The Milwaukee Bucks have booked their tickets to Las Vegas after qualifying for the NBA Cup semifinals with a 114-109 victory against the Orlando Magic last Tuesday. The team has been through a lot at the start of the season, but they stayed the course, and here they are.
Doc Rivers is excited about the opportunity to win the NBA Cup, and according to the Milwaukee Bucks head coach, they will gear up for battle by “bringing their wheelchairs” to Sin City, citing the team’s collective old age.
“I mean, we’re gonna bring our wheelchairs to the cup because we have these three young teams. You know, everybody’s, Atlanta is young. Oklahoma is young. Houston is young. Then here comes the old Milwaukee Bucks wheeling in,” Rivers joked.
“That’s what we are gonna be, you know. We’re gonna just wheel in our wheelchairs and come in on our canes and see if we can just play some basketball. That’s what we are gonna do,” he added.
Milwaukee Bucks’ odds of winning the 2024 NBA Cup, revealed
The Milwaukee Bucks will fancy their chances of winning this year’s NBA Cup because of their collective experience. According to the latest entry by DraftKings Sportsbook (as of December 12, 2024), the Doc Rivers-coached team has the second-best odds of winning the prestigious trophy in Sin City at +230.
The one team above them is the Oklahoma City Thunder at +125 odds, while the Rockets and the Hawks are at +400 and +600, respectively.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (+140), Giannis Antetokounmpo (+300), Alperen Sengun (+700), Trae Young (+1,100), and Damian Lillard (+1,400) are the favorites to win the in-season tournament MVP.
