Kemba Walker has nearly tripled his amount of attempts at the rim. Last year, he averaged less than three – this year, he has been averaging seven attempts at the rim per game. To put that in perspective, Derrick Rose averaged only six attempts per game in his MVP season. Walker isn’t just doing it [...]
Not much should be taken from NBA preseason games. Coaches mess around with rotations, players aren’t always giving it full effort and games sometimes start at 10 in the morning. But, for the sanity of Milwaukee Bucks fans everywhere, the Bucks (2-4) need to win today’s game against the Charlotte Bobcats (1-5). Last year, the [...]
When Luc Richard Mbah a Moute was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in 2008, he joined an organization that had recently undergone an overhaul. The John Hammond/Scott Skiles era had begun. Ramon Sessions, Michael Redd, Richard Jefferson, Charlie Villaneuva and Andrew Bogut were ready to show the league that defense truly didn’t matter. Unfortunately, that [...]
I was out of town this past weekend, so I didn’t catch Friday night’s Bucks-Pistons game or Saturday night’s Bucks-Cavs game. Even when I’m away, I try and keep an eye and a half on the game, just in case something major happens. I hate missing games entirely, especially home games. There’s always that chance [...]
Recap/Box Score/Enemy If only Ramon Sessions had been bottled up a bit more, Milwaukee really would have had a night to boast about. I guess teams shouldn’t really boast about beating the Cavs though, regardless of how lopsided the affair is. Regardless, Milwaukee had a statistical advantage across the board against Cleveland. More rebounds, more [...]
Enemy: Cavs: The Blog Point Guard Keyon Dooling vs. Ramon Sessions It saddens me that Sessions can’t find a good situation. Year after year he’s shuffled off to worse teams, constantly backing up a point guard without a future. Whenever Sessions has enjoyed the luxury of significant minutes, numbers follow. But the one thorn in [...]
Another game, another loss that I’ll attempt to rationalize. I shouldn’t even say attempt, because these pre-season losses are all easy to shake off and ignore. And Thursday night’s loss to Cleveland is probably the easiest to ignore of them all. Thursday night the Bucks played Andrew Bogut and Drew Gooden together for roughly 15 [...]
Recently, the TrueHoop Network’s D-League blog D-League Digest polled the network to see what respective blogs thought about their team’s usage of the D-League as a development tool. As far as the Bucks are concerned, I gave them a D. Here’s a sample of my thoughts on the matter: It’s tough to criticize the Bucks [...]
It’s easy to slam the Bucks past off-season. Richard Jefferson was a big name, possibly a bigger name than Michael Redd. Jefferson led the Bucks in virtually every important offensive category last season. Jefferson has loads of playoff experience, a tendency to get to the free throw line and convert and as much athleticism as [...]
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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