I noted in a post last week that it was my season preview.  That was kind of a lie.  It wasn’t a total lie, it was more of a partial lie.  That was my philosophical preview of where the Bucks sit as a franchise right now.  I’ve actually been crafting my season preview with a certain set of guidelines.  The guidelines follow and this is my ACTUAL season preview that will appear in the TrueHoop Network’s NBA Preview. Read more…

There were times the Bucks looked sharp in Friday night’s loss to the Pistons, but most of the evening was a sloppy affair.  Before the game, Scott Skiles was asked if he’d coach Friday as if it were a regular season game, he said no and then really proved that point by going with some lineups throughout the game that will (hopefully) never be a consideration for the rest of the season.  In the first half there was a stretch with: Read more…

I don’t mean literally.  I drive fairly fast and often experiment with different routes when I drive home, so I don’t know that you’d want to waste your time following me anyway.

Twitter is another story though.

When I’m afforded the opportunity to sit close enough to pick up relevant things at Bucks games I will be sure to drop any bits of fun information that you may not otherwise get via my @Bucksketball Twitter sign on.

What does this mean?

It means you should follow me if you’re not already doing so.  Links to every site update, bits and pieces of information that won’t get into posts and occasional quick hits on interesting Bucks and NBA related material.

Official word has come down on Joe Alexander’s injury.  He has a torn hamstring and will miss eight to twelve weeks.  Clearly, this is not the way Joe Alexander wanted to start his second professional season.  He worked hard over the summer and thought he might be able to make some major strides in his second season.

So what’s next for Joe? Read more…

In sports nothing is worse than mediocrity.  Obviously everyone strives to win as many games as possible and their sports respective championship at the end of every year, but only one team is going to pull that off.  There will then be a number of teams that fall just short, and more that are a move or two away.  At the very bottom there are teams that are a reasonable kind of hopeless.  No, they know they aren’t winning the title that year, but they see something in their core players that can be built on.

The upside to being a bad team is typically that said team is playing younger players and hoping they’ll get better.  Ideally, one of those players has an especially bright future and could potentially be a franchise cornerstone if everything goes right over the next two or three years.  That is the blueprint on a successful rebuilding job.  After two or three years of bad then mediocre then finally near playoff level play, the team hopes to add a veteran role player or if they’re lucky enough, a star to complete the puzzle.  THIS is how winning teams get built. Read more…