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Thunder on a roll as Durant outscores a young Buck
The Oklahoma City Thunder eased to a 108-90 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday with Kevin Durant leading the way for the much-improved franchise with 33 points and 12 rebounds.
Ants' new coach: a My job is to push them'
Mad Ants coach Joey Meyer has a little board in his kitchen at home in Chicago. It hangs on a hook and comes to life every winter.
Jennings off to Answer-like start, no question about it
Brandon Jennings remembers the first time he saw his idol play. Allen Iverson had Michael Jordan lined up at the top of the key, darting right and left like a cobra before coldly dismantling him with the weapon that would sustain him for 13 years in the NBA -- that devastating crossover dribble.
Jennings' Italian seasoning pays off with thrilling NBA start
Brandon Jennings misses risotto, fresh angel hair pasta and Italian cheeses. The Milwaukee Bucks rookie point guard does not miss sitting on the bench for Italian pro basketball team Lottomatica Virtus Roma, where he spent last season.
Byeverson: We hardly knew ye, A.I., but we sure felt your impact. The Memphis Grizzlies officially severed ties with AWOL Allen Iverson this afternoon, announcing the mutual decision to end the relationship with a the following statement this afternoon: The Memphis Grizzlies today released the following statement from General Manager and Vice ...
Deemed Not Ready for NBA, Brandon Jennings Drops 55 on Golden State Warriors
Brandon Jennings didn't want to go to college. He believed that if he was going to play, it would be for a paycheck, so, unable to enter the draft due to the age restrictions, the highly touted point guard became the first player to forgo college and make the leap from high school to professional European basketball.
Comparing rookie point guards 'not fair'
Like Brandon Roy and Randy Foye before them, the Timberwolves' Jonny Flynn and Milwaukee's Brandon Jennings might be forever compared, because they play the same position and were selected four spots apart in this year's NBA draft.
Rookie point guards are stealing the show
Veteran columnist Randy Hill is a frequent contributor to FOXSports.com. Never underestimate whatever qualifies as the American basketball system to produce relatively small guys with the capacity to dribble like fiends and fly past defenders lurking between them and future endorsement glory.
Ex-Bucks win contributions for their new teams
Now that 82games.com has released their first batch of "Production by Position" data for the 2009-10 season, I am able to calculate player information for teams other than the Milwaukee Bucks .A My first chart tracks the Win Contributions made by ex- Bucks on their new teams.
Rookie guards make bigger impact than bigs
An NBA Draft that saw a classic big man taken as the first overall selection -- no surprise there -- is gradually being shaped by a handful of smaller guys who intend to make a point.
Milwaukee Bucks (1-2) at Minnesota Timberwolves (1-4), 8 p.m.
Two of the top rookie point guards meet in the Twin Cities Friday as the Minnesota Timberwolves hope to put the brakes on a four-game skid when they host the Milwaukee Bucks at Target Center.
Fantasy blog: Jennings Buck wild
Pretty much all of the preseason fantasy hype for rookie point guards went to Tyreke Evans and Jonny Flynn , but people seemed to sleep a bit on Brandon Jennings .
Class of 2006 Score Only Six Extensions
Brandon Roy got a max deal. LaMarcus Aldridge landed a sweet $65 million dollar extension.
Bucks G Redd to miss two weeks
Milwaukee Bucks guard Michael Redd suffered a strained left patella tendon in Saturday's 96-85 victory over Detroit, and will miss at least the next two weeks of action.
And/or debate in Wolves backcourt
When new Timberwolves boss David Kahn unexpectedly selected Ricky Rubio and Jonny Flynn with consecutive picks in last summer's NBA draft, he did so professing the two could, and would, play together some in the backcourt.
Grand Strand well-represented in NBA: Sessions, D'Antoni set to begins seasons
Minnesota Timberwolves' Ramon Sessions, center, passes the ball between Chicago Bulls' James Johnson, left, and Taj Gibson during the fourth quarter of a preseason NBA basketball game in Chicago, Friday, Oct.
A shell of a team. Their Nos. 2-4 scorers from last year are gone. The only sure bet: Michael Redd will exercise his $18 million player option next summer.</ Central: 5 East: 14 Jon Barry, ESPN Barry's picks Michael Redd better work miracles.
Bucks boss gets benefit of doubt
The Milwaukee Bucks are asking for the two things they should have no right to expect.
Minnesota Timberwolves 2009-2010 Game-By-Game Predictions
The 2009-2010 Minnesota Timberwolves may need name tags throughout the season to help them get to know each other.
Rookie Jennings answers the bell He leads Bucks to win in his first NBA start
And it didn't help matters when he had the ball stolen in the backcourt by Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Jonny Flynn in the opening moments of the preseason game.