Around the Beat: Tip-Off, Camp Leadership and a New Way to…

By the Bucks Nightly Desk · Monday, October 5

Local writers previewed tonight's preseason opener against Minnesota and praised early camp leadership, while one beat reporter raised a streaming wrinkle for the fall. None of it moves the roster or the record: Milwaukee is still 0-0, with its first exhibition set to be played tonight at home.

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Tonight

Brew Hoop previewed Milwaukee's preseason opener against Minnesota, the first live look at a roster built around Tyler Herro and Myles Turner, with the Timberwolves missing Donte DiVincenzo to a right Achilles injury. The same outlet's roster rankings put Kel'el Ware's upside at third overall, a notable mark for a 22-year-old center who arrived in June's trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo. Nothing here changes what the roster sheet already shows: 21 players, no games played, record 0-0.

This week

Behind the Buck Pass singled out Caris LeVert's voice in camp, calling his leadership an early standout line on a roster otherwise short on experience. LeVert is the roster's most experienced guard, ten years in, which fits a locker room stocked mostly with players in their first few seasons. No injury or transaction accompanies the report; it is camp color, not a roster move.

This week

The same outlet flagged Kam Jones' defense as the clearest path to minutes, a reasonable read for a first-year guard trying to separate himself on a roster already stocked with guards. Jones logged no NBA minutes before this camp. Whether that translates once preseason games start is still unproven; camp observations are not box scores.

This week

Brew Hoop reported Milwaukee's launch of Bucks+, a direct streaming option for fans this season. Jim Owczarski of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, writing informally on social media, suggested local affiliate channels around the state may not be able to carry preseason games this fall, though he stopped short of stating it as confirmed. Nothing in that uncertainty changes the broadcast rights or the roster itself.

Next Milwaukee plays again Oct. 7 at Oklahoma City, the second of four preseason games before the Oct. 21 opener at Washington.

Is Bucks+ a new way to watch Milwaukee games this season?

Yes, Brew Hoop reported the launch of Bucks+ as a direct streaming option, though one local reporter flagged uncertainty over whether some local affiliates will carry preseason games.

Who has stood out in Milwaukee's training camp so far?

Local coverage has praised Caris LeVert's leadership and highlighted Kam Jones' defense, while Kel'el Ware was ranked among the roster's top sources of upside.