Stopping Steve Nash was at the forefront of Scott Skiles mind before the Bucks game Friday night against the Phoenix Suns. “You gotta stop Steve,” Skiles said. “That’s the main thing you gotta do. You gotta commit to getting him stopped. Steve has a way of getting in there, dribbling around and finding somebody.” For [...]
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 [...]
After Brandon Jennings’s comments regarding the Bucks offense not running through him the way it did last season, many pointed to Jennings low assist totals and high volume of shots as proof that the Bucks offense still runs through Jennings. I looked up the numbers, saw a team leader in scoring and a guy second [...]
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 [...]
Friday night: the Bucks lose their second game in a row due to a failure to execute in the fourth quarter. No real reason to worry. Saturday night: the Bucks beat the hottest team in the NBA 107-98 and panic spreads like a forest fire in a national park. I’d say injuries are quite the [...]
Recap/Box Score/Valley of the Suns As the Bucks began their immediate fall and subsequent rise Monday evening I documented the journey on Twitter. Unfortunately, Twitter limits the space in which we can document, so let’s take a closer look at some of my Tweets to break down Monday’s Bucks – Suns game. It’s just frustrating [...]
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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