An off-season spent unable to workout. Absences in both training camp and the early part of the regular season. Turf toe in March. A virus that’s left him hampered. Career low numbers in shooting percentage, free throw percentage, minutes per game, rebounds per game and pretty much everything else. It’s been a tough year for [...]
I don’t live far from the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Thus, I walk to games. In the winter, the walk ranges from annoying to nearly unbearable, depending on wind, snow and slush. I hate slush. With snow you get the possibilities of sledding or snowboarding or skiing, whatever you’re into. At the very least, there’s [...]
I’ve had a weird problem when dishing out grades to Milwaukee Bucks players after games recently. Over and over, guys are tossing out some pretty solid lines. For a guy like Brandon Jennings, outside of his last two games, he’s been shooting better than 40% regularly and handing out more than 10 assists very often. [...]
I have a strategy I carry out every time I step on the basketball court. It’s been crafted over the years, it’s absolutely intentional and it’s what makes me capable of functioning as well as I do, which, admittedly, isn’t even always very good. But I stick with it. If I start a game, I [...]
Quick: What do the numbers 39.4 and 41.3 mean to you? What about 15.8? Or 29.0? Those are minute totals. The first two are Brandon Jennings‘ and Monta Ellis’ from the month of February. The third is Beno Udrih’s in February. And the final is J.J. Redick’s minutes per game in February. 29 minutes doesn’t slide into [...]
With Scott Skiles and the Milwaukee Bucks reportedly walking away from each other sometime yesterday, we’re all still left with more questions than answers. Specifically, here are three questions that could go a long ways towards deciding how the rest of this season and possibly a big part of the future plays out for the [...]
The complaining. Oh the constant complaining about minute distribution among Milwaukee Bucks players. Hardly a day goes by where Scott Skiles isn’t criticized for not playing Tobias Harris, John Henson or even Doron Lamb quite enough. Fans in general, especially those of a team that hasn’t seen a lot of success in quite some time, [...]
Samuel Dalembert and Ersan Ilyasova. Joel Przybilla and Ilyasova. Dalembert and John Henson. Ekpe Udoh and Henson. Larry Sanders and Udoh. Through 19 games, the Milwaukee Bucks have used five different starting front court combinations and countless other lineup pairings. Enough to make fans go crazy and writers take notice. But there’s reason to the [...]
After rejecting an opportunity to start last Saturday at home against the Boston Celtics, Larry Sanders has agreed to take on the challenge according to the Milwaukee Bucks PR Department Twitter feed: Larry Sanders will be starting tonight for the @Bucks. MILvSAS Here’s what Sanders had to say about starting last Saturday. I embrace that [...]
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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