Comments on: What Was Worse Wednesday?: Wizards 109 – Bucks 97

By: Damon

Damon — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:58:38 +0000

Hey: It just goes to show how many games you watch. Jennings lets anyone get in the paint, ANYONE. Who steps up to help? Bogut. He may draw a charge or block a shot, but most times he is Fouling people who get straight line drives into the paint. Hard to play when in foul trouble one would think. Or he steps up and his man gets a dunk then everyone gets their load off about how his man is getting easy dunks. Those of you who dont know the game please don’t comment. Our Guards have no idea how to keep guards out of the paint. Thats the weakness of our D. Full stop.

By: curak

curak — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:31:58 +0000

But Mr. “hey”, Skiles was the coach at the start, what makes you think HE changed something with Jennings? What seems to me more likely is that his shooting early on took a lot of teams by surprise, but now they know what to expect from him and play him accordingly. This game is a case in point: they’ve already played the Wiz, so they had the idea to attack Jenning on D.

Also, the Bucks right now are not a veteran team. Not with Luc, Jennings, and Ersan logging big minutes. And Jennings gets pulled early once and now Skiles hates rookies? He plays 35 minutes a night!

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:19:07 +0000

To the poster Hey, your comments are spot on! Scott Stiles is stifling Brandon Jennings overall scoring/offensive productivity. One of the reasons that Brandon Jennings is not getting very many fouls called, outside of the obvious fouls that the referees fail to call is because Jennings is not driving to basket much. I understand that Stiles is trying to make Jennings a better point guard, but in someways he is making him worse. There are times to be passive and set up plays for you teammates there are other times where you need to be aggressive and make plays for yourself. It’s almost like Brandon does even look for shots himself most of the time anymore. Furthermore, why aren’t any plays being ran specifically for Jennings. You never see any pick and rolls or schemes to utilize Jennings quickness to the basket. All the Bucks seem to want is to get the ball in the low post to Bogut. While Bogut is pretty good in the low post, he is mostly a finesse post player so he draw very few fouls plus he is a horrible foul shooter. The Bucks need to get to the line more often and you need other players such as quick guards to be able to get to the basket and draw fouls. Besides Bogut, most of the baskets the Bucks score and take are mostly from outside the paint area. But to also add Jennings does need to work on his defense a little more as he is getting exposed by other teams who run the pick and roll.

By: Truth About It » What The Wizards Want For Christmas, A 109-97 Win Over Milwaukee Is A Good Start

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:07:22 +0000

[...] [Jeremy Schmidt - Bucksetball] Not bad numbers from any of them. Washington was going right at Jennings all night, whoever he was guarding took over point guard duties if they had in both Foye and Arenas. And in the fourth quarter, Boykins went to work showing Jennings how a little man can get off shots in the paint. Jennings shining moment was brief and swift when he blocked one of Boykins shots with ferocity (though he appears to have been incorrectly credited with a steal for the play). [...]

By: hey

hey — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:39:17 +0000

You targeted Brandon’s weakness on defense. When your picked it’s up to your help defender to cause some kind of hedge or resistance. Then the rest of the defense should be reacting accordingly(TEAM DEFENSE). Also If you’re going to sub him everytime he misses a defensive assignment Bogut should be right along with him. This team has 1 exceptional defender(LUC). Bell is an avg. defender who on most nights will be battling a bigger,younger & more athletic guy. The Bucks can’t guard the pick & roll as Bogut’s lateral movement is snail like. He isn’t as imposing on the D side. His offense also lacks from time to time.

The teams direction now is to acclimate Redd back into the swing of things. He was the only one in rhythm yesterday at the expense of the whole time. He’s what you call a jacker. Also why is it that Brandon is on the shortest leash of anybody on the team. The sub early in the 1st quarter yesterday & I’ve repeatedly seen Skiles pull players for no reason(Mostly Jennings & Delfino. The same reason he wore out his welcome in Chicago will be his demise in Mil. He isn’t able to adapt to the sitaution or player. It’s his way or no way. Also he isn’t the coach for Brandon Jennings. Why do you think all of sudden his producition is down? Take a note from the KINGS. It’s Tyreke’s team and he plays through his other rookie Caspi. They seem to have fun as well as root for one another. On our military style run team nobody hardly claps let alone cheers one another on. We have a veteran team for the most part & will struggle mightily until we go back to what had us exciting in the 1st place. Don’t forget we were winning games against teams we shouldn’t have been beating.

Remember Skiles promotes Luke Ridnour more than anybody else on the team(Early Season MVP-PLEASE). Have you heard the way Westphal raves about his rookie. I forget Skiles doesn’t like Rooks. I”m still suprised Jennings starts with the way Robo Cop is. If you look at the teams body language on the bench. They’ve already tuned him out. He expects top tier defense with a very weak defensive team(How good a defender was Skiles when he played? Did he shut penny down in practice or all the other studs in his era)-DONT THINK SO. You don’t have a shot blocker. Jennings is thin & a rookie who also doesn’t get the benefit of the whistle. Warrick hasn’t grabbed 10 boards or gotten a block in who knows how long. Kurt Thomas it’s that time. Joe Alexander looks like he’s just glad he doesn’t have to hear Skiles mouth. Michael Redd could care less about winning he’s just happy to be back out there. Has Skiles smiled yet this season? Our biggest room for concern has been the return of Redd as it has caused Ridnour to fall out the rotation. Also Ersan has completely dissapeared. Hey an Bogut needs a new move everyone knows that lefty jump hook is coming as we saw with L.A. and Washington. Try a up & under and impose your will more. Your 7ft

This team needs to go back to having an identity(ITS BJ TEAM LIKE IT OR NOT). We’re looking forward to the future or at least I am. Know’s the chance to change the perception of the fans & everyone around the league is now & can slip and be gone. Skiles you’re not going to the H.O.F. for playing or coaching so stop being so bitter and OLD SCHOOL. It’s like you have a thoroughbred horse and your keeping him caged up. Jennings & Evans are talents that only come around so often. Similar to WADE,LEBRON,MELO. You should be willing to sacrifice everything for the growth of this kid. I guarantee you’ll be better of in the long run. If not Siyanara and I can’t wait for him to go to a team where he’ll blossom. I heard the other day former point guards make for the toughest coaches. They’re to stubborn & very hard to play for. Isiah,Doc,Avery,Mo Cheeks, and so on. You see the game & played it very different. Did you also hear what Tyreke Evans said the other day about the Bulls comeback. Westphal came in & spoke to us like men at HALFTIME. He didn’t scream at us like LITTLE CHILDREN. Skiles act as if Refs & everyone alike are supposed to respect him. You’re not Coach K what have you really done in this league that enables you to act that way. I’ve tuned you out as a fan. The Bucks have become the boring team of old. They don’t want Brandon to score 50 let alone 30 anymore(I bet he’s even said forget about the R.O.Y. and play to win-IT ISN’T WORKING. They want him to become a Robotic PG who sets up his teamates-(LIKE SKILES IN HIS PRIME LOL). Lets remember for once who his teamates are. Outside of a healthy Redd I don’t see anyone that should have more of a GREEN LIGHT OR SHOT ATTEMPTS THAN BJ. Good Luck the rest of the season. IF THINGS DON’T CHANGE LOTTERY HERE WE COME. JEREMEY YOU KNOW HOW STUBBORN SCOTTY IS BABY. If Van Gundy needs to relax Robo Skiles needs a makeover.

Lastly BJ could mature into a great PG. Skiles can’t lessen his Alpha Male behavior. Makes for an unsuccesful coach & miserable unhappy & unproductive team.