Finally! The Milwaukee Bucks are allowed to play basketball. The season only started about eight weeks ago, but I must thank the rest of the NBA for allowing the Bucks to join them. I guess the Boston Celtics are supposed to be universally hated because they’re overly-emotional and a bunch of cheaters, but I like [...]
I’m really nauseous and stuffy right now, so that must mean the existentialist horror of the Milwaukee Bucks regular season is a week away. In January, we’ll all be reminiscing about the halcyon days that were the Bucks (possibly) .500 preseason. Through preseason here is what we know that we know and what we know [...]
Not much should be taken from NBA preseason games. Coaches mess around with rotations, players aren’t always giving it full effort and games sometimes start at 10 in the morning. But, for the sanity of Milwaukee Bucks fans everywhere, the Bucks (2-4) need to win today’s game against the Charlotte Bobcats (1-5). Last year, the [...]
The Bucks are projected to be in a tight race for the last playoff spot with a few teams, among them the Toronto Raptors. It doesn’t bode well for the Bucks playoff chances when the Raptors best player outclasses the team cornerstone that is Brandon Jennings in nearly every way. Kyle Lowry is the embodiment [...]
If there’s one preseason game everyone should go to, it’s this one. It’s the MACC Fund game. This one is for the children. Don’t be jerks. As a hypocrite of note, I will not be going. The company I work for is having a shindig. I’m going with full intent of owning the company by [...]
Zach Lowe over at Grantland had a fantastic article detailing innovations in NBA tactics. The Milwaukee Bucks are forging ahead in their own innovation. Traditionally, a frontcourt is filled with guys with great strength and big behinds. John Henson, Larry Sanders, and Ekpe Udoh sacrifice those traits for greater length and speed. Moving to faster, [...]
The foundation of the Milwaukee Bucks defense is kind of shaky. They can protect the rim, there’s no doubt about that. The Bucks plethora of blocks against the Detroit Pistons proves that. In their effort to protect the rim, their combination of slow-to-rotate wings and wild, wacky, and young power forwards leave the weakside open. [...]
Ekpe Udoh is injured. My heart breaks. He sprained his left knee and will be out 10 days to two weeks. From Charles Gardner of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Udoh was injured while racing back to block a shot by Cleveland’s Jon Leuer in the Bucks’ 97-80 preseason victory Tuesday night in Canton, Ohio. “I [...]
I’m changing the Bucksketball game previews format. Spicing things up, making things pop and moving to a format with a free-form beginning that’ll address an issue of the game. That’ll be paired up with regular categories to keep things familiar. It’s still preseason, so the format is a work in process and I’d love if [...]
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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