Deer Diaries: A Milwaukee Bucks Podcast

The Milwaukee Bucks are your 2024 NBA Cup Champions! But at what cost? Jack and Riley got together to discuss the team's triumph in the league's premier exhibition match to determine just how much it matters. Could its value as a measuring stick against an elite Western Conference team outshine concerns of player overuse? Was the subsequent road game to the Cleveland Cavaliers a schedule loss? And what does it mean that Bobby Portis dropped 34 on Washington? All that plus some Wisconsin Herd talk, rapid fire, a report from the NBL, and weekly predictions!

In this week's episode, Kyle and Adam recap the Milwaukee Bucks week of winning in the NBA Cup bracket. From quarterfinal to semifinal, they break down Milwaukee's keys to success thus far before discussing what approach the team needs to take against the OKC Thunder. They also chat about evaluating Khris Middleton's performances since returning from injury, plus the continued contributions from AJax and AJ Green. Then they name some dudes who underwhelmed them, handle rapid fire, and Kyle briefly explains The Ultimatum before they make some NBA Cup Final predictions.

The Milwaukee Bucks have gone (win) streaking! Accordingly, Kyle and Morgan got together to recap the team's most recent pair of wins against the Heat and Wizards. They discuss Giannis and Dame setting the standard while the complementary players begin to fall into their places. Has the tide finally turned in Milwaukee's favor? From there, we've the anticipated second edition of "Let's Name Some Guys" with the highlighting of two Bucks of yesteryear before they dive into a debate on Thanksgiving sides and reviews of Wicked and Transformers One.

The Milwaukee Bucks... won more games than they lost in a week? Exciting times call for exciting podcast discussions as the original Deer Diaries (A Milwaukee Bucks Podcast!) crew assembled to talk the 2-1 week that very well could change everything. Kyle, Adam, and Riley discussed Giannis Antetokounmpo's return to dominant form, ask more questions which they don't yet have answers to, and ponder possible bright futures with Taurean Prince in the mix. All that, plus rapid fire questions, a fountain pen ink review, and weekly predictions!

Well... this is a bummer. Heading into the 2024-2025 season with championship aspirations, the Milwaukee Bucks have instead bumbled their way to a 2-8 start. Kyle, Jack, and Riley talk through early season observations with particular focus on what, if anything, Giannis Antetokounmpo can still give, how to never play Bobby Portis or Pat Connaughton again, and a defense that has no concrete fix in sight. All that, plus rapid fire, Kyle's review of Old Dads, Jack's latest report from the NBL, and weekly predictions!

In a special midweek edition of Deer Diaries (A Milwaukee Bucks Podcast!) we were happy to be joined by the singular Kris Johnson to discuss a number of early season topics. Kris is 50% of the duo hosting Hear District (with his father, Marques Johnson, making up the other half) as part of the Bucks+ audio program network - on their weekly program they host guests from across the organization and NBA to discuss the Bucks, the league, and basketball in general. We begin his appearance with a breakdown of Bucks-Celtics and our early season encouragements and concerns. Then, it is on to a way-too-early temperature check on all the players in Milwaukee's rotation (thus far) and the team's offense and defense. Finally, we close with a local's where-to guide of Los Angeles, covering ground from the city's best restaurants to its best music venues. Thank you for joining, Kris!

The Milwaukee Bucks have successfully drunkenly stumbled out of the gate to start the 2024-2025 season, and the Deer Diaries crew is here to break all the misery down! Adam, Kyle, and Riley run through defensive concerns, offensive misfirings, how up the pessimists/haters are right now, and their general level of concern at Milwaukee's 1-2 start. That, plus rapid fire, a new Robert Oster ink, and weekly predictions!

And we're back! With the episode dropping on the day of the Milwaukee Bucks 2024-2025 season opener, it was only right that Kyle and Riley got together to put a final bow on their Season Preview Series of interviews. The takes start with Tyler Smith being the most intriguing new Buck and they don't get any less insane from there! We want to thank everyone who listened or watched any of our podcasts with guests. It was a lot of fun, and we look forward to another season podcasting the Bucks with you!

The Milwaukee Bucks 2024-2025 season is around the corner, but we've got a few Season Preview Series still to go! This week, we were happy to be joined by the newest member of Brew Hoop to gain his insights from the Southern Hemisphere. Jack Trehearne is a welcome addition to our now one-man-strong Australian contingent. He brings plenty of basketball Xs and Os knowledge to the site, came upon Bucks fandom stocking store shelves, and is a Stanley Umude Believer to boot. Welcome to the site, Jack, and more importantly, welcome to the Deer Diaries universe!

Fresh off an appearance by the current play-by-play announcer of the Milwaukee Bucks, Lisa Byington, we were delighted to have the opportunity to have her predecessor undergo the Season Preview Series treatment. Jim Paschke needs no introduction for Bucks fans regardless of how long they've been following the team. While he has stepped back from the daily grind of covering the Bucks, he continues to follow both the team and league closely. His answers to our bevy of questions about the 2024-2025 Bucks reflected that. All that, plus insight on how Giannis Antetokounmpo "pushed" him as a broadcaster and the debut of Jim's Miscellaneous segment: "Paschke's Passport". Enjoy!

In the latest exciting edition of Deer Diaries (A Milwaukee Bucks Podcast!)'s ongoing Season Preview Series, we were thrilled to be joined by the TV voice of the Bucks, Lisa Byington. Lisa was gracious enough to undergo our line of questioning to help set the table on the 2024-2025 season. From exciting new Bucks, to strengths/weaknesses, and everything between, we were grateful for her insight as someone with a unique point of view on the team. All that, plus a special edition of Rapid Fire questions!

Deer Diaries (A Milwaukee Bucks Podcast!)'s Season Preview Series marches on once again, and we've got another crossover guest to restart things! This time around, fellow Bucks podcast extraordinaire Jordan Treske (GSPN/Win in Six) stopped by the recording booth to undergo the harrowing questioning we subject all our guests to. As expected, Jordan brought some original answers to a number of the inquiries, and we were thrilled to debut yet another new Miscellaneous segment: Trip to the Treske Archive. Enjoy!

As Deer Diaries (A Milwaukee Bucks Podcast!) reaches the halfway point in our Season Preview Series, we wanted to mix things up with a special visit from our friend behind @TeutoniaWorld. Joined by Kyle Carr, we had an expansive (meandering?) discussion on a number of subjects. Is basketball broken and, if so, can it be fixed? What will be gambling's legacy in sports? Do we even know what makes a good NBA coach in 2024? Can Jeff Teague's podcast save sports media? Have we just become the old men yelling at clouds meme? All that and more! This was a lot of fun and a departure from our usual fare at DD, but we hope you enjoy the detour into the relevant irrelevancies of this sport we love.

And we're back with part two of our Season Preview Series interview with Brew Hoop's managing editor, Van Fayaz. We chat through team weaknesses, things to look forward to in the Milwaukee Bucks season to come, predicted season finish, and end with the latest edition of "Van's Warped Tour." 90s German techno, here we come!

We've got a two-parter! Brew Hoop's managing editor Van Fayaz stopped by the podcast booth to take part in our ongoing Season Preview Series of interviews with the BH staff (and beyond!). We ended up going pretty deep in the proper Brew Hoop fashion, so opted to break this episode up into two parts. In the first half we run through intriguing new Bucks, young Bucks with upside, and a few ranking questions to boot. Part two will be out tomorrow!

The 2024-2025 Season Preview Series of interviews gets back on track with a visit from Brew Hoop's man from inside the Forum, Gabe Stoltz. He deftly filled out his verbal survey to set his expectations for the Milwaukee Bucks season to come with a good deal of optimism to boot. That, plus the debut of his Miscellaneous segment: Hot Off The (Vinyl) Press!

Having gone from rookie podcaster to semi-regular co-host of Deer Diaries, a season ago, it was time for Brew Hoop's Jackson Gross to enter the Season Preview Series interview studio. As expected, a lot of his answers to our standard series of questions zigged where others had zagged, and the end result was a really fun conversation. That, plus another edition of Jackson's Build, and, unexpectedly, more coaching talk - this time from the cross country world! You can find Jackson on Twitter at https://x.com/jgrossbucks He has his own MLB podcast called Beer vs. Ivy: • Beer vs. Ivy And you can catch some of his football writing here: https://www.thirddownthursdays.com/ar...

The Season Preview Series of interviews continues on with our first discussion with a current Brew Hoop staffer, site editor Morgan Ross! We run through our standard template of questions, talk the prevalence (or lack thereof) of Damian Lillard vanity license plates in Oregon, officially kick off the latest edition of Bobby Portis's 6MOY campaign, and run through the latest edition of, "Where in the World is Morgan Ross?"

The prodigal boss returns in this second edition of Deer Diaries's Season Preview interview series. Mitchell Maurer makes another triumphant return to the podcast studio to talk through our standard list of questions to help set the table for the 2024-2025 Milwaukee Bucks season. Is he an AJ Johnson believer? Where does Khris Middleton land in his pecking order? Taurean Prince???? All that and more, plus the debut of Mitchell Maurer's Coaching Chronicles where he walks us through the travails of youth basketball coaching, lessons he's learned along the way, and his aspirations for the coming year.

With the offseason coming to a close, Deer Diaries gets back in action with the start of our "Season Preview Series" of interviews. It is a project we're excited for, featuring guests from fellow Milwaukee Bucks-focused podcasters, the entire staff of Brew Hoop, and beyond. Appropriately, we're thrilled to be able to kick this off with our colleagues from Locked on Bucks, Camille Davis and Justin Garcia. We talk all things 2024-2025 Milwaukee Bucks including rankings, fill in the blanks, predictions, and much more!