What Was Worse Wednesday?: Wizards 109 – Bucks 97
Thursday, December 24th, 2009It’s hard to tell what was a more desperate scene: the Bucks launching three-point shots as time ticked away on their 109-97 loss to Washington or those in attendance attempting to navigate on the snowy Milwaukee streets after the game.
Neither was pretty, but both made me think about some things.
- I hate snow.
- I don’t want to return to 2007
You remember 2007, right? That was the year Charlie Bell and Michael Redd combined to average 31 shot attempts each and every night. Mo Williams often paired with these two to form one of the worst defensive backcourts in recent Bucks memory. Needless to say, the Bucks lost a whole lot more than they won in 2006-07. But I had been comfortably assuming for most of this year that those days were a distant memory.
Wednesday night served as some kind of horrific flashback though (more…)
Game 17 Preview: Bucks @ Wizards
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009Milwaukee Bucks (Scott Skiles) 9-7
(Likely) Inactives: Joe Alexander, Michael Redd
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Washington Wizards (Flip Saunders) 6-10
(Likely) Inactives: Jarvis Crittenton, Mike James and Mike Miller
Date: 12/2/2009
Game time: 6:00 (CST)
TV: FS Wisconsin
Match-ups
Point Guard
Brandon Jennings vs. Gilbert Arenas
So is it all done then? The whole Gilbert Arenas is a fun, up-and-coming star who shoots when he wants, makes up crazy names for himself and makes the Wizards a relevant team, is it done? It sure looks like it. When I mosey on over to basketball-reference.com to check out a few things about other teams I usually have an idea of what I’m going to see. But I didn’t have a clue on what I’d see about Gil when I checked him out. Why didn’t I have a clue? Because I haven’t heard anything at all about Gil or the Wiz all year. They’ve been irrelevant, aside from an injury here or an injury there. I vaguely remember hearing that Arenas supposedly wants to be fun again. I thought I heard something about him needing one million followers on Twitter before his first tweet. But no longer are his on-court exploits worth much. That’s what knee surgery after knee surgery will do to you. He’s 28, a touch younger than the Bucks own former star robbed of mobility by injuries Michael Redd. To think either of them will be relevant as stars in the league again seems like a stretch.
Advantage: Bucks (more…)
