Last summer, when we all had dreams, some would call them delusions now, of the Bucks beating the odds, competing hard every night and evolving into a force to be reckoned with in the Eastern Conference, those dreams had a lot to do with balance. No, the Bucks wouldn’t have three superstars like the Heat. [...]
Enemy: Queen City Hoops Point Guard Brandon Jennings vs. D.J. Augustin Saturday night’s struggles aside, Jennings is having a very good month of March, one of the best shooting months of his NBA career. For the first time since his first professional month, Jennings is on track to shoot better than 40% (currently at 41%) [...]
Recap/Box Score/Enemy John Salmons isn’t a very emotional basketball player. You’ll hardly ever see him crack a smile on the court and when he’s vehemently protesting a call, as he sometimes does, it’s only when he swears he was fouled. This side of Salmons carries over into the locker room before and after games as [...]
With Michael Redd and Drew Gooden working their way back onto the Milwaukee Bucks active roster, questions are bound to arise regarding just how minutes will be divvied up if the Bucks soon return to full health, something they haven’t had to deal with at virtually any point during this season. But until they do, [...]
Box Score/Recap/Enemy For a while, it looked like we’d be discussing a game that was never in doubt. Then a Bucks win began to just look doubtful. And then, finally, there was no doubt that the Bucks would walk away with a win. At the heart of it all? As usual, it was shot making. [...]
Recap/Box Score/Enemy When glancing at the final box score from the Milwaukee Bucks 110-95 victory over the New Jersey Nets Friday night, it’s easy to be deceived. Seeing a typically punchless offensive team like the Bucks suddenly put up 110 points on 56.8% shooting is strange. Seeing Brandon Jennings tally 10 assists isn’t a common [...]
Recap/Box Score/Enemy Wins over the Wizards and Cavaliers certainly were necessary, but did little to convince that the Bucks were really serious about this whole playoff push thing. After all, they’ve been saying for the better part of two months that, “now” was the time to start winning games. “Now” seemed to be something they [...]
Recap/Box Score/Enemy Every now and then, the Bucks show us all that they can still be pretty good. There’s typically a catch though. Raptors. Nets. Cavs. Wizards. Clippers. Those are the last five opponents Milwaukee has defeated by double digits. So maybe it’s not time to bust out the hot tubs filled with champagne just [...]
In three seasons as the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, Scott Skiles has never had less than 11 different players start a game at some point in each season. You may be able to guess how he feels about rotations and roles. “I’m pretty simple when it comes to that,” he said. “I think [...]
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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