The Milwaukee Bucks have largely been a pretty good defensive team this season. And good defense is a practice in patience and boredom, more or less. That’s probably what makes it so elusive. Being in the right places, rotating crisply and pushing ball handlers to places where they have fewer options – not many people [...]
The Milwaukee Bucks were riddled with injuries as they stepped on the court to face the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday. Larry Sanders had caught some sort of illness. Ekpe Udoh was nursing a sore wrist he’d fallen onto Sunday. Mike Dunleavy’s leg couldn’t make a few crucial movements without too much soreness and Beno Udrih’s [...]
It’s almost annual at this time of year. When we talk about Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, we hear about how many hours he spent working on his jumper over the summer. We hope this will be the year he can finally expand his range and start to hit threes, at least from the corner. And [...]
The problem isn’t so much that the Milwaukee Bucks are 8-8 through 16 games. It’s that the Milwaukee Bucks really haven’t played all that well as a team this season, and that the Milwaukee Bucks have played genuinely terrible for significant stretches of four of the last five games. Let’s look back at Milwaukee’s eight [...]
Larry Sanders had a big weekend. A triple double on Friday against the Timberwolves followed up with a 18 point, 16 rebound, five block effort in a win against the Celtics. Before this season, Sanders having back-to-back outings like that was unimaginable. But he’s had a pretty solid season since day one, making the last two [...]
Forgive me if I do not weep for Ersan Ilyasova, the man who signed for $8 million this off-season and has seen his minutes decline by the game this season. It seems a yearly tradition for Bucks fans to complain about the mysterious rotational decisions made by Scott Skiles, but I contest they aren’t as strange [...]
*Note: Most of this article was put together before Monday’s win. All of the statistics, charts etc. have been updated. I still decided to publish because one win means little.* After getting off to a hot 6-2 start, the Bucks have dropped three of their last four to Chicago, Miami and – get this, the [...]
This was supposed to be a pretty potent Milwaukee Bucks offense. Sometimes, that’s accurate. Specifically, the Bucks are a terrific transition offense team. Milwaukee is fifth in the NBA with an average of 1.27 points per possession in transition. The transition game has been very kind to both Brandon Jennings and Monta Ellis. Jennings and [...]
(AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps) The Milwaukee Bucks play the Miami Heat tonight. Brandon Jennings could score 35 points or he could score seven points. Either way, no one would be surprised. Through four seasons, we’ve learned to be prepared for anything with Jennings, but never to expect anything. It’s too risky. But removing that risk is what this [...]
2012 Player Capsules: Brandon Jennings
I’m not sure we’ll ever know what happened with Brandon Jennings in early February last season. Milwaukee’s premiere guard was cruising along through the first third of the lockout shortened 2011-12 season. Despite a road heavy early season schedule, Jennings was producing at a level far better than he had in his first two seasons. [...]
2012 Player Capsules: Monta Ellis
There was a trade in the NBA this weekend. You may have heard. The Oklahoma City Thunder made an expectation defying deal that will undoubtedly either end up a brilliant reminder of how smart you have to be to succeed in a small market or a sobering lesson on why small market teams can’t thrive in today’s [...]
2012 Player Capsules: Samuel Dalembert
“I want the team to be one of the top defensive teams. I’ve been to so many training camps and seen coaches focusing on offense, offense, offense. We came here and I’m like, ‘Wow.’ I wanted to hug coach (Scott Skiles). For the first time in seven years, the Milwaukee Bucks starting center isn’t Andrew [...]
2012 Player Capsules: John Henson
From every indication, John Henson is ready to play defense in the NBA. For his sake, I hope that’s true. Because his capability to play defense this year could have quite an impact on his career. Henson is probably going to land on his feet no matter what. He was a very highly regarded high [...]
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