Workouts beginning, Delfino advances to FIBA quarters, Griffin heading to Chicago
by Frank Madden on Sep 7, 2010 11:53 PM CDT
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JS: Bucks newcomers getting to work
Training camp is three weeks away, but we're happy to report that there's already a group of players getting some early work in at the Cousins Center, including Brandon Jennings, Chris Douglas-Roberts, Larry Sanders and Jon Brockman. Assistant coach and player development guru Bill Peterson spends the most time working with the Bucks' young players, so it's no surprise that he's keeping a particularly watchful eye on Sanders. Charles Gardner reports:
"Larry has such great potential," Peterson said. "He's going to have a really good jump hook some day. He has great length; he has a soft touch. He's got to be comfortable doing it (the hook shot). He just hasn't shot it that much."
Sanders' huge hands and ridiculous length are the kinds of physical tools which can make a baby hook shot fairly unstoppable, but in Vegas he showed a strong preference for the midrange finesse game over bulling for buckets around the hoop. Sanders has the soft touch to get away with it much of the time, but it's difficult to see him ever becoming a reliable post presence unless he develops some more classical big man moves--not to mention a thicker base and a more physical, aggressive mentality.
Speaking of aggressive, Chris Douglas-Roberts reports that he got the business end of an inadvertent Jon Brockman elbow, though much to his relief he did not lose either of his front teeth. Andrew Bogut is also back and tweeted he was going to see the doctor Tuesday afternoon. Fingers crossed...
FIBA: Delfino's 20 help Argentina edge Brazil
Ersan Ilyasova isn't the only Buck moving to the quarterfinals of the FIBA World Championships. Argentina once again rode a dominant Luis Scola (37 points) past their South American neighbors (but as Palomba informed me, not legitimate rivals) from Brazil 93-89. Delfino had his three ball going for the first time in the tournament, hitting 4/7 from range on his way to 20 points (6/12 fg, 4/4 ft).
On Thursday Argentina face off next against the Lithuanians, who downed China 78-67 earlier in the day. The winner of that game faces a potential semifinal against the US (assuming they beat Russia), while Turkey faces off against Slovenia and Spain plays Serbia on Wednesday in the other half of the bracket
Woelfel: Griffin joining Bulls' bench
Gery Woelfel reports that Bucks assistant Adrian Griffin is headed to the Bulls, joining Tom Thibodeau's new staff after two years with the Bucks. Griffin was acquired from OKC as part of the Mo Williams deal in 2008, joining Skiles' staff following his release/retirement at the end of camp. Sitting behind the bench most nights, Griffin was the Bucks' most junior assistant, leaving them with four remaining: Jim Boylan, Kelvin Sampson (who was also linked with a number of head coaching jobs and the Bulls' bench), Joe Wolf and the aforementioned Peterson.
"I am very fortunate,'' Griffin said. "I was just a player two years ago and now I'm a coach. It's very competitive to make an NBA team as a player, but it's even more competitive to become an NBA coach. There are only a few of them (usually five) on each team.
HoopsHype: Ilyasova interview
Fairly canned interview with Ilyasova from the WCs.
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Jeremy weighs in on the Bucks' lack of interest in the D-League.
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Anyone who can get a three minute highlight reel out of fives Summer League games has a future in the NBA. Nice throwdowns, adept post moves, surprising awareness of teammates and some sick blocks have me excited.
“Larry has such great potential,” Peterson said. “He’s going to have a really good jump hook some day. He has great length; he has a soft touch. He’s got to be comfortable doing it (the hook shot). He just hasn’t shot it that much.”
With his length, Sanders’ hook if refined would be amongst the deadliest in the game. Have I ever said that I love Bill Peterson? From Sessions and Jennings to Sanders, he is one of the best development coaches in the league.
His game at summer camp reminded me of Amaré Stoudemire. Not necessarily a bad thing when you have Brandon Jennings running the break and Bogut and his double team clogging the paint.
I still think that shots inside the paint are more likely to succeed. Due to that and Sanders’ raw tools, it would behoove him to develop an inside game. He has some moves, and his vision means that if he took it inside he could also dish for the open three. Summer league was fun, but I don’t want to see him jacking any threes with more than five on the shot clock.
Yeah, I hope/assume that his shot selection was to some extent reflective of the environment…ie the coaching staff gave him the green light to shoot as much as he wanted. I can’t see him getting many post touches as a rookie, but that also means it’s huge if he can be a threat in P&R and knock down open 15-18 footers when other guys draw the defender. I doubt we’ll see many threes, but he has good potential as a garbage man and defensive energy guy.
My only concern coming out of Vegas was that he didn’t seem to finish through contact and around the hoop as well as I thought he might (which is rather an-Amare-like). He’s really long and quick, but in the few games we saw I didn’t get the impression he was going to be an explosive finisher who would be regularly dunking all over guys. Which is a bit interesting given the way he flies around the court and blocks shots defensively.
None that I'm aware of
But it sounds like Tiny will be in Milwaukee this week:
http://twitter.com/WeHateTiny23/status/23245851037
If he takes a NG’ed deal he could come to camp even if there’s no guarantee he makes it to opening night.
Bogut tweeted he went to a hand specialist this am
http://twitter.com/AndrewMBogut/status/23914739218
No word on how it went, though presumably this guy isn’t looking at his elbow.
hopefully they comfirm his hand is in fact attached to the arm
"That," says LeBron, "is for everyone that watches me play. They witness something special. You're all a witness."
hey that'll make him better than 70% of the C's in the league
"That," says LeBron, "is for everyone that watches me play. They witness something special. You're all a witness."
Frank, I think it's time you write the "What do the Bucks do with Michael Redd?" post : )
Complete with poll voting ; )
And Frank, if you are taking requests now...
I am looking forward to the rest of the Stats 101 series you started with Maggette.
by Brick's house on Sep 8, 2010 7:22 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll see what I can do
Maggette was the most interesting guy because his stats are so extreme…
by Frank Madden on Sep 8, 2010 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Dang you!
Speaking of aggressive, Chris Douglas-Roberts reports that he got the business end of an inadvertent Jon Brockman elbow
Stealing my thunder eh? ;)
"Now, Maggette's one of those where when he catches, it's probably going to go up--Not to a teammate." --Jon McGlocklin, 11/14/09
He just tweeted that an hour ago, so he's probably having it taken right now...
"Now, Maggette's one of those where when he catches, it's probably going to go up--Not to a teammate." --Jon McGlocklin, 11/14/09
by Jacob Grinyer on Sep 8, 2010 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions
MRI results usually take hours to a day right?
I’d be happy to hear something by Thursday afternoon or Friday.
Agreed.
"Now, Maggette's one of those where when he catches, it's probably going to go up--Not to a teammate." --Jon McGlocklin, 11/14/09
by Jacob Grinyer on Sep 8, 2010 5:33 PM CDT up reply actions
We should chill. If this was any other era, we wouldn’t even know this was going on. Dude’s back in town for the time in a while, so the team is seeing how things are going. I had my thumb reconstructed a few years ago by the Bucks’ hand guy. Works great. Bogut is in good hands.
No puin intended?
"Now, Maggette's one of those where when he catches, it's probably going to go up--Not to a teammate." --Jon McGlocklin, 11/14/09
by Jacob Grinyer on Sep 8, 2010 5:30 PM CDT up reply actions
*pun
"Now, Maggette's one of those where when he catches, it's probably going to go up--Not to a teammate." --Jon McGlocklin, 11/14/09
by Jacob Grinyer on Sep 8, 2010 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Ha!
Squad Six is to the Bucks what beer is to Milwaukee (or anywhere else for that matter)... the catalyst for you doing dumb things in public and not feeling self-conscious!
by Big Crazy Dave on Sep 9, 2010 7:41 AM CDT up reply actions
Random! ...I like it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0uCJ_Lb1q8&feature=related
"Now, Maggette's one of those where when he catches, it's probably going to go up--Not to a teammate." --Jon McGlocklin, 11/14/09
by Jacob Grinyer on Sep 8, 2010 5:49 PM CDT up reply actions
If Turkey played the US in the finals...
I might actually root for the Turks. I don’t particularly like any of the US players and it’s not like our credibility as the best basketball nation in the world depends on it. And it sure would mean a ton to Ersan and his countrymen.
Not sure I’d feel the same if an Olympic gold was on the line, but at the WCs…sure, why not.
Plus, if the U.S. loses, we can pester each of it’s players with that song! I hope Squad Six greets Ersan with it every home game.
by MadTown Hoops on Sep 8, 2010 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions
+1
When I have got the chance to watch international games, I’ve actually preferred watching either Argentina or Turkey play then the US.
"Now, Maggette's one of those where when he catches, it's probably going to go up--Not to a teammate." --Jon McGlocklin, 11/14/09
by Jacob Grinyer on Sep 8, 2010 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions
I’m saying it now, Turkey is at least getting Silver this year. Where other teams tried to adapt to a new, faster game with smaller bigs, Turkey is showing that the old blueprint still reigns. A finals matchup between Turkey and the hybrid, Nelson-esque United States would be epic, in a ball defining sort of way.
Probably
but I wouldn’t kill Serbs before they are dead. I saw them against Argentina and Spain and they are good team. Even more: they were able to close even games to both of them and Croatia.
But if Serbs fail, talking about finals, is too much asking for a game with the two Bucks on court? ;)
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