NBA.com According to multiple news outlets, the NBA G-League will spend next season as a trial and error period for a new take on free throws. Specifically, they will make each shot worth two or three points. So, if you are fouled on a two-pointer, then you can either score zero or two shots at the line and do so in a single shot. The same rule applies for a 3-point foul. And-one rules will remain the same (shoutout me for crushing the rare occasion for starting a sentence wi

Getty Images. Giannis Antetokounmpo has quickly become one of the league’s brightest stars in the Association. Despite being just the 15th pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, playing in a small market, and having a below average jump shot in a league that has become all about deep shooting, Giannis has transformed into arguably the league’s scariest player. Last season, he was also the league’s best. Developing every year in the league, Giannis finally showed how far he had come, ave

Getty Images The 2019-2020 NBA season starts October 22nd, and to get you ready for tip-off, Off the Glass is previewing all 30 teams. Today we look at the Milwaukee Bucks. 2017-2018 Record: 60-22, 1st in the Central Division. Lost 2-4 to the Toronto Raptors in the Eastern Conference Final. Season Recap: On the back of Giannis Antetokounmpo continuing his dazzling ascent up the NBA's pecking order, Milwaukee had a fantastic year. Mike Budenholzer’s first stint with this Buck’

Via Sporting News We’ve seen Giannis Antetokounmpo improve year after year. At just 24-years old Antetokounmpo has won a Most Improved Player of the Year Award and this past season earned his first Most Valuable Player Award. Not to mention three All-Star selections, three All-NBA Team selections and two All-Defensive Team selections. The Milwaukee Bucks as a team took their biggest strides last season as they reached the Eastern Conference Finals. Heading into this season th

How an impending duel with Giannis will shape Kyrie Irving’s free agency AP Maligned and cryptic as ever, Kyrie Irving is on a collision course with destiny. Few teams faced as much manufactured drama and disappointment as his Celtics did this season. With Irving’s impending free agency looming large, how Boston performs in the postseason is said to be of critical consideration. That Irving has eyes for New York City is no secret. To make matters worse for the Celtics, Kevin

All year we’ve watched the best of the best play this wonderful game of basketball. The season has concluded and the OTG Staff is making their award selections. Defensive Player of the Year is full of many worthy candidates, making this one of the tougher races. Jeremy Freed - @JeremyFreed3 Defensive Player of the Year: Giannis Antetokounmpo Via Complex Defensive Player of the Year is as close a race as I think we have this year, but I like Giannis to take home the hardware.

Courtesy of Jeff Hanisch of USA Today Sports It’s been a long time since Milwaukee Bucks fans have seen a basketball player on their team play better than anyone else in the NBA -- over forty-four years in fact. It last happened when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won the NBA’s most valuable player award in 1974. After being delighted over the summer by MVP-caliber baseball from Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich, Milwaukee has been treated to Giannis Antetokounmpo’s unique excellence

The All-NBA Defensive Teams were announced just a few days ago, now we have the big one: the All-NBA Teams. Who was snubbed? Who was lucky? Who’s gonna get paid? Who’s not? Let’s take a look at all the questions surrounding the announcement of the fifteen players who were lucky enough to make one of the three teams. For record here’s the teams with all the corresponding votes: Courtesy: Twitter, KCJHoop Should Giannis Have Made The First Team Over KD? The Greek Freak had a be

Every year, the Christmas day showdowns are a way for MVP candidates to put an exclamation mark on their case at capturing the Maurice Podoloff trophy. This season, few of the leading candidates managed to truly take advantage of the stage; however some of the more fringe candidates were able to seize the opportunity and use the showcase as a way to catapult themselves up the rankings. Let’s start with every basketball fan’s favorite ex-teammates, Kevin Durant and Russell Wes

Dec. 7, 2017 - Source: Andy Lyons/Getty Images North America The NBA is so much fun right now. The regular season has been great and there have been some really cool storylines. Some of the most intriguing things to the season has been the step up that some players have taken. There have also been some players that have just made it fun to watch them on a nightly basis. Taking some from both of these columns, here are the top 5 most exciting players to watch. LeBron James Wha

Everything in the current NBA landscape comes back around to the Golden State Warriors. You see it everyday on Twitter. Paul George and Carmelo Anthony teamed up with Russell Westbrook? “Have fun losing to the Warriors in five!” James Harden is the clear front runner for MVP? “Lmaaaoooo Steph better.” Obviously, it’s for good reason. The Warriors are coming off a three-year run where they went 204-39 in the regular season and came within five points of three consecutive champ

For the last decade or so, the NBA had seen a huge change in the type of player that dominated the hardwood. Due to some convenient rule changes, point guards had become far more important than in previous eras of basketball. These modern point guards were being asked to score the ball more than ever before, leading to blurred lines between the traditional guard positions. Consider this: in the forty years between 1965 and 2004, only one point guard won the MVP award, and tha

Giannis Antetokounmpo has had himself an amazing start to the NBA season. As a matter of fact, it has been a historical start to the season. Giannis came out on a tear and set the internet on fire with his beginning of the season numbers. Through 14 games, no player in NBA history has scored the amount of points, grabbed the amount of rebounds, and dished out the number of assists that Giannis has accumulated through the first 14 games of this season. It is not like this expl

The NBA is full of who is better than who debates. Best player, best scorer, best passer, the list goes on and on. Those debates will always rage on Twitter. To find out who is the best you need to break it down. You have to look at the numbers. The numbers can combine with the eye test to tell the real story. They can also disagree with the eye test. That's where it gets fun. Today the NBA is all about pick and rolls and pace and space. 3 point shooting is at a premium. That

Heading into the season many had the Milwaukee Bucks as a sleeper pick to reach the postseason. Those hopes all but disappeared when Khris Middleton tore his hamstring off the bone in late September. Middleton is the team's 2nd best overall player (although many would disagree and say Jabari Parker is), so losing him for an extended period of time lowered expectations for the Bucks. We are now in February, and the Bucks are still in the thick of the playoff race. The Bucks ar

The Milwaukee Bucks are the NBA’s epitome of average – at least they have been for the last 30 years or so. Immediately following their inaugural season in 1969, the Milwaukee Bucks drafted Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, turning them into a championship contender overnight. The Bucks would clinch a playoff berth the following season and would go on to win their first and only Championship in just their third season as an NBA franchise. From there, the Bucks would remain one of the leag