Who knew? Did anyone? I didn’t. My friends didn’t. My dad didn’t. I doubt if even Scott Skiles did. But the Bucks have been holding out on us, because they DID have a great inbounds play ready and waiting in their pocket ready to be deployed. After pick and roll after pick and roll the [...]
Recap/Box Score I’m not going to lie, as soon as the last shot of regulation left Kevin Durant’s hand at half-court, I was slightly worried. Kobe did it and Dirk did it and if you add Kobe plus Dirk, who do you get? So you can see where my anxiety stemmed from. But The Durantula’s [...]
Recap/Box Score (Note: Sorry about the lack of a game preview and slow to arrive recap of the Kings game. It’s the holidays, friends are in town, things are going on, I’ll try to see to it that this doesn’t happen again. The Kings game was the first game I was unable to make it [...]
I guess this is the life of a jump-shooting team that plays better than average defense. If you’re looking for someone that can hang around against the best teams, the Bucks are the squad for you. If you’re looking for someone that can actually beat those teams? Well you might want to keep looking, because [...]
Recap/Box Score Let’s go through our checklist for what makes a classic regular season game (and I mean for the teams, not in terms of the entire league): Two overtimes A lot of NBA games go into overtime. Teams usually end up going into overtime somewhere between five and ten times a season (the Bucks [...]
Recap/Box Score I’m just going to throw these numbers out there and let you take a look at them. 52.5 percent shooting, 42.9 from behind the arc, 24-28 at the free throw line and 24 assists to nine turnovers . You’re thinking that the Bucks gave up another strong performance again and their defense still [...]
Everyone loves benchmarks, points of significance, times of reflection and all that good stuff. After roughly a quarter of the season in the NBA things start to become a little more clear. Nearly, if not every, team has played some kind of NBA like schedule at this point so we can all feel a little [...]
Recap/Box Score The hundreds aren’t the way to go for the Bucks. The Bucks have allowed their opponent to score 100+ points on eight occasions this year. The Bucks are 2-6 in those games. They have held their opponent under 100 points nine times. The Bucks are 7-2 int hose games. Sometimes, it’s just that [...]
If anyone is operating on the illusion that playing point guard in the NBA is easy, you can look to Brandon Jennings and Derrick Rose for confirmation that that theory is flawed. Jennings has fallen on hard times since the media storm that’s encompassed him since his 55-point game. Rose has struggled some in his second NBA season, likely due to an ankle injury and a suspect jump-shot. He’s getting to the rim less and having to settle for more mid-range jump shots. And as I said, he’s not particularly good at shooting mid-range or long distance jump shots, hitting just 40 percent of his 16-23 foot jumpers while pretty much completely foregoing the three (1-6 on the year). Rose’s inability to shoot the three makes him a little easier to guard and Jennings confidence at home makes him more liable to have a big day offensively. The Bulls don’t have a Dwight Howard roaming the paint to deter him inside. Could be a nice day.
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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