Tuesday Notes: Hammond interview, Power rankings, Redd's playlist

by Alex Boeder on Nov 11, 2008 8:46 AM CST in Daily Notes

Our man Rob Peterson interviewed John Hammond for NBA.com last week. Thanks for dropping our name, Rob. Have we mentioned how much we love Rob Peterson over at BrewHoop HQ?
Gery Woelfel writes that the Bucks aren't right without Michael Redd.
Luc Mbah a Moute's all-around excellence has a lot of people doing a double-take, but not our friends at Bruins Nation.
InsideHoops catches Andrew Bogut in a pretty good mood. That's probably because the interview was conducted a few games ago, on Nov. 2.

Basketball is fun again in Milwaukee. Coach’s system is a tough system to learn, but it’s proven to get results and I’ve enjoyed the last few games.
Speaking of Bogut, Shaquille O'Neal supposedly* wrote the below quote in his supposed Twitter feed following the win over the Bucks. Since we all know The Big Aristotle is such a big battle-rapper... Shaq / what you lack / is humility / even more than free-throw shooting ability. That said, he sure does have Bogut's number in head-to-head matchups. (*It's not verified that this is Shaq's Twitter feed. And thanks to Phoenix Stan at BSoS and Ben Q Rock of 3QC in Fanshots for the heads-up on this story.)

Bogut is Erika Dampier with a beard.
Ball Don't lie ranks the Bucks the 19th best team in the National Basketball Association.
The Bucks stand 19th in FoxSports' power rankings.
NBA.com also rates the Bucks 19th.
SI.com's Marty Burns places the Bucks 20th.
At The Hive hosts the blogger team power rankings, where the Bucks are pegged 21st.
Marc Stein at ESPN.com agrees, ranking the Bucks 21st as well.
Toshitaka Kondo of Rhapsody reveals Michael Redd's playlist. Vibe's Chris Yuscavage doesn't list any of Redd's songs among the most interesting of the NBA stars' picks.
Yi Jianlian is playing some basketball in Jersey. Yi put up 24/10/4 against the Heat last night.

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Thought I would add a link to True Hoop's article on Bogut.

It’s pretty complimentary, given who was drafted after him.

Link.

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by T Darkstar on Nov 11, 2008 3:29 PM CST reply actions

Thanks TD. The irony of people talking about the Bucks drafting Bogut for need when they should have taken BPA is that it ignores the “consensus” at the time. The guy who most people thought had the most star potential wasn’t Paul or Deron Williams but Marvin Williams. Majerus was among many who seemed to drink the Kool-Aid that Marvin’s high school rep and solid freshman season conferred some sort of impending superstardom on him.

So the Hawks ended up drafting their BPA rather than going for need—and ended up getting neither. Instead they got a guy who neither filled a need nor will ever be as good as the PGs drafted behind him.

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by Frank Madden on Nov 11, 2008 6:11 PM CST up reply actions