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Author Archive: Eric Buenning

Eric Buenning is a perpetual couch potato with an abnormally high amount of optimism for the Bucks. He enjoys tweeting more than most human interaction and is highly susceptible to moments of swog. He seeks patience from the readers, as this is his first job in this field. He’s also 6-4, 230, and is an almost decent free-throw shooter.

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Kentavious Caldwell-Pope headlines Bucks sixth workout

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope headlines Bucks sixth workout

| June 16, 2013 | 5 Replies

The Milwaukee Bucks hadn’t really inspired much excitement with their past three pre-draft workouts, but the story was different on Saturday. There has been a rumor casually floated out about their desire to move up in the draft for a less risky prospect, but if that doesn’t amount to anything–and it’s very likely that it won’t–Kentavious [...]

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Bucks fifth draft workout: Pair of Badgers get a shot, John Henson gets stronger, Larry Drew gets more praise

Bucks fifth draft workout: Pair of Badgers get a shot, John Henson gets stronger, Larry Drew gets more praise

| June 14, 2013 | 3 Replies

The Milwaukee Bucks conducted their fifth draft workout Thursday morning. The big names were not were not in attendance, but some popular faces headlined today’s group. Former Badger forwards Jared Berggren and Mike Bruesewitz, along with UW-Milwaukee guard Paris Gulley, Colorado forward Andre Roberson, Farmingdale State forward/center AJ Matthews, and Santa Clara guard Kevin Foster [...]

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Nick Van Exel, Bob Bender likely to be added to Bucks coaching staff

Nick Van Exel, Bob Bender likely to be added to Bucks coaching staff

| June 12, 2013 | 2 Replies

Though the players are generally supposed to be the highlight of the pre-draft workouts, a couple of fresh faces caught the attention of Milwaukee Bucks media members Wednesday morning. Atlanta Hawks assistant coach Bob Bender and Player Development Instructor Nick Van Exel were at the Cousins Center today, helping new head coach Larry Drew orchestrate [...]

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Bucks, Ellis can’t agree on two year extension. Ugh.

Bucks, Ellis can’t agree on two year extension. Ugh.

| June 7, 2013 | 17 Replies

The Milwaukee Bucks are not so ready to let Monta Ellis go, it seems. The Bucks offered Ellis a 2-year, $24.8 million extension, predicated on Ellis opting in to the final year of his deal, totaling 3 years and around $36 million for the 27 year old guard. Reports say that Ellis did not accept [...]

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Bucks workout potential second round picks while Billy McKinney says they have not made any guarantees in round one

Bucks workout potential second round picks while Billy McKinney says they have not made any guarantees in round one

| June 5, 2013 | 7 Replies

The Milwaukee Bucks held their third draft workout this morning in advance of the June 27th Draft. As opposed to the last crop of guys, today’s participants are hoping to sneak into the second round or snag a spot on a Summer League roster, in hopes to make it to a training camp. The two [...]

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Highlights from the Larry Drew introduction

Highlights from the Larry Drew introduction

| June 3, 2013 | 10 Replies

Larry Drew was officially introduced as the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks at a press conference this morning. Both the man and his coaching  philosophy/strategy highlighted the introduction, which was paramount in the decision made by General Manager John Hammond. “We talked to coaches that coached. We talk to head coaches that he served [...]

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PICTURE: Larry Sanders: helping kids, posing like an airplane

PICTURE: Larry Sanders: helping kids, posing like an airplane

| June 3, 2013 | 2 Replies

The Milwaukee Bucks breakout star posted this picture on his instagram account the other day and everything about it is perfect.  Not only is it an ad for the Make-A-Wish foundation, it’s also….I mean look at it.  How cool is this photo? How is this physically possible?  Simply put, it doesn’t matter. I’m just glad [...]

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A Larry Drew crash course

A Larry Drew crash course

| June 1, 2013 | 7 Replies

We humans are quite the reactionary breed. Sometimes it’s pretty great.  For instance, when people rush to the aid of someone in need without any hesitation? Good on them. That’s awesome. However, when we rush to a conclusion about something we may not know a whole lot about?  Not so good. In fact, that’s pretty [...]

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Bucks make Larry Drew their next head coach

Bucks make Larry Drew their next head coach

| May 31, 2013 | 3 Replies

  The Milwaukee Bucks have hired Larry Drew as their next head coach, . The specifics of the deal have yet to be released, but reports say that it is a three year deal with a team option for the fourth year.  This comes as a bit of a surprise, as it was believed that [...]

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