2024-25 Milwaukee Bucks, apparently, are not close to being pretenders for the NBA championship. This is disappointing development, considering the fact that they have two of the 75 largest players in the history of the NBA in their team: Giannis Antetokunmpo and Damian Lillard. However, Lillard is dealing with blood clots in the leg and currently cannot play. In addition, their casting cast left a lot to be desired.
Indeed, this year’s Bucks team is far from the one who won the NBA championship in 2021 this year, and Giannis leads with Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday, they had a solid regular season, although it was clear before the date of trade that they needed something more.
And they came out and got it in the form PJ Tucker.
PJ Tucker helped Milwaukee Bucks won the NBA championship in 2021
While Giannis, Middleton and Holiday provided Milwaukee with a lot of attack, on the defensive side of the ball, especially against the teams with many stars, Bucks fought. As a result, they left and replaced Tucker before the NBA trading date.
The influence of Tucker on this Milwaukee syndrome does not appear in their statistics sheet. He obtained only 2.6 points and 2.8 rebounds per match in the regular season from Bucks.
But he often had to defend the best Milwaukee opponents player. After the season, his “dog” mentality was assigned to Bucks a psychological advantage over what many considered better opponents.
And although his survival in Milwaukee was miniature, his influence was still remembered by fans who consider him a team legend.
Former Master Milwaukee Bucks, PJ Tucker, signed a two -year contract with New York Knicks
After the title run with Bucks, Tucker signed a contract with Miami Heat. However, he did not play for them long and in the last few seasons he bounced a bit around the league.
His latest stop was at several 10-day contracts with New York Knicks. Although they appeared in one game at that time, Knicks decided to sign it for a two -year contract:
After two 10-day contracts, New York Knicks plan to sign a veteran PJ Tucker for a two-year contract, the sources inform ESPN. Tucker will return to Knicks through the season and Playoffs, with a team option for 2025-26. https://t.co/traoepmpmqt
– Shams Charia (@shamscharia) March 31, 2025
Currently, Bucks is the sixth grain of the NBA Eastern conference. If nothing changes above or below in the ranking, they will face Tucker and New York in the first round of Playoff NBA.
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