Milwaukee Bucks forecast
Why the Milwaukee Bucks are where they are, and a rotation you can play with: move minutes, sit a player, see what changes. Updated every night.
Why Milwaukee is at 2% to make the playoffs
- 1-9 so far, heading for about 24 wins (17 to 31 in most of the seasons we played out).
- Plays like a team 5.0 points a game worse than average, the 4th worst rating in the league.
- 72 games left, against a schedule about as tough as anyone's.
- The rating leans most on Ryan Rollins, AJ Green and Jaime Jaquez Jr.. Sit one of them in the rotation below to see how much he matters.
Our forecast
- Projected wins
- 24
- Playoffs
- 2%
- Title
- <1%
With Jones back
Replaying the season…
Play with the rotation
Every player starts at the minutes he's been playing and the rating we give him. Change either one, or sit someone, and we replay the rest of the season 2,000 times.
| Player | Overall | Min/game | Out? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Herro Scoring wing | Overall−0.3 | 31 min | |
| Jaime Jaquez Jr. Scoring wing | Overall+0.1 | 28 min | |
| Myles Turner Low-usage role player | Overall−0.8 | 28 min | |
| Kyle Kuzma Scoring wing | Overall−2.5 | 27 min | |
| Ryan Rollins Playmaking guard | Overall+0.7 | 24 min | |
| AJ Green Spot-up shooter | Overall+0.5 | 20 min | |
| Brayden Burries New this season | Overall−0.4 | 20 min | |
| Kasparas Jakučionis Spot-up shooter | Overall−1.8 | 20 min | |
| Kel'el Ware Rim-running big | Overall−0.6 | 18 min | |
| Nate Ament New this season | Overall−0.3 | 15 min | |
| End of the bench | 9 min |
Hurt right now
The forecast at the top of the page counts these players out for the rest of the season. Here they come back on the date shown, at the minutes they were playing before. Change a date to see what it does.
- Kam Jones ankle sprain · 3 games missed · usually back between Nov 11 and Nov 25
Around them in the standings
The teams just above and below them in the East, by projected wins.
- Indiana30 projected wins · 11%
- Brooklyn26 projected wins · 3%
- Chicago24 projected wins · 2%
- Milwaukee24 projected wins · 2%
- Washington23 projected wins · 1%
The roster by type of player
Share of the team's minutes, by the player type each played like last season, next to the league average.
- Star creator
- Playmaking guard
- Scoring wing
- Spot-up shooter
- Low-usage role player
- Rim-running big
- Interior big
- New this season
Pick the rest of the games yourself in the playoff predictor
How the forecast works, and how often it's right
Sitting a player hands his minutes to the rest of the rotation; moving minutes yourself takes them from, or gives them to, the end of the bench. The team's rating follows who plays the minutes. Ratings and player types are ours, built from play-by-play data. Not affiliated with the NBA.