antetokounmpo (13)| Damian Lillard (6)| Fiserv Forum
17,341| 2–8|- style="background:#cfc"| 11| November 12| Toronto| | Giannis Antetokounmpo (23)| Bobby Portis (8)| Giannis Antetokounmpo (7)| Fiserv Forum
17,341| 3–8|- style="background:#cfc"| 12| November 13| Detroit| | Giannis Antetokounmpo (59)| Giannis Antetokounmpo (14)| Delon Wright (8)| Fiserv Forum
17,341| 4–8|- style="background:#fcc"| 13| November 16| @ Charlotte| | Taurean Prince (23)| Giannis Antetokounmpo (15)| Giannis Antetokounmpo (12)| Spectrum Center
19,145| 4–9|- style="background:#cfc"| 14| November 18| Houston| | Brook Lopez (27)| Giannis Antetokounmpo (13)| Damian Lillard (10)| Fiserv Forum
17,341| 5–9|- style="background:#cfc"| 15| November 20| Chicago| | Giannis Antetokounmpo (41)| Giannis Antetokounmpo (9)| Damian Lillard (10)| Fiserv Forum
17,341| 6–9|- style="background:#cfc"| 16| November 22| Indiana| | Giannis Antetokounmpo (37)| Giannis Antetokounmpo (10)| Damian Lillard (13)| Fiserv Forum
17,341| 7–9|- style="background:#cfc"| 17| November 23| Charlotte| | Giannis Antetokounmpo (32)| Giannis Antetokounmpo (11)| Giannis Antetokounmpo (6)| Fiserv Forum
17,341| 8–9|- style="background:#cfc"| 18| November 26| @ Miami| | Damian Lillard (37)| Andre Jackson Jr. (9)| Damian Lillard (12)| Kaseya Center
19,622| 9–9|- style="background:#cfc"| 19| November 30| Washington| | Giannis Antetokounmpo (42)| Giannis Antetokounmpo (12)| Giannis Antetokounmpo (11)| Fiserv Forum
17,341| 10–9|- style="background:#cfc"| 20| December 3| @ Detroit| | Giannis Antetokounmpo (28)| Giannis Antetokounmpo (7)| Giannis Antetokounmpo (8)| Little Caesars Arena
17,988| 11–9|- style="background:#"| 21| December 4| Atlanta| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 22| December 6| @ Boston| | | || TD Garden
||- style="background:#"| 23| December 8| @ Brooklyn| | | || Barclays Center
||- style="background:#"| 24| December 10| Orlando| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 25| December 14| TBD| | | || TBD
||- style="background:#"| 26| December 20| @ Cleveland| | | || Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
||- style="background:#"| 27| December 21| Washington| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 28| December 23| @ Chicago| | | || United Center
||- style="background:#"| 29| December 26| Brooklyn| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 30| December 28| @ Chicago| | | || United Center
||- style="background:#"| 31| December 31| @ Indiana| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#"| 32| January 2| Brooklyn| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 33| January 4| Portland| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 34| January 6| @ Toronto| | | || Scotiabank Arena
||- style="background:#"| 35| January 8| San Antonio| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 36| January 10| @ Orlando| | | || Kia Center
||- style="background:#"| 37| January 12| @ New York| | | || Madison Square Garden
||- style="background:#"| 38| January 14| Sacramento| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 39| January 15| Orlando| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 40| January 17| Toronto| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 41| January 19| Philadelphia| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 42| January 22| @ New Orleans| | | || Smoothie King Center
||- style="background:#"| 43| January 23| Miami| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 44| January 25| @ L.A. Clippers| | | || Intuit Dome
||- style="background:#"| 45| January 27| @ Utah| | | || Delta Center
||- style="background:#"| 46| January 28| @ Portland| | | || Moda Center
||- style="background:#"| 47| January 31| @ San Antonio| | | || Frost Bank Center
||- style="background:#"| 48| February 2| Memphis| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 49| February 3| @ Oklahoma City| | | || Paycom Center
||- style="background:#"| 50| February 5| @ Charlotte| | | || Spectrum Center
||- style="background:#"| 51| February 7| @ Atlanta| | | || State Farm Arena
||- style="background:#"| 52| February 9| Philadelphia| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 53| February 10| Golden State| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 54| February 12| @ Minnesota| | | || Target Center
||- style="background:#"| 55| February 20| L.A. Clippers| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 56| February 21| @ Washington| | | || Capital One Arena
||- style="background:#"| 57| February 23| Miami| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 58| February 25| @ Houston| | | || Toyota Center
||- style="background:#"| 59| February 27| Denver| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 60| March 1| @ Dallas| | | || American Airlines Center
||- style="background:#"| 61| March 4| @ Atlanta| | | || State Farm Arena
||- style="background:#"| 62| March 5| Dallas| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 63| March 8| Orlando| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 64| March 9| Cleveland| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 65| March 11| @ Indiana| |||| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
||- style="background:#| 66| March 13| L.A. Lakers| | | | | Fiserv Forum
| |- style="background:#"| 67| March 15| Indiana| |||| Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 68| March 16| Oklahoma City| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#| 69| March 18| @ L.A. Lakers| | | | | Crypto.com Arena
| |- style="background:#"| 70| March 20| @ Golden State| | | || Chase Center
||- style="background:#"| 71| March 22| @ Sacramento| | | || Golden 1 Center
||- style="background:#"| 72| March 24| @ Phoenix| | | || Footprint Center
||- style="background:#"| 73| March 26| @ Denver| | | || Ball Arena
||- style="background:#"| 74| March 28| New York| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 75| March 30| Atlanta| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 76| April 1| Phoenix| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 77| April 3| @ Philadelphia| | | || Wells Fargo Center
||- style="background:#"| 78| April 5| @ Miami| | | || Kaseya Center
||- style="background:#"| 79| April 8| Minnesota| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 80| April 9| New Orleans| | | || Fiserv Forum
||- style="background:#"| 81| April 11| @ Detroit| | | || Little Caesars Arena
||- style="background:#"| 82| April 13| Detroit| | | || Fiserv Forum
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NBA Cup

See main article: 2024 NBA Cup. The groups were revealed during the tournament announcement on July 12, 2024.^[6] ^[7]

East Group B

Transactions

See main article: article and List of 2024–25 NBA season transactions.

Free agency

Additions

Date	Player	Contract terms	Former team	Ref.
July 7	Delon Wright	1-year minimum	Miami Heat	^[8]
July 9	Taurean Prince	1 year minimum	Los Angeles Lakers	^[9]
July 9	Stanley Umude	Two-way contract	Detroit Pistons	^[10]
July 20	Gary Trent Jr.	1 year minimum	Toronto Raptors	^[11]

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason left	New team	Ref.
July 11	Malik Beasley	Free agency	Detroit Pistons	^[12]
July 16	Patrick Beverley	Free agency	Hapoel Tel Aviv	^[13]

Notes and References

Web site: Winslow. George. November 1, 2024 . Weigel’s WMLW to Air Milwaukee Bucks Games . November 8, 2024 . TV Tech.
Web site: 2024 NBA Draft Order: Picks 1-58. NBA.com. May 14, 2024. May 30, 2024.
Web site: Quinn. Sam. 2024 NBA Draft order: Complete list of picks as Atlanta Hawks win No. 1 selection in Lottery. CBS Sports. May 13, 2024. June 5, 2024.
Web site: Steinberg . Brian . 2024-10-18 . FanDuel Takes Over Naming Rights to Diamond Sports RSNs . 2024-10-19 . Variety . en-US.
Web site: 2024-10-18 . Diamond Sports branded as FanDuel in new deal . 2024-10-19 . ESPN.com . en.
Web site: NBA unveils new logo and game dates for Emirates NBA Cup 2024. NBA.com. July 12, 2024. July 11, 2024.
Web site: Emirates NBA Cup 2024: Group Draw Results. NBA.com. July 13, 2024. July 12, 2024.
Web site: Milwaukee Bucks Sign Delon Wright. NBA.com. July 7, 2024. July 11, 2024.
Web site: Milwaukee Bucks Sign Taurean Prince. NBA.com. July 9, 2024. July 11, 2024.
Web site: Milwaukee Bucks Sign Stanley Umude To A Two-Way Contract. NBA.com. July 9, 2024. July 11, 2024.
Web site: Milwaukee Bucks Sign Gary Trent Jr.. NBA.com. July 20, 2024. July 22, 2024.
Web site: DETROIT PISTONS SIGN FREE AGENT MALIK BEASLEY. NBA.com. July 11, 2024. July 11, 2024.
Web site: ברוך הבא, פטריק בברלי!. Hapoeluta.org. July 16, 2024. July 20, 2024. Hebrew.