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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.
Bucks bank on backcourt of Redd, Jennings
Maybe if Yi Jianlian knew that Milwaukee was headed toward a League of Nations configuration, he wouldn't have pushed so hard to get traded to that global and cultural crossroads known as East Rutherford, N.J. From Andrew Bogut and Carlos Delfino to Roko Ukic and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute , the Bucks are an international melting pot -- sort of a ...
Sessions Scores Two Points In Loss To Former Team
Ramon Sessions struggled in his return to Milwaukee. The Timberwolves points guard went 0-for-4 from the field and finished with just two points in 21 minutes in a 101-87 loss to the Bucks on Saturday night.
Is Bucks GM Hammond counting on Lady Luck?
Or is he just guessing? During the exhibition season, the Milwaukee Bucks take their team and play meaningless games around the State of Wisconsin in tiny arenas, kind of like the Harlem Globetrotters without the confetti.
Future begins now for Milwaukee Bucks, who don't want to sacrifice...
GREEN BAY - The Milwaukee Bucks want to be a winning basketball team. Not next season.
On the Wolves blog: A new day begins
Posted on October 5th, 2009 2:16 AM By Jerry Zgoda Thoughts, observations and other stuff from opening night - preseason, at least - of the David Kahn/Kurt Rambis/Jonny Flynn era in Mankato: * Al Jefferson played his first game since tearing that ACL in New Orleans and certainly didn't look like he'd been away eight months.
Gordon's 24 lead Pistons over Bucks, 113-104
Ben Gordon scored 24 points to lead the Detroit Pistons to a 113-104 preseason victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night.
Big Al's big return features refined 'triangle' jump shot
Timberwolves forward Al Jefferson played his first game in eight months Sunday in Mankato and delivered a typically efficient performance in 16 minutes of action before he reluctantly sat his aching body and healing knee down for the night.
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