Being a Milwaukee Bucks fan is quite a rollercoaster ride. From the highs of the 2021 championship title to numerous lows and decisions that have long caused discomfort, like a bad case of indigestion. Every sports organization has its share of missteps, but the Bucks, over the last two decades, have managed to collect a sizeable number of true blunders: those personnel and strategic decisions that fans would prefer to forget, yet journalists bring up at every opportunity with an ironic smile. It is time to examine the 15 biggest—in my opinion—mistakes of the Milwaukee Bucks from 2002 to 2025.
You might ask, why the specific year of 2002, for our story on the Bucks’ errors. Well, the reason is quite personal. You see, 2002 was when I started my university studies in Poland. I was studying English philology, which means a lot of Noam Chomsky’s generative grammar, US history, and literature. It was a time very different from today: basketball was truly my obsession, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In the early 2000s, Polish basketball fans were just starting. There were some basketball forums and simple websites appearing, but it was hard to find other fans for one specific NBA team, especially a team not always in the Finals spotlight. It felt like looking for something very rare. I wanted a team that didn’t have many fans in Poland. A team whose stories I could truly make my own. This way, I could be far from the usual talks about the Lakers or the Bulls. This is how I found the Milwaukee Bucks.
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