Milwaukee Bucks Open Scrimmage Notes, Bogut In Good Health
by Dan Sinclair on Dec 15, 2011 2:47 PM CST
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Charles Gardner offers up some of the highlights from Wednesday night's open scrimmage at the Bradley Center. The scrimmage was streamed live online, so many of you may have seen parts or all of it. If so, you know as well as anybody that it's tough to draw real conclusions. Players swapped teams sporadically, sometimes leaving one squad with two point guards and the other with zero. Stephen Jackson (back), Tobias Harris (dehydration) and Larry Sanders (dehydration) didn't play. Andrew Bogut was lined up against Jon Brockman for a stretch, with predictable results.
Still, it was the first chance to see many of the new players in something resembling live court action. Familiar faces were back doing familiar things too: Carlos Delfino hit a pair of spot-up threes late in the game and, thankfully, looks to still have a nice scoring touch.
The game was played at a pretty quick pace, but I'll stop you right here, before you start thinking the coaching staff has been listening to us. The frenetic pace was more "frightened rabbit" than "majestic cheetah." Overambitious passes were frequent--most sailed out of bounds or bounced off fingertips, although a sweet Livingston-to-Bogut connection resulted in a pretty thunderous Aussie slam. For video, check out Jim Paschke's report at Bucks.com.
More news and notes after the jump.
NBA.com: Extra down time turns out to be good for Bucks' Bogut
The best part ONLY GOOD PART of the lockout is the added time afforded to Andrew Bogut's arm. It also gave Bogut and the rest of the organization time to deal with the letdown of last season.
"Negativity spoiled our locker room last year," Bogut said, "all the way from the players to the coaches to the franchise. There was so much pressure about injuries. That's not a good environment to be in. ... I'm trying to block out as much of last season as I can. Luckily we had seven months to do that."
In his interview with NBA.com's Steve Aschburner, Bogut also muses that he would have been willing to sacrifice the $2 million he lost due to the lockout anyway if it meant "it" wouldn't have happened. We all know what "it" is. I might be willing to toss ten bucks into that pot myself.
HoopSpeak.com: Zach Attacks: The conundrum of "swag"
Zach Harper is writing a whole bunch of essays because he's just so happy the NBA is back. As he turns his eyes to the Milwaukee Bucks, Zach considers what "swag" means for a rising NBA star, and in doing so, sums up Brandon Jennings about as well as anybody has.
JSOnline: Bucks power forward Gooden gets spring back in his step
Drew Gooden has high hopes for something better in the abbreviated 66-game regular season that the Milwaukee Bucks will open Dec. 26 in Charlotte.
WSSP: Gery Woelfel on backup center options, media day
Bucks Insider Gery Woelfel discusses the few remaining issues leading up to Milwaukee's season opener.
NBA.com: NBA forges new multi-year deal with Under Armour
The NBA and Under Armour, Inc., a leading developer of branded performance apparel, footwear and accessories, on Tuesday announced a multi-year partnership. Brandon Jennings is about to get a lot more face time.
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What's our cap situation looking like?
I understand our roster is at 15, but I am still assuming Hammond is going to sign a back-up C. Do we have the MLE left? or the mini-MLE left? Is there any consequence for exceeding the salary cap that we wouldn’t want to do that to acquire a back-up C?
Slightly over the cap, but cap space exception left ($2.5 million)
No danger of hitting the luxury tax, so it’s really just a question of whether they like the roster as is or think they could improve it by losing one body and adding another (presumably backup center).
Sounds like Przybilla is just hanging out at home through the holidays, which really isn’t that bad from a Bucks perspective. Would give them a few weeks to take a look at the guys on the roster and make a decision about either trading or cutting someone.
by Frank Madden on Dec 15, 2011 3:30 PM CST up reply actions
Tough to hear about the dehydration issues with Sanders and Harris. Growing pains, I guess.
Skiles said he didn’t know how long Jackson would be out. The veteran guard had practiced three straight days despite a left hamstring injury and lower back pain.
I’m getting bad memories from this.
I hope that Bogut is all up and ready to go, but I’m not entirely convinced that it won’t wear on him as the season goes on. He did say that it would be something he would struggle with for his whole career. And I think “frightened rabbit” pretty much sums up most of the Bucks’ offense last year.
Can I ask what the hell the Bucks coaching staff is doing...
When two players have to be hospitalized for dehydration after practice?
A samurai sword collection. If you can do it. I don’t know if you’re allowed.
by TwoShoesMcGooze on Dec 15, 2011 3:30 PM CST reply actions
Or what the training staff is doing...they do have water breaks, right?
Not the ideal way to start camp.
by Frank Madden on Dec 15, 2011 3:31 PM CST up reply actions
At least we know that they were working hard and not being lazy..... ;)
Fear the 'Dear'? You're damn right I'm scared of my wife!
by Big Crazy Dave on Dec 15, 2011 3:34 PM CST up reply actions
Did Zach Harper manage to say anything useful or meaningful in that Jennings column?
I was left going kinda…huh?
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Maybe because I'm old
But when I hear the word “swag” I think of a pirate saying “arrrrrrrrrr”
"He always plays like he's a pit bull that hasn't been fed in about a year and that you've got pork chops in your pockets and that's the basketball." Of course, he's Canadian
I thought the “swag” stuff got a bit forced, but for the most part I thought he described Jennings about as well as anyone could. Totally fair in his criticisms, but also giving him credit where credit is due. Of course, I’m just irrationally supportive of any viewpoint that sticks up for Jennings because the last shreds of hope in my soul haven’t yet been destroyed.
Still, though, I thought it was all well said, if not particularly new, because I’VE BEEN SAYING ALL THAT STUFF FOR YEARS WHY DOESN’T ANYBODY LISTEN TO ME IT’S PROBABLY BECAUSE HE CAN’T SHOOT.
by Dan Sinclair on Dec 15, 2011 8:08 PM CST up reply actions
It just seemed odd because he didn't have a firm grasp on his own definition of swag...
…used two different definitions of swag from somewhere else, then insisted that Jennings has sway, but ended up not knowing anything more about Jennings or swag in the end.
I dunno, I just never quite got the whole premise.
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by Steve von Horn on Dec 15, 2011 8:37 PM CST up reply actions
Did everyone see the most recent fanpost?
Are we a forgiving community?
"He always plays like he's a pit bull that hasn't been fed in about a year and that you've got pork chops in your pockets and that's the basketball." Of course, he's Canadian
Michael Redd was in Indy for more than the shrimp cocktail at St Elmo’s today. He met with the Pacers, too
http://twitter.com/#!/MikeWellsNBA/status/147476949764276224
I'm not a twit
Or twitless w/e the word is…what does it say?
"He always plays like he's a pit bull that hasn't been fed in about a year and that you've got pork chops in your pockets and that's the basketball." Of course, he's Canadian
Duh
I thought there was more
"He always plays like he's a pit bull that hasn't been fed in about a year and that you've got pork chops in your pockets and that's the basketball." Of course, he's Canadian
It would seem kind of sad if Redd couldn't hook up with a contender
I mean, that has to be his first choice right?
by Frank Madden on Dec 15, 2011 7:37 PM CST up reply actions
He did have some interest with the Bulls, didn't he?
I suppose Rip Hamilton kind of dashed a lot of that though.
by Jacob Grinyer on Dec 15, 2011 7:46 PM CST up reply actions
I'm not sure it's going to be a matter of choice for Redd.
Get in where you fit in. That is, of course, if he still has the fire to try and play a small role during a condensed season that will test his knees.
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by Steve von Horn on Dec 15, 2011 8:00 PM CST up reply actions
Not disappointed
Just uninformed =/
"He always plays like he's a pit bull that hasn't been fed in about a year and that you've got pork chops in your pockets and that's the basketball." Of course, he's Canadian
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