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 [...]
There are a lot of players not playing in the NBA. A lot of guys come to the arena night in and night out, prepare themselves, go through warm-ups, toss on a jersey and find themselves glued to the end of the bench all night long. They do this night after night. They’ll play here [...]
Recap/Box Score/Enemy Having had their collective backs up against the wall for most of the second half of the season, the Bucks have nightly been faced with two choices: come out fighting or find a way to move that wall back just a bit further. Unfortunately for Bucks fans, the second option has often been [...]
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 [...]
At any level of basketball, superior talent and athletic ability does not always win out. At some levels it does, grade school, middle school and high school come to mind, but this is the NBA you’re reading about. If gathering athleticism were all it took to win games, the league would look drastically different. It [...]
(UPDATE: Milwaukee has officially signed Brian Skinner.) As reported earlier in the day by Alex Kennedy of Hoopsworld.com, the Milwaukee Bucks have requested waivers on Darington Hobson. In Kennedy’s story, he also says sources have indicated that Milwaukee will look to resign Brian Skinner, who was the final training camp cut prior to the regular [...]
The first block in particular is one no Bucks player outside of Andrew Bogut could have made. 60% of the time, Andrew Bogut is on the court for the Milwaukee Bucks at center. In a related matter, the Bucks have had problems at the center position 40% of the time in this young season. Milwaukee’s [...]
Only a day ago I was wondering if Brandon Jennings was even an okay shooter. I was concerned we would never again see the flashes of dominance or awe inspiring games that we came to expect last November. Less than 100 games into Jennings career, and here I was worrying that he was washed up. [...]
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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