Jericho Sims Is Playing 28.9 Minutes a Night for the Bucks
A near double-digit jump in minutes says the Bucks are leaning on Jericho Sims more than they have all season.
Jericho Sims is averaging 28.9 minutes a night over his last 10 games with the Bucks. That is 9.2 minutes above his season mark of 19.7, set across 67 games in 2025-26. His most recent outing came on April 12, 2026.
A jump of that size means Sims is now on the floor for close to half the game, night after night, rather than in a bench role. For most of the season he was a 19.7-minute player. Over these last 10 games, Milwaukee has treated him closer to a full-time piece of the rotation.
The scoring has not caught up yet. Sims's season average sits at 5 points a game, a number built mostly on those lower-minute nights. If his role keeps expanding at this pace, that points total is the first place to look for movement, since more time on the floor usually means more shots taken.
For the 28.9-minute workload to hold, Milwaukee needs to keep using him at this level game after game, not just for this 10-game stretch. If the Bucks pull his minutes back down toward his 19.7 season average, that will show up immediately in the next 10-game window. Either way, the gap between 19.7 and 28.9 is the number to watch: it either closes back toward his season rate, or it becomes the new baseline for how the Bucks use him.