All hail Trae Young, king of the NBA nutmeg

He’s so good at these.

Trae Young in Year 2 is exactly what we all hoped for: A better, more efficient scorer expanding his already-incredible range and becoming a defensive force.

We knew he was a human highlight reel, but now he’s become the king of the nutmeg, the dribble between the wide-open legs of a defender squaring up to attempt to stop the guard, which was already hard enough to begin with. Now, could this mean defenders try to close their legs more and watch as Young breaks their ankles by dribbling around and not through them?

Let’s all grab some popcorn and enjoy a highlight reel of some Young nutmegs.

Poor J.J. Redick.

He stared at the Nuggets bench after what he did to Will Barton.

He did it Ricky Rubio.

He did this last year, too! Here’s a nutmeg from the Rising Stars Challenge that went through Josh Okogie’s legs:

He’s had this move for a loooooooooong time:

Keep ’em coming, Trae.

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Wizards-Timberwolves odds: Minnesota an easy favorite at home

Previewing Friday’s Washington Wizards at Minnesota Timberwolves sports betting odds and lines, with NBA matchup analysis and picks.

The Washington Wizards (2-7) visit the Minnesota Timberwolves (7-4) Friday at Target Center for an 8 p.m. ET start. We analyze the Wizards-Timberwolves odds and lines, with NBA betting advice and tips around the matchup.


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Wizards at Timberwolves: Key injuries

Wizards

  • Ian Mahinmi (Achilles) out

Timberwolves

  • PG Jeff Teague (illness) probable
  • PG Shabazz Napier (hamstring) doubtful
  • PF Jordan Bell (shoulder) questionable

Wizards at Timberwolves: Odds, lines, picks, and betting tips

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Prediction

Timberwolves 123, Wizards 114

Moneyline (ML)

The -278 line for the home TIMBERWOLVEseems reasonable given that Minnesota is 3-2 at home and Washington is just 1-4 on the road.

Washington (+220) has an average scoring margin of minus-4.4 points per game and the Wizards just allowed 140 points to the Boston Celtics Wednesday night.

New to sports betting? A $10 bet on the TIMBERWOLVES to win outright returns a profit of $3.60. It’s chalky, but it’s better than trying to win with Washington.

Line/Against the Spread (ATS)

The TIMBERWOLVES (-6.5, -115) is the play here. A Minnesota cover (win by seven or more points) returns a profit of $8.70.

Washington is 3-1-1 against the spread on the road and covers the spread by 3.8 points per game while Minnesota is 2-2-1 ATS at home and falls below the cover line by 2.2 points per contest. That is a bit concerning but Washington’s lack of defense eases that some. Take Minnesota and spot the points.

Over/Under (O/U)

The Over/Under is set at 236.5. With the way Washington is allowing points, take a slight risk and bet the OVER (-129) Friday night. Minnesota yields over 116.2 points per game on its own.

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Celtics-Warriors odds: Boston eyes 10-game win streak

Previewing Friday’s Boston Celtics at Golden State Warriors sports betting odds, with NBA matchup analysis and picks

The first-place Boston Celtics (9-1) visit the last-place Golden State Warriors (2-10), Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET at Chase Center. We analyze the Celtics-Warriors odds and lines, with NBA betting advice and tips around the matchup.

The Celtics have won nine in a row since losing the season opener. PG Kemba Walker led the team in scoring in the last two wins, most recently dropping 25 points in a 140-133 home win over the Washington Wizards Wednesday.

The Warriors are on a five-game skid after suffering a 120-94 loss at the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday in which they scored only 12 points in the fourth quarter.


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Celtics at Warriors: Key injuries

Celtics: SF Gordon Hayward (broken hand) is out, while PF Daniel Theis (finger) and C Robert Williams III (ankle) are game-time decisions.

Warriors: PG Stephen Curry (hand fracture), SG Damion Lee (hand fracture), SG Jacob Evans (groin), PF Kevon Looney (neuropathy), PF Alen Smailagic (ankle) and SG Klay Thompson (knee) are out.

Celtics at Warriors: Odds, lines, picks and betting tips

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Prediction

Celtics 119, Warriors 111

Moneyline (ML)

Boston (-358) will likely win, but the price is high – one has to wager $3.58 to profit $1 with a Celtics win.

The Celtics are 4-1 on the road; the Warriors are 1-5 at home.

With a scorer like PG D’Angelo Russell, the Warriors (+275) could pull an upset. Unlikely, but not impossible. Russell has averaged 34 points over the last four games, including a 52-point performance in an overtime loss at the Minnesota Timberwolves Nov. 8.

A big night from Russell, an off-night for the visiting Celtics and the Warriors could win bettors 2.75 to 1, but I’m going PASS.

Line/Against the Spread (ATS)

Boston is favored at -7.5 (-106). Golden State is +7.5 (-115).

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Boston is 6-2-2 ATS, while Golden State is 4-8.

The line of 7.5 is just about right, so another PASS.

Over/under (O/U)

A slight lean to the OVER 226.5 (-106) – every $1.06 wagered profits $1 if the teams combine for 227 or more points. Boston is 5-5 O/U on the season and has played to three Overs in a row. Golden State is 8-4 O/U on the season, including going Over in five of its past six games.

The STRONGEST PLAY, however, is the 1st-half OVER 109.5 (-115). The Celtics have averaged 64.7 first-half points in their last three games, while the Warriors have allowed 65.3 first-half points in their last three games.

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The HoopsHype Daily: With the Blazers off to an alarmingly slow start, they turn to Carmelo Anthony for help

Just when it looked like Carmelo Anthony’s NBA playing days were over, the Blazers are reportedly signing him to help fix their offense.

MELO BACK: Just like that, Carmelo Anthony is back in the NBA. After a lot of speculation over the summer about whether or not a team would take a shot on the future Hall-of-Famer, the Portland Trail Blazers decided it was time to try and revamp their lineup with Anthony and his vaunted scoring prowess.

Makes sense, too, because as is, if the playoffs started tomorrow, the Blazers (4-8) would finish the season as the West’s No. 13 seed and three games out of the postseason. And they rank 18th in net rating at -1.2. So although the Blazers’ players themselves may not have been panicking quite yet, it’s obvious Portland’s front office knew they needed more firepower on offense for the team to have a chance to turn things around.

This season, the Blazers are scoring a mediocre 107.9 points per 100 possessions on offense, good for the 14th-best mark in the league. Last year, they were the NBA’s third-ranked offense, scoring 113.7 points per 100 possessions. What’s more, their biggest deficiency in their starting 5 is at the 4-spot, where they’ve been forced to trot out the likes of Anthony Tolliver, Mario Hezonja and Nassir Little over recent games due to injury. Anthony may not be able to change things on his own, but he’s a clear upgrade over those guys.

👀 In his last bit of NBA action, Anthony averaged 13.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game for the Houston Rockets, who, coincidentally, will be Portland’s opponent on Monday night.

NO LONGER A BUST? Over the past five games, Andrew Wiggins is averaging 31.6 points, 5.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game, to go with 1.2 steals and 1.4 blocks. It’s easily the best stretch of his career, one that had been labeled – rightfully – as disappointing prior to this year. Has he finally turned the corner? We examined his game to see if his newfound level of play is sustainable.

💰 The Timberwolves better hope it’s sustainable, considering Wiggins is the 28th-highest paid player this season and is still owed another $122.2 million on his contract.

NEW YORK’S SIDE OF THINGS: According to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, the Knicks didn’t want to trade for mega-star Anthony Davis because giving up so much draft capital and young talent to land him would… undercut their long-term plan. Sure thing, Knicks.

PG-13’S IMPRESSIVE RETURN: Last night, Paul George suited up for the first time this season, and he picked up right where he left off. The supremely talented forward went off for 33 points (on just 17 field-goal attempts), nine rebounds and four assists. The Clippers did lose, though, falling to the lowly, injured Pelicans 132-127.

MORE INJURIES: Caris LeVert will be out 4-6 weeks after undergoing surgery to repair ligaments in his thumb.

COACH-PLAYER DYNAMIC: Goran Dragic was two years removed from being an All-Star, and yet, Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra thought it best that he comes off the bench this season for Miami. He pitched the idea to him at a private brunch attended just by the two parties. Dragic accepted his decision, and is now playing great basketball as a reserve.

BEHIND THE SCENES OF A MAJOR TRADE: From the original trade request to behind-the-scenes drama, Bleacher Report reports on the Kristaps Porzingis deal out of New York that landed him with the Mavericks.

PORZINGIS BACK IN THE BIG APPLE: For the first time since that trade, Porzingis played in Madison Square Garden last night, scoring 20 points and securing 11 rebounds in a 106-103 Mavericks loss. He got booed early, often and loudly, and was on the receiving end of consistent “KP sucks!” chants.

UPSIDE OF LOAD MANAGEMENT: The Athletic’s resident sports-medicine writer goes in depth on load management and whether it actually helps prevent injury in the NBA. Spoiler alert: The jury is still out on the matter.

FULTZ IMPROVING? His three-point shooting is still a huge negative, but The Athletic did a nice job of highlighting Markelle Fultz’s strengths this season, including the fact that the Magic are better with him on the floor.

CULT LEGEND SPEAKS: Tony Allen, one of the feistiest perimeter defenders ever, spoke out on the whole “Patrick Beverley isn’t actually a great defender” thing that Russell Westbrook brought up a couple nights ago.

🤔 Though Allen disagrees with Westbrook on Beverley not being great on defense, he does think Beverley’s extracurricular stuff – i.e., all the trash talk – actually motivates his opponents, which can be quite costly since the Clippers point guard is usually defending the other team’s best player. Interesting perspective from someone who knows what he’s talking about in this area.

BUY OR SELL: NBC Sports’ Tom Haberstroh played some buy-or-sell on various topics, including Luka Doncic’s MVP candidacy and the Suns’ chances to actually make the playoffs.

NBA INNOVATION: Not many people know her name or who she is, but Amy Brooks, the NBA’s Chief Innovation Officer, has an extremely important role within the league, as she’s in charge of advising teams on ways to innovate, and driving change at the league level. One of her first jobs dealt with the NBA’s new ad patches on the jerseys. 

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The Carmelo Anthony Blazers experiment probably won’t work, but it’ll be the most fun

He’s back!!!

Damian Lillard got his wish — Carmelo Anthony is now a member of the Portland Trail Blazers (even though Lillard thought the Blazers didn’t have the money to pay him).

There was much rejoicing around the league and on social media about “MELO IS BACK” and that’s really what it should be about. We’ve been pushing for Anthony to get one more job in the NBA, and not just because this might serve as a farewell tour.

It’s because we get to see one of the league’s most prolific scorers (22nd all-time in points and, now, counting) lace ’em up again. We’ll see if all that hard work while he waited for another job will pay off, whether we’ll see “Olympic Melo” become “New NBA Melo” and just the joy of watching a future Hall of Famer.

Now, look: he may not fit in with the Blazers and in the modern NBA. Part of the problem with Anthony is his defense — when he’s on the floor, opposing offenses can pick (and roll) on him because he’s slow, although he was never really known for his defense even in his prime. The Blazers lost defenders in Mo Harkless and Al-Farouq Aminu this offseason, and it’s cost them. My hope is that, offensively, he’ll shoot more from distance (we know he can do that) and reduce his iso post-ups that tend to slow down offenses — the Blazers are 10th in offensive pace this season.

But the Blazers have a humongous hole at forward. Pau Gasol is out. Zach Collins is out. Jusuf Nurkic is out. Anthony will get minutes, and because the Blazers are among the NBA’s biggest disappointments, it might be a highlight of what’s turning into a bad season at the Moda Center. Social media will go ballistic when he has one of those games where he nails four from deep. Remember the reaction to this moment at a Nets game last season?

What if he proves he’s transformed into Melo 2.0, who doesn’t need to back down an opponent in the post and can be a mismatch-creating nightmare stretch 4 for opposing forwards? And then, if the Blazers are out of it later in the year, he gets dealt to a contender who needs a stretch scorer off the bench and suddenly, there’s a shot for him to FINALLY win that elusive ring?

So let’s get into the fun of it all. We all got what we wanted. Melo is back, and that’s all that matters.

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NBA fans are pumped about Carmelo Anthony joining the Portland Trail Blazers

Carmelo Anthony is back.

Carmelo Anthony is back in the NBA – something that many fans thought might not happen again – as he’s signing a non-guaranteed deal with the Portland Trail Blazers, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Thursday night.

Melo, a future Hall of Famer, hasn’t played in an NBA game since early last season when he lasted just 10 games with the Houston Rockets before being released.

The Trail Blazers made it to the Western Conference Finals last year but have gotten off to a rough start this season as they’re just 4-8 through 12 games and are 13th in the Western Conference.

How much can Melo help this struggling team? We’re gonna have to see, but apparently Damian Lillard was cool with the addition:

Wojnarowski broke the news and had more details:

NBA Twitter and Trail Blazer fans reacted to the news:

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How to Watch the Boston Celtics, NBA Live Stream, Celtics vs ClippersSchedule, TV Channel, Start Time

How to Watch Boston Celtics this season live online.

The Boston Celtics experienced plenty of roster turnover heading into the 2019-20 NBA season, with key players leaving for other teams, but also joining the squad. The question for the Celtics this season will be whether or not head coach Brad Stevens can pull all of those pieces together to create a winner in Boston once again.

Watch the Boston Celtics 2019-20 Season

Tonight: vs. Los Angeles Clippers, Nov. 20, 10:00 p.m. ET

Local TV affiliate for the season: NBC Sports Boston

Streaming option for the season: fuboTV (watch for free)

The key to this season for the Celtics will be Kemba Walker, who was acquired in the offseason following his time with the Charlotte Hornets. Walker is a proven leader on the court and one capable of scoring in a variety of ways. More important than his impact as a player will be his impact from a team chemistry perspective, as he replaces Kyrie Irving at the point this year.

Also interesting will be how the Celtics replace Al Horford. Horford was one of the key rebounders for the Celtics last season, and his ability to spread the floor and shoot as a big was key to the Celtics offensively. The C’s will need to take more of a team focused approach to rebounding now that Horford has left for a division rival in Philadelphia. A big blow to begin the season was Gordon Hayward fracturing his hand just a few games into the season. It’s not yet known how long he’ll be out for, but he’s an important piece to the team. 

As a whole, the Celtics have plenty of talent and have as good a chance as any team to win the Eastern Conference. The question now is whether or not they can reach their potential.

Celtics November 2019 Schedule 

All times ET

Wed. Nov. 13 vs. Wizards, 7:30 p.m.

Fri. Nov 15 @ Warriors, 10:30 p.m.

Sun. Nov. 17 @ Kings, 3:30 p.m.

Mon. Nov. 18 @ Suns, 9:30 p.m.

Wed. Nov. 20 @ Clippers, 10:00 p.m.

Fri. Nov. 22 @ Nuggets, 9:00 p.m.

Mon. Nov. 25 vs. Kings, 7:30 p.m.

Wed. Nov 27 vs. Nets, 7:00 p.m.

Fri. Nov. 29 @ Nets, 12:00 p.m.

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Pascal Siakam is shattering expectations in Toronto once again

Pascal Siakam might be the Most Improved Player in the NBA….again

I wasn’t always completely sold on Pascal Siakam as the Raptors’ number one option on offense. Before you skewer me, it was a reasonable take! It’s not that Siakam was bad, it’s just that Kawhi Leonard was SO good.

It’s rare that we see a team lose what might be the best player in the league and still compete as a contender the very next season. We’ve seen it time and again — just look at the Warriors this year after losing Kevin Durant. We can even go back to the 2014 Miami Heat after they lost LeBron James. Those teams weren’t the same — in the Heat’s case, they’re only just now looking like a legit contender again.

The Raptors don’t have that problem. Why? Because of Siakam. He’s been special this year.

Siakam is Toronto’s new Kawhi Leonard

I don’t say that facetiously. It isn’t just the role he’s stepping into — it’s also the way he’s producing for the Raptors right now. Things get really interesting when digging into the numbers.

Siakam has basically been able to mirror Leonard’s production this season.

Only two players in NBA history have averaged at least 27 points and nine rebounds per game while shooting at least 35 percent from three on 50 attempts. They are Siakam and Larry Bird. That’s pretty good company if you ask me.

Obviously, he and Bird are two very different players from two very different eras. But it doesn’t matter — anytime you can be mentioned in the same breath as a Hall of Famer you’re absolutely doing something right.

He’s gotten to this point by completely changing his shot profile. He’s gone from feasting on the corners and in transition to being more of a shot creator who shoots deeper threes.

Here’s a heat map of his shot distribution from last season. The darkest spots are where he shot most from.

Now here’s the one from this season.

Big difference, right? Those darker spots are more spread out and wide ranging.

He’s creating a lot more off the dribble and taking more funky pull-up jumpers while creating separation.

Last season, that’s a Kawhi Leonard pull up. This year, it’s Siakam’s. He isn’t as good at it yet, but it’s become a legitimate tool in his tool box. Sometimes the threat of him taking these shots is just as important as his actual ability to hit them.

He’s also still a monster on the low block. He’s big enough to punish smaller guards who switch on to him and quick enough to get around burlier bigs trying to stonewall him. He scores 1.02 points per possession in the post per NBA.com’s player tracking tool.

He’s become a complete offensive player. He’s a solid shooter, a beast at the rim, a decent shot creator and a great passer at his position. The Raptors’ future is in good hands.

What Siakam is doing is incredibly rare

Let’s get a little perspective going here. Siakam has come a LONG way.

He went from being a role player on a playoff team that could never get over the hump two years ago to the second best player on a championship team last year. Now he’s the best player on a top seed in the conference. We rarely ever see that.

No player in NBA history has won the Most Improved Player award twice in their career. When you shatter expectations once, it’s hard repeat that. Yet, somehow, Siakam is doing it again.

I doubt he actually wins the award. He’ll be an All-Star this year and that’s more than enough recognition for the time being. But I can’t think of a player more worthy right now of MIP than the man who won it last year. That’s saying a lot.

 

Andrew Wiggins is slowly shedding the bust label

Andrew Wiggins is playing the best basketball of his career. We break down his high level of play with stats and video.

In seasons prior, Minnesota Timberwolves swingman Andrew Wiggins commonly found himself near the bottom of lists ranking players in various advanced metrics.

Just last year, Wiggins finished the 2018-19 campaign sitting at 511th in Value Over Replacement Player (VORP), 178th in Box Plus/Minus (BPM) and 340th in Win Shares. What that means – and you can be assured, it’s impossible to spin those marks as anything but terrible – is that Wiggins was getting a lot of minutes and finishing a lot of possessions with the ball in his hands, but was extremely inefficient with his touches.

His raw averages last season – 18.1 points per game on 16.6 field-goal attempts nightly and 41.2/33.9/69.9 shooting splits – indicate the same: Wiggins was a very ineffective player.

But that seems to have changed this season, at least thus far.

The first glimpse we got of this newfound, confident and explosive version of Wiggins came on Oct. 27 when the Canadian forward exploded in the fourth quarter of a tight contest against the now 7-3 Miami Heat, finishing the outing with 25 points (16 of which came in the deciding quarter) on 50 percent shooting from the floor.

Still, though, Wiggins had flashed moments of brilliance before in his career, and they never translated to anything sustainable, so how were we supposed to know this time would be any different?

Well, if the last five games tell us anything, it’s that this time looks to be just that… different.

Over that span, Wiggins is averaging 31.6 points per game, to go with 5.0 rebounds, 6.0 assists (extremely noteworthy for a player with a 2.2-assist career average), 1.2 steals and 1.4 blocks per game (with just 1.6 turnovers, an absurdly low mark considering his usage rate). The advanced stats, those that were so cruel to the 24-year-old in the past, have changed their tune as well, placing Wiggins among the Top 60 players in the Association this season. That’s still not quite elite , but in comparison to his aforementioned marks from 2018-19, Wiggins ranking 42nd in VORP, 59th in BPM and 22nd in Win Shares (!) is pretty impressive.

When asked about Wiggins’ season thus far, Timberwolves assistant coach David Vanterpool told HoopsHype: “He has been incredible at trying to make his teammates better in every facet. He’s doing a great job with his defensive assignments, and he has been great facilitating for others on the offensive end. He’s a natural scorer so even his scoring, when it’s necessary, helps those around him. He’s playing at an All-Star level.”

Vanterpool isn’t lying; Wiggins looks like a different player as a distributor recently. The Canadian forward’s vision is night and day compared to previous years – he’s keeping his head up while driving and finding secondary and even tertiary options when he draws multiple defenders.

According to the NBA’s primary stats page, Wiggins is passing the ball over 35 times per night this season, a significant jump from his 26 nightly passes last season, and proof of a more well-rounded offensive player.

At the same time, Wiggins hasn’t made a leap this year solely because of his improved willingness and vision as a playmaker. He’s gotten much more effective at putting the ball in the bucket, too.

Per Synergy Sports, Wiggins ranks as a “very good” (82nd percentile) scorer in the halfcourt, producing a total of 1.07 points per possession (PPP) in such chances. That’s a better mark than professional bucket-getters like Devin Booker (1.03 PPP out of the halfcourt) and Trae Young (1.01 PPP), for the record. Last year, Wiggins scored a paltry 0.86 PPP out of the halfcourt, which placed him in the Association’s 27th percentile.

Part of the reason for Wiggins making this massive jump in effectiveness as a scorer is the fact that he’s attempting more three-pointers (6.5) than he ever has before at any point in his career. To make up the difference, the Wolves wing is taking way less long two-point jumpers these days, a shot he used to attempt with aplomb despite it’s well-documented inefficiency.

Coming into this season, Wiggins was taking 35.9 percent of his field-goal attempts for his career from between 10 feet away from the basket and the three-point line – over a third of his shots coming from this hellscape of efficient basketball. This year, however, that number is all the way down to 20.4 percent, a much more acceptable rate for a scorer such as Wiggins.

As a result of both the better shot selection and improved passing, the 24-year-old is producing 1.3 PPP in isolation situations (with passes included) this season, a mark healthy enough to rank as “excellent,” per Synergy, and to put him in the league’s 86th percentile, ahead of All-NBA-level talents like reigning league MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo (1.07 PPP) and his own teammate Karl-Anthony Towns (1.0 PPP).

All in all, Wiggins’ development this season can be attributed to (much) better shot selection, improved playmaking chops, less floating in and out of games and more consistent effort on both ends of the floor.

There had never been any sort of dispute in regards to his otherworldly physical tools…

…but now that Wiggins is going all-out, full-throttle during his time on the floor, he’s able to shine much more brightly.

The jury is still out on whether this isn’t just an extended flash of hardwood brilliance or something sustainable, but considering the lack of red flags with his production (like fluky shooting marks, for example), there’s reason to believe this is real.

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How to Watch Milwaukee Bucks, NBA Live Stream, Schedule, TV Channel, Start Time

Watch the Milwaukee Bucks Live Online this season.

All Giannis, all the time. That’s what life is like in Milwaukee these days as the Bucks have become a must-see attraction in not just the NBA, but the world of sports. That’s how big of an impact the “Greek Freak” has had since his emergence as the top player in the league. The reigning NBA Most Valuable Player carried his team to the Eastern Conference Finals last season. This season, the Bucks are looking to take it one step further by bringing a championship back to the Cream City for the first time since 1971. 

Watch the Milwaukee Bucks 2019-20 Season

Next game: vs. Chicago Bulls, Nov. 14, 8:00 p.m. ET 

Local TV affiliate for the season: FOX Sports Wisconsin

Streaming option for the season: fuboTV (watch for free)

It doesn’t appear as if the league has found a way to stop Giannis yet. After dominating the regular season in 2018-19, the 24-year-old superstar has picked up right where left off. He is among the top five in the league in both scoring and rebounding through the first 10 games of the season. His extraordinary exploits have led to the Bucks once again being considered among the favorites in the East. 

While Giannis will certainly get most of the attention, the Bucks wouldn’t be in the position that they are without a great supporting cast. Milwaukee’s four other starters also average double-digits in scoring, led by forward Khris Middleton, who has emerged as a very valuable asset by Giannis’ side. Throw in the likes of Eric Bledsoe and Brook Lopez, along with veteran sharpshooter Kyle Korver off the bench and there’s no reason not to expect the Bucks to be contending for a title come the spring. 

Bucks November 2019 Schedule

All Times ET

Thu. Nov. 14 vs. Bulls, 8:00 PM

Sat. Nov. 16 @ Pacers, 7:00 PM

Mon. Nov. 18 @ Bulls, 8:00 PM

Wed. Nov. 20 @ Hawks, 7:30 PM

Thu. Nov. 21 vs. Trail Blazers, 8:00 PM

Sat. Nov. 23 vs. Pistons, 8:30 PM

Mon. Nov. 25 vs. Jazz, 8:00 PM

Wed. Nov. 27 vs. Hawks, 8:00 PM

Fri. Nov. 29 @ Cavaliers, 7:30 PM

Sat. Nov. 30 vs. Bobcats 8:00 PM

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