my.journaltimes.com - 10/24/2008
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BY GERY WOELFEL
ST. FRANCIS — When the Milwaukee Bucks surprisingly traded Yi Jianlian to the New Jersey Nets in June, it was assumed Charlie Villanueva would inherit the starting power forward position.
And that seemingly is the case. Villanueva has started all six of the Bucks’ ...
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sports.yahoo.com - 10/28/2008
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sports.yahoo.com —
We don't mean to act underwhelmed in the
face of something that should leave us quite giddy,...
but it's a long season, and you have to pace yourself. Tonight Skeets and I will be live blogging all three games, so stop by around 7 p.m. Eastern, and ...
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Games to pay attention to, what with the season starting
jsonline.com - 10/28/2008
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jsonline.com —
Oct. 27, 2008 | St. Francis - Bucks
center Andrew Bogut was able to practice today as...
he tested his sprained left ankle, and he hopes to play in the team's season opener on Tuesday night in Chicago. "I didn't do too much contact today, but I got ...
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Bogut appears ready; Ridnour iffy for opener
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Brew Hoop —
... Otherwise, the Redd/Jefferson tandem was once again MIA, combining for a paltry 17 points, three rebounds, and five assists in 62 minutes. Charlie Villanueva was coming off a very nice performance in China, but responded to Skiles' questions about the starting PF spot by doing absolutely nothing--13 minutes, 2 points, and one rebound. Joe Alexander's shot didn't make the flight back to North America evidently, as the rook made just 1/8 from the field; he's now 1/15 in the three preseason games he's played outside China. On a positive note, he did manage to ...
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The Rogue Hour —
... Right now the Bucks' play is not generating the kind of optimism felt over the summer with the hire of Hammond and Skiles. The coach and players are still "feeling each other out", waiting for some sort of regular lineup to emerge while the team "meshes" or "gels". They only won 1 preseason game (and that was in China) and in the season opener against Skiles' former team they picked up right were they left off in March, losing. Redd got his 30pts of course (on 10-19 shooting) but as it was discussed at length over the summer on blogs like Bucks Diary, that doesn't really do much ...
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Michael Redd ...