Bucks Getting Back on Track
A lopsided win over the defending NBA Champs is always a good thing, even if said champs are not what they were the year before. Ever since the Bucks got healthy again, they seem to be playing better basketball. 11-14 is definitely not a good record, and is disappointing for a team looking to improve on a mediocre-but-playoff-bound season from a year ago. Injuries have slowed the Bucks down, well, that and some pretty uninspired play. That seems to be changing. Mo Williams getting a triple double shows that this team is capable of being more than just the Redd show. Bogut continues to grow as a 5, demonstrating that well rounded game we knew we were getting when we made him the #1 pick a year ago. And again, getting Villanueva back is key to having more big guys available to play in the paint. The NBA Central division is not quite as good as it looked before the season, but it is still the toughest in the East. The Atlantic is just plain bad, as even the Bucks would be in first place if they played in that division. Hopefully the momentum has swung back to the positive side for the Bucks. Next goal: getting back over .500.
December 21st, 2006 at 3:20 pm
Bogut needs to get his ass in gear. The guy should be taking at least 15 shots a night. Why draft a guy if you’re not going to pound it down low? The guy is shooting 57% but only scoring 11 per game? he should be scoring 18 per game. Whether it’s Stotts or whether it’s Bogut’s timidity, i think future success will be based largely on increased output from the former #1 pick.