Jericho Sims Is Logging 12.9 More Minutes a Night
Over his last five games, the Bucks center is playing far more than his season average, and the gap is worth watching.
Jericho Sims is averaging 32.6 minutes a night over his last five games. That is 12.9 minutes above his mark for the 2025-26 season, which sits at 19.7 through 67 games. As of April 12, 2026, that is a sharp jump for a Bucks big man who has spent most of the year in a smaller role.
A move like this usually means the Bucks are leaning on Sims more inside a specific five-game stretch, not just handing him a permanent starting job. Five games is a small sample against a 67-game season. It tells you the coaching staff trusts him right now, but it does not by itself tell you whether that trust will carry into May.
For the jump to hold, Milwaukee needs Sims to keep producing enough on the floor to justify the extra time, and it needs the situation that pushed his minutes up, whatever it is, to stay in place. His season scoring average sits at 5 points a game, so his value in this stretch is not coming from the box score. If his role was built around matchups or another player's absence, the minutes could snap back toward his 19.7 season average once that changes.
Watch his next few games against his last five. If he stays near 32.6 minutes through the end of the season, this was a real shift in how the Bucks use him. If he slides back toward his season number, the five-game stretch was a blip tied to a moment, not a new normal.