Bucks Season Recap: Who Exceeded, Met, or Missed Expectations?

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🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Milwaukee Bucks face a crossroads after a rollercoaster season defined by surprising overachievers and key disappointments. Did unexpected heroes like Ryan Rollins, Jericho Sims, and Cormac Ryan signal a shift in the team’s long-term outlook, or do struggles from core contributors threaten progress under Doc Rivers? Justin Garcia and Cam Thomas debate which Bucks exceeded expectations, who met the bar—highlighting the complicated seasons of Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kyle Kuzma, and Kevin Porter Jr.—and why big contracts didn’t guarantee big results. Critical questions loom: Can Myles Turner bounce back from a down year with a new coaching staff? Is Gary Trent Jr. poised to move on after a disappointing campaign? The hosts grade out every major piece of the Bucks roster and preview a pivotal offseason—player options, roster competition, and the pressure to maximize Giannis’s prime. Bucks fans, how would you grade this season and what changes do you want to see? Everydayer Club If you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the Locked On Everydayer Club and get ad-free audio, access to our members-only Discord, and more — all built for our most loyal fans. Click here to learn more and join your team’s community: https://lockedonpodcasts.com/everydayerclub Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! 5-Hour ENERGY Get candy-flavored chaos with Fruity Rainbow 5-hour ENERGY®️ Shots - available online at https://5hourENERGY.com or Amazon PrizePicks Download the PrizePicks app today and use code LOCKEDONNFL to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. Click Here: https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/LOCKEDONNBA Indeed Listeners of this show get a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to help give your job the premium placement it deserves at http://Indeed.com/podcast Gametime Today's episode is brought to you by Gametime. Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDON for $20 off your first purchase. Terms and conditions apply. FanDuel Today's episode is brought to you by FanDuel. Right now new customers can bet just five dollars and get two-hundred and fifty dollars in bonus bets if your first bet wins. Visit https://FANDUEL.COM to get started — Play Your Game. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)

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0:00.0	There were successes, failures, and a lot of C's for the Bucks this past season.
0:04.9	Camille and I share our list of who met, exceeded, and did not meet expectations coming up next.
0:16.1	You are Locked on Bucks, your daily Milwaukee Bucks podcast, part of the Locked on podcast network,
0:23.5	your team every day.
0:27.8	Welcome into Locked on Bucks.
0:29.4	My name is Justin Garcia, joined as always by Camille Davis.
0:32.4	We thank you for helping make this the number one sports podcast network in the industry.
0:37.1	You can hear me during the season
0:38.3	on the Bucks Radio Network. You can hear and see Camille as part of our lockdown NBA coverage
0:42.8	and the technical file podcast as well on today's show pretty straightforward. Who exceeded expectations
0:50.6	for the Bucks, who met expectations and who were we most disappointed with?
0:55.5	We put together our lists. So we'll see how those line up and be interesting to hear from
1:00.7	you in the comments as well. But I suppose we should start with the good. Yeah. And yeah,
1:06.4	who wants to start things on a sour note here? So the players that we thought exceeded expectations.
1:15.8	I had a list of five.
1:18.8	You did as well.
1:20.6	And 80% of the list was the same for us.
1:25.0	There was one name that was different on both ends. So those four
1:29.5	that were the same were Ryan Rollins, Jericho Sims, Pete Nance, and Cormac Ryan. And I suppose
1:38.1	it probably tells you all you need to know about the buck season as a whole when those last
1:44.0	three names are in the exceeded expectations
1:46.6	department for this group but the the difference that we had and then we'll get to our overall
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