Official Milwaukee Bucks Thread

[Andrew]

That's 40 games in 2008, not on the entire season. He's played 70 out of a possible 74 games so far this season.

[The X]

Jae is more or less showing the stats to illustrate that Bogut is slowly starting to move towards the player we all expect him to be....

[J@3]

Yeah basically. His first two months (before 2008) were average, but something's lit a fire in him in 2008 and he's been an entirely different player.

[Dan's Brain]

Let's hope he's gearing up for the Olympics.

[Andrew]

Does anyone believe that Bogut will one day become a star? I could see him possibly reaching a level where he's a well above average player and could conceivably make a token All-Star appearance if everything fell into place in a career year but I'm hesitant to suggest any higher level than that.

[J@3]

Statistically he's been the second best C in the East in 2008, if he was in the West he'd probably never play an All Star game but really if he keeps playing like this into next season I can't see why he won't make the East bench, especially since Sheed's getting older and will probably decline more.

[benji]

Statistically he's been the second best C in the East in 2008,

You fail to point out that Andrew was third.

[Lamrock]

I think Bogut will make an all-star appearance or two. If Jamaal Magloire can make the all-star game in the east, then Bogut can.

[Andrew]

I don't think it will happen until the Bucks improve in the standings. I don't see his popularity surpassing Dwight Howard which leaves a selection by the coaches or appointment as an injury replacement by the league as his only route to the All-Star game. To draw enough attention as a suitable candidate, the Bucks would most likely have to be winning in addition to Bogut having a career year. I'd like to see it happen though.

[Lamrock]

Name one better Center in the East not named Dwight Howard or Andrew Bogut. If Magloire can get in via the coaches vote, Bogut can.

1500th Post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[shadowgrin]

Emeka Okafor?

[Lamrock]

Well, Okafor seems to always be injured, (or playing PF, as I think that Nazr starts at the 5) so I think that Bogut can find an opening there.

[Drex]

Sammy Dalembert? [/biased]

[Andrew]

Name one better Center in the East not named Dwight Howard or Andrew Bogut. If Magloire can get in via the coaches vote, Bogut can.[/b]

Zydrunas Ilgauskas would have to rank up there and Rasheed Wallace remains a candidate as long as he's posting decent numbers and the Pistons are winning. As long as the coaches can name a power forward like Chris Bosh or Jermaine O'Neal as the reserve centre, it might not matter if Bogut is top three amongest Eastern centres if his numbers don't match up to theirs.

[J@3]

2008 Numbers. These are just C's, not taking into account Amare (a PF) or injured guys (Yao, Bynum)

Andrew Bogut
15.5 ppg / 10.4 rpg / 3.0 apg / 0.8 spg / 1.8 bpg

Andris Biedrins
8.9 ppg / 8.1 rpg / 0.7 apg / 0.7 spg / 0.9 bpg

Marcus Camby
9.6 ppg / 13.0 rpg / 3.1 apg / 1.2 / 3.8 bpg

Tyson Chandler
11.5 ppg / 12.3 rpg / 1.1 apg / 0.7 spg / 0.9 bpg

Samuel Dalembert
10.4 ppg / 10.6 rpg / 0.5 apg / 0.6 spg / 2.1 bpg

Eddy Curry
13.7 ppg / 4.8 rpg / 0.6 apg / 0.3 spg / 0.6 bpg

Brendan Haywood
10.7 ppg / 6.8 rpg / 0.9 apg / 0.4 spg / 1.6 bpg

Al Horford
10.0 ppg / 9.9 rpg / 1.7 apg / 0.6 spg / 0.9 bpg

Dwight Howard
19.8 ppg / 13.7 rpg / 1.2 apg / 1.0 spg / 1.9 bpg

zydrunas Ilgaukas
14.4 ppg / 9.3 rpg / 1.8 apg / 0.3 spg / 1.9 bpg

Chris Kaman
13.3 ppg / 11.2 rpg / 1.6 apg / 0.7 spg / 2.6 bpg

Brad Miller
14.0 ppg / 10.2 rpg / 4.1 apg / 1.0 spg / 0.9 bpg

Shaquille O'Neal
13.1 ppg / 9.5 rpg / 1.6 apg / 0.2 spg / 1.3 bpg

Mehmet Okur
15.8 ppg / 8.6 rpg / 1.8 apg / 0.8 spg / 0.5 bpg

Rasheed Wallace
14.4 ppg / 6.2 rpg / 1.6 apg / 1.1 spg / 1.8 bpg

[The X]

Horford is going to turn into a big-time player, but we all know he is a PF & that he'll be an All-Star at that position, so I'd exclude him in centre comparison moving forward....

[-Young Buck-]

Various teams have tried in recent years, but it's the Milwaukee Bucks who have managed to lure John Hammond away from the Detroit Pistons to be their new general manager, according to NBA front-office sources.

This is great news....detroit has done a very good job making deals and drafting rookies. hopefully he can bring some of that magic to the bucks. Now all we need is a good coach.

[Gundy]

Has anyone been paying attention to Ramon Sessions? Holy shit.

[Skills]

Has anyone been paying attention to Ramon Sessions? Holy shit.

10+ assists in the last 3 games.
Including, the 24-assist performance against Chi-Town.
Which I still find mind-boggling.

[Gundy]

25 pts, 14 asts, 7 rebs tonight. Ridiculous numbers.

[Skills]

I guess being in the D-League does help.
And really, I mean it DOES help.

[Lamrock]

I guess playing for a team that is already out of playoff contention and thus using bench and D-League players does help.

[The X]

It's nice to see although I wouldn't read too much into it....it's like reading too much into summer league games....these games didn't mean anything to the Bucks, so Sessions was given free reigns of the team....

all that being said, I like Sessions more than the other chumps as he feeds Bogut, & Bogut in turn feeds him back

[-Young Buck-]

Rumor is saying that Scott Skiles could be hired as Bucks new coach. Im not sure this is a good idea or not. He did well with the Bulls, and the bucks do have talent. I just think they need to make the pieces work together.

[Andrew]

They could do a lot worse. Skiles has been a bit maligned by the Bulls' awful season, though I still think he's a coach with a more limited shelf life compared to the likes of Phil Jackson, Gregg Popovich, Pat Riley and Chuck Daly to throw out a few names past and present. Perhaps it will be a different story when he's got a roster that doesn't have the same weaknesses as the Bulls.