Official Milwaukee Bucks Thread

[Ty-Land]

Good stuff happening at RealGM: Charlie Bell has joined up and is answering everybodies question (just like he promised earlier in the year). Seems like a top bloke.

[Matt]

Yeah i like Charlie Bell, always thought he was one of the best on the ball defenders @ the PG spot.

Saw the Bucks play, unimpressive....Redd, Williams shoot too much, and Villanueva plays hot potato everytime he touches the ball and just jacks it up. Yi looks promising, regardless of a promise or not, he should be getting 25mpg given Bucks thin front court. Mason is money in the post....ball needs to go down there more often! Defense is still very poor.

[Fresh8]

As I've said before, Yi needs to get stronger. With more experience and getting stronger, he will really start to pay dividends for the Bucks. I'm surprised that he's been doing as well as he has been in the first few games. Wonder when that dreaded 'rookie wall' factors in? (Although I think his international experience will help him cope a bit better than other rookies)

[Ty-Land]

Bucks are clicking against the Raptors. Redd and Mo are having great all-round games. Mason can't miss. Yi is playing amazing D. The whole team is clicking on both ends of the court. Bosh and Bargiani are having little impact. Very happy and impressed so far.

[Abctest123]

4 mins left, but its game over cause Raptors are down by freaking 30 anyways. Good win by the Bucks, absolutely crapped on the Raptors with exactly what the Raptors do to win: sharing the ball, getting good looks at the basket, great three-point shooting. at the Raptors tonight.

[Its_asdf]

Fuck you Desmond Mason!

[Ty-Land]

Can't believe our performance tonight. We have improved so much on D. Everybody contributed. Best of all, our Coach Larry K wasn't even at the game, but at the hospital as his wife gave birth to twin girls.

If we keep up the defensive intensity and continue to get good looks on offence this team could be scary!

[Ty-Land]

Bump.

Back to .500! Undefeated at home, playing much better than the start of the season.

Bogut with back to back 20+ points, 10+ Rebounds and 4 block games. Starting to truly play like a #1 pick. He has improved so much on D this year it is not funny.

[Ty-Land]

3 in a row - over .500!!

Got a W over the Cavs on the road: Redd outplayed Lebron, Mo playing like a true point, Bogut got another 4 blocks, CV and Ivey played brilliantly off the bench. This team is starting to look very nice.

[-Young Buck-]

Bucks beat mavs.... Where is your Dirk now!????

[J J]

Fluke.

[-Young Buck-]

Fluke.

Biggest surprise in the East this side of Orlando? Can't argue when the Bucks are 6-0 at home, just swept the Cavs, Lakers and Mavs in a 3-0 week and have lost only to teams with a combined record of 37-19.

Quote from ESPN Power Rankings

Fluke? I think not.

[Its_asdf]

Fluke.

Your opinion would have that much more merit (not that it had much to begin with) if you actually justified your lame answer.

I'm happy to see the Bucks do well, Andrew Bogut has been a stud on the defensive end for Milwaukee, but he needs to tone the fouls down. 4.20 in 31 minutes of play isn't going to help my fantasy team.

[TheMC5]

Bucks are looking pretty good, but their incredible home record and piss-poor road record has to be a concern. Eventually the home losses will start to mount to the better teams in the league, so the Bucks better figure out how to win a few on the road if they wanna stay over .500.

[Ty-Land]

Our road record is so poor at the moment cause we have played against Orlando, San Antonio and Houston. We bet the Cavs on the road, who have been playing well.

I'm sure we won't go undefeated at home, but so far we have beaten teams that are expected to be much better: Mavs, Lakers, Toronto and Chicago. So clearly we are playing well.

Currently on top of the Central Division, got an important game against the 76ers tomorrow. Need a big win to start showing people that this team is for real. Mo and Mason both have sprained ankles, but look like they will play. Bogut should have a field day, and Yi should have a nice night out against Smith/Evans. Lets keep the streak alive...

[-Young Buck-]

So the bucks go on to beat the Cavs, Mavs, and Lakers, then lose to the 76ers, Hawks, and Knicks. Wow!

[Andrew]

Bogut had a fine game in the win over the Clippers the other day; that's what I like to see whenever there's a Bucks game on. Nice to see him performing well at both ends of the court, his numbers aren't spectacular but they're still solid. I only just noticed that he's been averaging over 2 blocks per game when I was working on the rosters the other day.

[The X]

Bogut won't excel until he becomes more of a focal point in the team's offence....at Utah they ran everything through him....until more is run through him, he's just gonna be working off Redd's scraps....

[Ty-Land]

Fuck me this team is killing me. Beat good teams, lose to shit teams. Guards chuck up tons of stupid shots. Yi and Bogut don't get touches on offence in the 4th even though they are playing well. Bench is shooting like retards. Charlie Bell is shooting under 30% for the season. No D outside Mason, Ivey, Yi and Bogut.

AT the moment I'm more than happy to trade Redd out while his value is high, get some picks and an expiring and build for the future. Redd can't lead this team, and he can't involve others consistently. He needs to step it up on D too. At least Mo Will is young and still improving. Redd is in his prime and can't be the #1 option on a team. Send him somewhere he can play second fiddle and they will be successful.

[shadowgrin]

Redd for Joe Johnson?

[The X]

Fuck me this team is killing me. Beat good teams, lose to shit teams. Guards chuck up tons of stupid shots. Yi and Bogut don't get touches on offence in the 4th even though they are playing well. Bench is shooting like retards. Charlie Bell is shooting under 30% for the season. No D outside Mason, Ivey, Yi and Bogut.

AT the moment I'm more than happy to trade Redd out while his value is high, get some picks and an expiring and build for the future. Redd can't lead this team, and he can't involve others consistently. He needs to step it up on D too. At least Mo Will is young and still improving. Redd is in his prime and can't be the #1 option on a team. Send him somewhere he can play second fiddle and they will be successful.

That's what I've noticed for seasons with the Bucks....someone like Bogut or Yi or even Simmons gets on a roll & makes some plays & gets the team back in the game....once they are back in the game, the ball is back in the hands of Redd & those other guys don't touch it....this has to be a coaching issue....seems like this new guy isn't too different from Stotts....maybe they need a Jerry Sloan-like coach (not that those drop out of trees or anything) who can put a more methodical offence in where the team gets better shots....I dunno....

[shadowgrin]

Jeff Van Gundy?

[-Young Buck-]

Instead of trading redd away, how about this?

Nets trade Vince Carter and Marcus Williams to the Bucks for Charlie Villanueva, Bobby Simmons, and Charlie Bell.

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/t ... &te=&cash=

Bucks
Bogut
Yi
Vince
Redd
Mo

Bench
Gadzurich
Ruffin
Mason
Noel
Marcus Williams
Voskuhl

Nets add more solid players to compliment Kidd and Jefferson.

[J@3]

Why on Earth would New Jersey do that? They give away their 2nd best player, their best prospect and in return get a soft SF/PF having a bad season plus two bad contracts.

[benji]

their best prospect

He has them trading Marcus Williams, not Sean Williams.

Our Redd trades were better.