<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/new-york-knicks/sources-knicks-offseason-giannis-trade-bucks-kyle-kuzma-wrinkle');   ga('set', 'title', 'Sources: Knicks’ offseason Giannis trade talks involved Bucks offer with Kyle Kuzma wrinkle');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Knicks-offseason-Giannis-trade-talks-involved-Bucks-offer-with-Kyle-Kuzma-wrinkle-.jpg"></figure><h1>Sources: Knicks’ offseason Giannis trade talks involved Bucks offer with Kyle Kuzma wrinkle</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-03T14:43:24-08:00">December 3rd, 2:43pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-04T07:53:10-08:00">December 4th, 7:53am</time><address><a>Kris Pursiainen</a>Kris Pursiainen is an Associate Editor for all sports based in the NJ/NYC area. Kris brings several years of experience reporting on and writing about professional teams to the table. With experience all over the country as a New York Knicks, New York Jets, New York Mets, Super Bowl LVIII, and Big East beat reporter, Kris has been breaking news and reporting on the NBA, NFL, MLB, and college basketball landscapes for years. Kris is a proud graduate of Fordham University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Milwaukee Bucks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Knicks’ exclusive offseason negotiating window for Giannis Antetokounmpo dominated headlines ahead of the 2025-26 season. Antetokounmpo’s recent dissatisfaction with the Milwaukee Bucks is reportedly <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/milwaukee-bucks/bucks-news-giannis-antetokounmpo-starts-talk-possible-trade">nearing a boiling point</a>. A resolution regarding a potential trade request is expected <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/47191857/sources-giannis-antetokounmpo-bucks-discussing-future" rel="noopener">in the coming weeks,</a> per ESPN.</p><p>Little is known about what specifically unfolded in the Knicks’ exclusive window, aside from the obvious lack of a deal. Sources familiar with the situation tell ClutchPoints that trade talks between the teams included Milwaukee submitting a trade proposal to New York that involved both Antetokounmpo and forward Kyle Kuzma.</p><p>The Knicks’ level of interest in that particular deal is unknown. The Bucks discussing a trade involving both their superstar and Kuzma can, however, narrow down the options for what the rest of that proposed trade may have looked like.</p><p>At the time, New York was unable to take back more salary than they were sending out because they were over the first apron of the salary cap. That limits what the return for both forwards could have been, removing one intriguing trio of players from the realm of possibility.</p><p>With Antetokounmpo and Kuzma both heading to the Knicks in the offseason proposal, the team would have been unable to send all three of OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, and Mitchell Robinson in return. Several other combinations of players would have worked at the time, though, despite the two Bucks alone combining for over $76.5 million of cap-hit salary this season.</p><h2><b>Knicks’ pursuit of Giannis Antetokounmpo grows complex in-season</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/sources-knicks-offseason-giannis-trade-talks-bucks-kyle-kuzma-wrinkle.jpg"><figcaption>New York; Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo during the second half against the Knicks. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>One other complication did arise from a separate offseason transaction: the extension of Mikal Bridges. Knicks president Leon Rose followed through on his 2024 trade for <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/new-york-knicks/knicks-news-mikal-bridges-150-million-contract-extension">Bridges with a four-year, $150 million extension</a> in July. That removed Bridges from any possible trades through January 31, just one week before the 2026 trade deadline. New York could not deal Bridges in August, when the offseason negotiating window was reportedly open.</p><p>That recently signed restriction also complicates any in-season pursuit of Antetokounmpo by the Knicks. Unless the superstar and both teams are willing to wait until January 31, 2026, to send a deal through, Bridges cannot be part of it.</p><p>If Antetokounmpo’s discussions with the Bucks do result in a trade request, the 30-year-old superstar is expected to dictate terms. He will <a href="https://x.com/krispursiainen/status/1996310304142041379?s=20" rel="noopener">tell his front office where he wants to play</a>. Milwaukee will be “trying to make the best deal possible with that team,” per ESPN’s Brian Windhorst.</p><p>The Knicks’ acquisition of Antetokounmpo hinges on the 2021 Finals MVP still only wanting to be dealt to New York. Other teams, unsurprisingly, have interest. And despite the reported “exclusive negotiating window” in August, that “will not be the case moving forward,” per Shams Charania.</p><p>Antetokounmpo’s contract has a player option for the 2027-28 season. Telling the Bucks that he won’t extend with any team other than the Knicks immediately renders the lack of an exclusive window meaningless. 28 other NBA teams would surely have interest in trading for one of the league’s best players at the right price. The ball is in Antetokounmpo’s court to decide which team he’s shooting for next.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Sources: Knicks’ offseason Giannis trade talks involved Bucks offer with Kyle Kuzma wrinkle

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/milwaukee-bucks/nba-rumors-bucks-due-diligence-zach-lavine-trade-kyle-kuzma-twist');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Bucks doing ‘due diligence’ on Zach LaVine trade, with a Kyle Kuzma twist');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kyle-Kuzma-and-Zach-LaVine.jpg"><figcaption>Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Bucks doing ‘due diligence’ on Zach LaVine trade, with a Kyle Kuzma twist</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-26T07:18:44-08:00">November 26th, 7:18am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-26T07:18:44-08:00">November 26th, 7:18am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Milwaukee Bucks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Milwaukee Bucks are on a five-game losing streak, and one of the main reasons is that they’ve been without <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/milwaukee-bucks/bucks-news-giannis-antetokounmpo-injury-update-heat-clash">Giannis Antetokounmpo, as he’s sidelined due to injury</a>. It’s not certain when he’ll return, but it may need to be sooner rather than later, as the Bucks can continue to slide in the standings.</p><p>That has led the Bucks to look around the league for trade options, and Zach LaVine is <a href="https://www.hoopshype.com/story/sports/nba/2025/11/26/title-nba-intel-ja-morant-timberwolves-kings-celtics/87477567007/" rel="noopener">one of the names</a> that has popped up, according to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype.</p><p>“The Milwaukee Bucks have conducted background due diligence on LaVine and others around the league, as usual, sources told HoopsHype,” Scotto wrote. “However, nothing is imminent as Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo nears a return from a low-grade adductor strain.</p><p>“Should Milwaukee’s interest in LaVine become more serious, it’s worth noting that Bucks forward Kyle Kuzma and Kings Governor Vivek Ranadive both invested in a new women’s professional sports venture called Major League Volleyball, and Kuzma has been linked to the Kings via trade rumors for several seasons.”</p><p>Kuzma has been up and down for the Bucks this season, so it would make sense if they wanted to find a more consistent option. Both Kuzma and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-news-deaaron-fox-trade-spurs-zach-lavine-kings">LaVine were traded last season</a>, and it would be another season where they’re shipped off if a deal comes to fruition.</p><p>The Bucks have also kept tabs on Anfernee Simons from the Boston Celtics, according to Scotto. The Celtics could still be looking to get below the luxury tax line, and trading Simons could do it for them.</p><p>At this point, it’s obvious that the Bucks are open to improving their roster, especially when thinking about the future of Antetokounmpo. He noted that he’s committed to the team now, but that can change as the season continues. If they keep losing, he could instantly have a change of heart.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Bucks doing ‘due diligence’ on Zach LaVine trade, with a Kyle Kuzma twist

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/milwaukee-bucks/bucks-news-kyle-kuzma-playing-pistons-injury-report');   ga('set', 'title', 'Is Kyle Kuzma playing tonight? Bucks vs. Pistons injury report');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kyle-Kuzma-warms-up-before-a-Bucks-game-in-2025.jpg"><figcaption>Benny Sieu-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Is Kyle Kuzma playing tonight? Bucks vs. Pistons injury report</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-22T10:00:08-08:00">November 22nd, 10:00am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-22T10:04:12-08:00">November 22nd, 10:04am</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Milwaukee Bucks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Milwaukee Bucks are hosting the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night. However, the Bucks are dealing with some injury trouble. Kyle Kuzma is among the players listed on the injury report, so is he playing tonight vs. the Pistons?</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/milwaukee-bucks/bucks-news-kyle-kuzma-downgraded-injury-report-cavs">Kuzma has dealt with injury trouble at times this season</a>. He is currently dealing with an illness.</p><p>Here’s everything we know about Kyle Kuzma’s status for tonight’s game vs. the Pistons.</p><p><b><i>Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV (</i></b><a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/nba/?irad=356361&amp;irmp=492408" rel="sponsored noopener"><b><i>Get Access | Save $30</i></b></a><i>)</i><b><i>*</i></b></p><h2><b>Kyle Kuzma’s injury status vs. Pistons</b></h2><p>Kuzma <a href="https://ak-static.cms.nba.com/referee/injury/Injury-Report_2025-11-22_12PM.pdf" rel="noopener">is listed</a> on the NBA injury report as questionable due to the aforementioned illness.</p><p>The Bucks are hoping to upset a talented Pistons team on Saturday night. Detroit currently leads the Eastern Conference with a 13-2 record, while Milwaukee is in 10th place at 8-8 overall.</p><p>With Giannis Antetokounmpo already being ruled out because of a left adductor strain, the Bucks have serious questions heading into the contest. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/detroit-pistons/are-jaden-ivey-tobias-harris-playing-tonight-pistons-vs-bucks-injury-report">Pistons have some injury uncertainty</a> as well, however.</p><p>As for the question of if Kyle Kuzma is playing tonight, the answer is maybe.</p><h2><b>Bucks’ injury report</b></h2><p>The Bucks have five players listed on Saturday’s injury report.</p><ul><li>Kyle Kuzma (illness): Questionable</li><li>Giannis Antetokounmpo (left adductor strain): Out</li><li>Kevin Porter Jr. (right knee meniscus surgery): Out</li><li>Taurean Prince (neck surgery): Out</li><li>Alex Antetokounmpo (G League two-way): Out</li></ul><h2><b>Pistons’ injury report</b></h2><p>The Pistons have seven players on the injury report.</p><ul><li>Tobias Harris (right ankle sprain): Questionable</li><li>Jaden Ivey (return to competition reconditioning): Questionable</li><li>Bobi Klintman (left ankle sprain): Out</li><li>Marcus Sasser (right hip impingement): Out</li><li>Isaac Jones (G League on assignment): Out</li><li>Wendell Moore Jr. (G League two-way): Out</li><li>Tolu Smith (G League two-way): Out</li></ul><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Is Kyle Kuzma playing tonight? Bucks vs. Pistons injury report

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Rebilas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kyle Kuzma showcase incredible potential vs. Hornets</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-14T22:37:49-08:00">November 14th, 10:37pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-14T22:37:49-08:00">November 14th, 10:37pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Milwaukee Bucks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Milwaukee Bucks did not enter the 2025-26 season with much fanfare surrounding them. After all, they reeked of desperation with the way they waived and stretched Damian Lillard’s contract just to bring Myles Turner — a good, but not game-changing player — aboard. But Giannis Antetokounmpo continues to play at an MVP level, and his teammates are stepping up. As a result, they have moved to 8-5 on the season — with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/milwaukee-bucks/bucks-news-doc-rivers-reveals-milwaukee-overcame-shot-deficit-beat-hornets-ot">their 147-134 win over the Charlotte Hornets</a> giving them their eighth victory of the new campaign.</p><p>A rotating cast of teammates has stepped up alongside Antetokounmpo. Ryan Rollins has made the starting point guard role his, while Kyle Kuzma is undergoing a bit of a renaissance. Kuzma, who started the season on a bench role, appears to have awoken. On Friday night, he put up 29 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists — leading Milwaukee <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1989541947686478173" rel="noopener">in scoring</a> even over Antetokounmpo, who finished with 25 points, seven rebounds, and 18 assists.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks take down the Hornets in an OT THRILLER to move to 8-5 🦌🍿</p><p>Giannis:<br>25 points<br>7 rebounds <br>18 assists </p><p>Kyle Kuzma:<br>29 points <br>10 rebounds <br>5 assists <a href="https://t.co/3VYLkfepj9">pic.twitter.com/3VYLkfepj9</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1989541947686478173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Kuzma’s stock had been falling gradually over the past year or so, so this is a welcome sign for the Bucks, especially when they traded franchise legend Khris Middleton just to bring him over.</p><p>This is without a doubt <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/milwaukee-bucks/bucks-news-kyle-kuzma-injury-update-raptors-game">Kuzma’s best game as a Bucks player</a>. He shot nearly 65 percent from the field and was very much locked in on the boards. With Milwaukee being an Antetokounmpo-centric team now that the squad no longer has another All-Star-caliber player, these contributions from role players like Kuzma are invaluable and are just exactly what the Bucks need to be excel in the weakened East.</p><h2><b>Defense is a major concern for the Bucks</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Giannis-Antetokounmpo-Myles-Turner-keep-comments-clean-after-loss-to-Kings.jpg"><figcaption>Benny Sieu-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Allowing 134 points in a single game is not necessarily an indicator of bad defense, although that number can look very unseemly. But the Bucks did not provide much resistance against the Hornets on Friday, particularly from the perimeter. Miles Bridges and Kon Knueppel both lit them up for 32 points apiece, and if it weren’t for their explosion during overtime, Milwaukee would have lost an NBA Cup game they should have won.</p><p>At the very least, the Bucks still got the job done. They’re the reigning NBA Cup champion for a reason, and they are going to do their best to defend that crown of theirs.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kyle Kuzma showcase incredible potential vs. Hornets

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He is a credentialed reporter based in Los Angeles who covers the NBA/WNBA, NCAA/NCAAW and boys/girls high school basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Milwaukee Bucks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/milwaukee-bucks/bucks-news-giannis-antetokounmpo-makes-nba-history-60-30-10-stats-two-games">Milwaukee Bucks are looking to keep their win streak to start the 2025-26 season</a> alive as they visit the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday. But if the Bucks hope to go 3-0 to start the year, they are probably going to have to do so short-handed. Bucks forward Kyle Kuzma popped up on the team’s injury report against the Cavs with a change in his previous status.</p><p>Kyle Kuzma was <a href="https://x.com/Bucks/status/1982493242345259462">officially downgraded to doubtful</a> against the Cavs on the Bucks injury report, the team announced. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/milwaukee-bucks/bucks-news-kyle-kuzma-injury-update-raptors-game">Kuzma was originally listed as questionable</a> due to an ankle injury. He suffered the injury early in the fourth quarter of the Bucks’ win against the Toronto Raptors on Friday, and did not return to the game. Kuzma went up to contest a shot and came down awkwardly on his ankle.</p><p>Kuzma completed his first full training camp and preseason with the Bucks after being acquired in a trade last season in the same deal that shipped Khris Middleton to the Washington Wizards. Kuzma was solid for the Bucks after the trade, but suffered a thumb injury during their opening round playoff series against the Indiana Pacers that limited his production. The Bucks would lose that series in five games.</p><p>Following the trade, Kuzma appeared in 32 games at a little over 31 minutes per game. He averaged 14.5 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists with splits of 45.5 percent shooting from the field, 33.3 percent shooting from the three-point line and 66.3 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><p>Through the Bucks’ first two games of the season, Kuzma had been averaging 10.0 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocked shots with splits of 60 percent shooting from the field and 100 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><p>Kuzma is now in his ninth season in the NBA after being selected with the No. 27 overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft. He played his first four seasons in the league with the Los Angeles Lakers, playing a key role in the team’s 2020 championship run.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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