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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Milwaukee Bucks made their draft desires quite clear at this morning’s workout, the second of several planned before the June 27th draft. Director of Scouting Billy McKinney confirmed this need, stating, “You look at our roster and we have a lot of big men on the roster so we’re looking at swing positions [...]
An interest in having Monta Ellis play for the basketball team you run doesn’t necessarily mean you’re an unreasonable or incompetent NBA general manager. Ellis scores enough and passes enough that he automatically qualifies as an intriguing NBA player. He’s the kind of player that often leaves you wanting and believing that he can do more [...]
Mitch Vomhof back to take a look at all of the articles written on Bucksketball.com this season and break down the words we used. Man, I write “just” like, constantly. – JS If we’re being honest, the Bucks aren’t having the most exciting off season. JJ Redick probably won’t be back, the team was happy [...]
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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