The Bucks have been a big disappointment this season after an off season that featured them adding depth, that made them appear to be a lock for the playoffs and a team that could contend for homecourt in the first round of the playoffs. The disappointments start with Andrew Bogut who has been very unproductive and cant seem to dominate the block like he did for a solid stretch last season that led the Bucks to their best season since 2001. John Salmons has not been the guy that can take over games anymore and is averaging about a third less points this season and is not even leading the team in scoring. Brandon Jennings has shown signs of continuing to become a great NBA point guard, but this year his shooting woes have continued to hurt him. Off season addition Drew Gooden has missed all but 15 games of the season, his position has been left for several reserve players to try to fill that role, but it has been very unsuccesful. Corey Maggette who was added for scoring and his ability to get the free throw line. He has struggled so much to shoot the basketball that he is too inconsistant to make a postitve impact on the team. Overall the team plays solid defense which is good for third in the enitre league, but have really struggled to score the ball as they are last in league in field goal percentage and points per game. They go on stretches where they score 4, 6, or 8 points in an entire quarter. This team has a lot of talent, but has not won a lot of games. It will be interesting too see if they can rally to make the playoffs. Also it will be interesting to see if they make any changes in the next off season after committing a lot of money to the players they currently have.
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ReplyDeleteThis was a good post.