The Sixers and Nuggets are similar to the Bucks in the fact that they are deep with above average players and no year in year out All Star players but the difference between those teams and the Bucks is that they run. I think the Bucks need to run and gun and use their depth to their advantage, you know Jennings wants to play uptempo and even if they don’t end up doing much (or anything at all) in the postseason at least they’ll be fun to watch and inflated numbers for guys like Jennings could raise some eyebrows (works for Golden State and Phoenix)

I don’t feel like he’s as crazy and erratic as it seems like most people do. I think he’s a really good coach. He doesn’t get too high or too low and he never seems to throw his players under a bus. He sticks with guys who deserve sticking with. Think about it: Is anyone on this team outside of Jennings and Bogut really worth playing under any circumstance for 30+ minutes every night? There’s a reason he has such an ever changing rotation. It’s because he doesn’t have any players that really deserve consistent minutes. They aren’t that good.

The Leuer thing I know stands out, but I think Leuer is a bad defender. I need to look more into it, but there has to be a reason he isn’t playing. Skiles isn’t holding him out just to hold him out. Same with Tobias Harris, who I am CERTAIN is a bad defender.

The Jackson thing is strange, but we have virtually no idea what is going on behind the scenes. We hear both sides saying what seems like the right things, but there must be some reason he isn’t playing. Maybe that’s a fault of Skiles and maybe he needs to work on dealing with players like Jackson or Maggette, but maybe the Bucks simply shouldn’t acquire those kinds of players. I don’t have the answers.

Just my thoughts.

Sadly, I was amazed when we were able to find a team to take Corey Magette from us. I was even MORE amazed that we found a team to inherit the huge salary we gave John Salmons. But there’s no way anyone (especially after another injury this year) would take Andrew Bogut from us. Again, we gave him too much money on the contract. If he only made$10 million a year, maybe, but not $14 and certainly not $16. Thats what really screws us, we have him on the books for a ridiculous amount for the next couple.

Perhaps the SJax experiment failed, but I hope if they decide to trade him by March 15th, let’s get something decent in return for him. Maybe not even someone who is a household name, but someone with a lot of promise (the more I think about it, maybe Anthony Morrow, his 42 point game certainly helped too).

You’re right though, I think for the next year or two, it’ll be Hammond swapping a mid-level talent (John Salmons, Maggette, Jackson, etc) with another and hoping something will mesh. I think we could become title contenders with players like Brandon Jennings, Moute’s Defense, Drew Gooden, & Dunleavy…the constant question remains…Who’s the missing piece?

(btw, did anyone else’s appreciation of Gooden slightly rise on Saturday? I really admired a player like him who refused to give up and tried to take back the game scoring. I really think he’s 100% on board with us. Random thought.)