Enemy: Valley of the Suns Point Guard Brandon Jennings vs. Steve Nash Jennings most significant advantage over Nash, his speed, is nullified largely by his East-West tendencies and inability to finish inside at a high rate. In virtually every other comparison of these two, Nash comes out miles ahead. One of the finest shooters the [...]
Recap/Box Score/Enemy Playing shot-handed on the road is always a daunting task. For a Bucks team shuffling in some players returning from injuries while watching others go down, it was far too tall. Without Andrew Bogut, Keyon Dooling, Drew Gooden or Larry Sanders, with a minute limit on Brandon Jennings and with a hobbled John [...]
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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