Part One of Ian Segovia’s first post here at Bucksketball was posted earlier today. It addressed the positive aspects of Bucks guards this season. Now, for part two. Negatives Slamming John Salmons Let’s keep this short because Salmons is going to be mentioned a lot while going through the rest of the negatives. Many people [...]
It is the dawn of a new era at Bucksketball. Today’s post is the very first from one of two new contributors, Ian Segovia. Ian was once one of the finest 12-year-old spellers Wisconsin has ever known, and has turned that innate ability to spell words like “Parallel” into the ability to construct sentences about [...]
Goin’ alphabetical this season. First half today, second half tomorrow. Enjoy. Earl Barron Once finished a play Coming out of timeout. Sad. Clear role, in swamp O. He was only in Milwaukee briefly, playing in seven March games, but he did well what he does. He crashed the offensive glass and made mid-range jumpers. He [...]
Recap/Box Score/Enemy Wednesday night wasn’t the first time the Milwaukee Bucks needed Earl Boykins to jump-start a stalling offense. Perhaps you remember Los Angeles. Or Sacramento. Or a home games against Dallas and Atlanta. You get the picture. It wasn’t Boykins first shot-making rodeo. And it probably won’t be his last, or the last one [...]
Stopping Steve Nash was at the forefront of Scott Skiles mind before the Bucks game Friday night against the Phoenix Suns. “You gotta stop Steve,” Skiles said. “That’s the main thing you gotta do. You gotta commit to getting him stopped. Steve has a way of getting in there, dribbling around and finding somebody.” For [...]
From tip to finish, there were virtually no surprises in Milwaukee’s 83-75 loss to the Chicago Bulls Saturday night. Both teams represented themselves well on the defensive end, as you’d expect the second and fifth ranked defensive teams in the league to do. Milwaukee shot under 40%, as they often do. Luol Deng played well [...]
Recap/Box Score/Enemy If you only have been watching Bucks games this season, you’re certainly aware of the three-point shot, but you may not have known how quickly it can turn a game around. Now you know. The simple way to explain Milwaukee’s improbable comeback from down 11 points to begin the fourth quarter is like [...]
Recap/Box Score/Enemy Before Saturday’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies, Bucks coach Scott Skiles discussed how Memphis big man Zach Randolph could alter a game. “He’s one of those rare guys who can do it in different ways,” Skiles said. “He can get the ball in the low post with his back to the basket, he’s [...]
Recap/Box Score/Enemy The roar of the crowd late in the fourth quarter of Milwaukee’s 100-87 win over the Washington Wizards Wednesday night seemed a little out place. Milwaukee had been up virtually the entire period and had long put away the hapless, 0-20 on the road, Wizards. But the crowd went wild after two Larry [...]
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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