Milwaukee Bucks (Scott Skiles) 0-0

Inactive: Michael Redd, Darington Hobson, Chris Douglas-Roberts

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New Orleans Hornets (Monty Williams) 0-0

Inactives: Joe Alexander (of course), DJ Mbenga, Quincy Pondexter (but maybe not, can’t tell yet, it’s still early, I’ll know more when teams start playing.)

Date: 10/27/2010
Game Time: 7:00 PM (CST)
TV: FS Wisconsin

The Other Guys: Hornets247.com

Point Guard

Brandon Jennings
vs.
Chris Paul

Paul had kind of a down year last year, only averaging 18.7/10.7/4.2.  If Jennings ever has a year like that, let alone a down year like that, it would be awfully difficult to put into words how happy I’d be.  There was a lot of talk of Paul moving, possibly to New York to join Carmelo Anthony or possibly to Portland to join Brandon Roy.  That’s what the off season is for though, talk.  The league’s best point guard will probably be looking to regain his firm grasp on that title this season and he’ll be doing it in New Orleans.  His dribble control and strength inside are two things that Jennings certainly could emulate with enough hard work and time.  It’ll be interesting to see if Paul is still the 41% 3-point shooter he was last season or if he’ll return to his lesser form (35-37%) of season’s past.  Regardless, he’ll be handful and then some for Jennings.

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Milwaukee Bucks (Scott Skiles) 8-4

(Likely) Inactives: Joe Alexander, Andrew Bogut, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute

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New Orleans Hornets ( Jeff Bower) 6-9

(Likely) Inactives: Chris Paul, Ike Diogu, Hilton Armstrong

Date: 11/25/2009

Game time: 7:00 (CST)

TV: FS Wisconsin

Point Guard

Brandon Jennings vs. Darren Collison

I don’t want to be in Darren Collison’s shoes Wednesday night.  Jennings is coming off a 6-21 effort against one of the best defensive teams of the past decade.  He’s shown in the past that he’ll use negatives as motivation.  The Hornets have the second wort defensive rating in the league, so don’t expect Collison to have the best help in dealing with an angry, motivated Jennings.  On the plus side, Collison is probably the Hornets best perimeter defender, if not already their best overall defender.  Whether he is or isn’t, he probably has seen plenty of point guards in his four years at UCLA and through his 11 games in the NBA, so while Jennings may not surprise him, he should still prove quite a handful for the rookie.

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