Jefferson, Carter lift Nets by Bucks (AP)

VC & The Nets Visit Toronto - Game Preview
ballhype.com 4/11/2008 — There have been so many games this year that were considered “statement games” that the term lost its importance realtively early. When you have to make so many statements, you either aren’t speaking the language properly or your talking has required you to do more talking. The Raptors didn’t look like anything special against the Bucks the other night and I ...

More on new Bucks GM John Hammond
brewhoop.com 4/12/2008 — The consensus reaction to the Bucks' hiring of Pistons VP John Hammond: they got this one right. We'll only have to wait a few more hours before Hammond is officially presented as GM, but in the meantime here's what everyone else is saying.

Sorry Sports Guy, Looks Like John Hammond Is Going to Get That Bucks Job
sports.aol.com 4/12/2008 — Bill Simmons dream of running an NBA franchise may have hit a little speed bump today. And by "speed bump" I mean it has been totally derailed. The Milwaukee Bucks, according to Marc Stein , have reached an agreement to "lure" John Hammond away from ...

Breaking Bucks News: Kohl to left and DEEP!!!
bucksdiary.blogspot.com 4/12/2008 — It appears as though Senator Kohl has hit one out of the park on behalf of your Milwaukee Bucks. The Bucks owner has somehow hired a serious, respected... highly sought-after!!... basketball managerial talent to take over the Green and Red. In ...

Bucks Hire Ex-Piston Exec as General Manager
nba.com 4/12/2008 — John Hammond has been named General Manager of the Milwaukee Bucks, the team announced tonight. Hammond brings over 29 years of basketball coaching and administrative experience to the Bucks and spent the past seven seasons in the Detroit Pistons ...

Beware of the Cadillac — Bucks Diary

Apr. 12: Nets 111, Bucks 98 — InsideHoops

Nets 111, Bucks 98: Recap — Brew Hoop

John Hammond Press Conference — Brew Hoop

The PM Roundup: Jackie Chan versus Kobe Bryant, Chris Bosh Wants Noise, Phoenix's Year End Awards, Trading Vince Carter and Richard Jefferson and much, much more ... — HoopsVibe NBA Blog

Bucks confirm hire of Pistons VP Hammond as GM — ESPN.com - NBA 4/12/2008
The Milwaukee Bucks have hired Detroit Pistons vice president John Hammond as their new general manager.

Bucks new GM John Hammond says he sees strong core of players — Latest Sporting News Articles for NBA 4/13/2008
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- John Hammond slipped into the suite where Joe Dumars was sitting when the Detroit ...

Richard Jefferson: Nets didn't 'click' — NYDailyNews.com - Basketball 4/13/2008
Richard Jefferson is the only player remaining from the Nets' glory years, when the team made it to back-to-back Finals and was a perennial contender in the East. Jefferson was in no mood to look back before Saturday night's 111-98 win over the Bucks.

Jefferson Scores 24 as Nets Top Bucks — NBA.com: News 4/13/2008
Richard Jefferson scored 24 points and Vince Carter added 21 as the New Jersey Nets beat Milwaukee 111-98 on Saturday night, spoiling Bucks general manager John Hammond's first game watching his new team play.

TWO NETS IN SEARCH OF SOME ANSWERS — NY Post: Sports 4/13/2008
MILWAUKEE - The Nets' push to the playoffs is over, having fallen short for any number of reasons. So management will assess the roster, trying to answer the typical questions of need. But at least two players, two of the young frontcourt guys...