sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 6/26/2008
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The Milwaukee Bucks have agreed in principle to trade Yi Jianlian to the New Jersey Nets for Richard Jefferson , two league sources told SI.com. The Bucks also are sending Bobby Simmons to the Nets. He has $20.5 million left on a contract that expires in the summer of 2010, when LeBron James , Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh could become free agents. This trade could be seen as a sign that the ...
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Friday Bucks Notes
brewhoop.com 6/20/2008 — Are the Bucks looking to make a move for O.J. Mayo? How close is Ersan Ilyasova to returning to Milwaukee? And is Mike Redd an Olympian? That and more in the notes.
Monday Bucks Notes
brewhoop.com 6/23/2008 — Is anyone willing to work out for the Bucks? What's the latest buzz on the Bucks' draft strategy? Why is Anthony Randolph potentially plummeting on draft day? Why is Ersan Ilyasova back in Milwaukee? And how's Yi Jianlian doing with his Olympic prep? That and more in today's notes.
Who Wants to Work Out For the Bucks?
brewhoop.com 6/23/2008 — It's now been two weeks since the Bucks worked out Joe Alexander, Anthony Randolph and Donte Greene , and since then only a group of potential second rounders has made the trek to the Cousins Center for workouts. Which begs the question: why isn't anyone willing to come to Milwaukee?
Steven A. Smith Interviews Joe Alexander
theblowtorch.blogspot.com 6/27/2008 — (click for video)
Steven A. Smith: Joe, you were drafted by THE Milwaukee Bucks. Congratulations!
Joe Alexander: THANK YOU, STEVEN A.! ... STEVEN A., AS YOU KNOW, THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS ARE A GOOD BASKETBALL TEAM! I THINK WE WILL MAKE THE PLAYOFFS NEXT YEAR! Steven A. Smith: Easy, bro. Joe Alexander: "EASY, BRO" IS RIGHT, STEVEN A.! THE BUCKS ARE BACK! Steven A. Smith: No! I mean, don’t ...
Bucks Pick Joe Alexander; Will They Keep Him?
brewhoop.com 6/27/2008 —
Yesterday it would have been no surprise for Joe Alexander to land in Milwaukee, but the Jefferson trade threw that all in doubt--all of a sudden the Bucks needed a PF and were set at SF. Well, we don't know if the Bucks will actually keep ...
Shanoff's Wake-Up Call: Nets Draft ... LeBron?
sportingnews.com 6/27/2008 —
Today's Calls: 2008 NBA Draft vs. 2010 NBA Free Agency, Pat Riley vs. Michael Beasley, O.J. Mayo vs. Kevin Love, Twins vs. Rays, Rich Harden vs. Cliff Lee, Maria Sharapova vs. Andy Roddick and More!
The Opening Pitch: The Nets might as well ...
LeBron James Is Going No Where Any Time Soon!
slamdunkcentral.com 7/1/2008 — Dependant on what day of the week, and what publication, either on-line or in print will determine where the “ so called experts ” have LeBron James ending up. Last week it was New Jersey/Brooklyn as the Nets dumped an aging Richard Jefferson, in order to “ free up cap space so the Nets can go after LeBron “. Monday morning it was Miami, where Heat Team President ...
Can the New Jersey Nets just trade for LeBron already?!
clubhousecancer.com 7/1/2008 — Seriously. We have two more freakin’ years of this nonsense. LeBron James listed New York as his favorite city Monday (his hometown of Akron, Ohio came in fifth behind Washington D.C., Dallas, and Los Angeles) as he took part in a one-day USA Basketball media blitz. Dallas?? Dallas is a shithole that would be an eyesore dump in a 3 rd world nation, for christ’s sake. Double-Douchebag ...
Bucks Trade Yi for Richard Jefferson —
HoopsAvenue
According to SI,
The Milwaukee Bucks have agreed in principle to trade Yi Jianlian to the New Jersey Nets for Richard Jefferson, two league sources told SI.com.
It seems the Nets are absolutely making way for Lebron James when he becomes a free agent. And, Yi gets a chance to play in a big market that he really wanted to. The Bucks certainly improve, but they’ll need more than RJ to ...
I Give a Standing Ovation to WFNY —
FilteringCraig
WFNY? That’s Waiting For Next Year for all you non-Cleveland sports fans out there. I have been talking about this ever since the draft and an article was written by John Hollinger proclaiming that the trade of Richard Jefferson from New Jersey was undeniable proof that LeBron James was on his way to the Nets when his contract expires in 2010. I have grown tired of the ...
Pick up the phone, Rod Thorn: It’s Wally for Wince straight up —
Cleveland Cavaliers
I’m actually pretty alarmed that some fans were against this move considering what the Cavs were getting and what they were giving up.
The New Jersey Nets were having a firesale before the draft Thursday (yeah yeah, some say it’s to prepare for 2010, but let’s hope those people get struck by a lightning bolt soon or dissolve in a hurricane and just go away). Richard ...
Nets remake roster yet Carter remains centerpiece —
NBA - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports
After their trade of Richard Jefferson on Thursday, and with eight players on the roster team with two years of experience or less, it's obvious that the Nets are in a rebuilding mode. And while it may look as if the Nets are ready to sacrifice the next two seasons so that they can make a major run at potential free agent LeBron James in 2010 - just in time for their scheduled move to Brooklyn ...
Breakdown of Eastern Conference’s Draft —
Philadelphia 76ers
Unlike last year, this draft didn’t include a trade that would send a team from lottery to champs in a year. There were 2 headline names going in and the rest of the draft was with players that will turn into solid pros for years to come. This is an analysis of how the East fared in last night’s NBA draft:
Atlanta Hawks - No picks in either round. Not good when you might be ...
733 DAYS AND COUNTING... —
Epic Carnival | Where Sports and Pop Culture Collide
by E. Spencer Kyte , Bugs and Cranks
It's a great day to be a New Jersey Nets fan.
Yeah, we dropped Richard Jefferson to the Bucks for on overpaid, injury-prone defensive specialist and the Chinese Andrea Bargiani, but still, it's a great, great day.
In moving RJ, we moved Cap Money. Now, 733 days from now, on July 1, 2010, we'll have somewhere in the neighborhood of $22M in open ...
Van Grundy hearts the New Bucks —
Bucks Diary
Going around the ESPN post draft table, eliciting opinions on which teams faired the best on draft day, former coach and defensive taskmaster Jeff Van Gundy mentioned the Milwaukee Bucks.
Van Gundy said the Bucks were one of the softest, most divided teams in the NBA ( Bucks Diary : "Agreed "). He said they needed to toughen up and start playing defense ( Bucks Diary : "Heartily ...
Ahhhhhh!!! A Bucks Post! —
Chuckie Hacks
Dare I say it, are the Milwaukee Bucks making smart, interesting, & exciting moves to get people WANT to care about Milwaukee Bucks basketball again? It's a step in the right direction for sure.
We are a WI-sports blog...so let's break it down.
First, they dump the hated Bobby Simmons (Who I'm officially labeling the "Jeffrey Hammonds" of basketball) and a tall Chinese guy who is either 20
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute Chosen as 37th Pick by Milwaukee Bucks —
The Gutty Little Bruins
Here’s UCLA’s press release on Luc Richard Mbah a Moute being drafted early in the second round by Milwaukee Bucks:
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, who became the first Bruin to start in three straight Final Fours since Bill Walton, Jamaal Wilkes and Greg Lee in 1972-74, was selected in the second round of the 2008 NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Bucks (37th pick) on Thursday evening at ...
I Am Somewhat Surprised and Annoyed —
The Bratwurst - Milwaukee Bucks Blog
After the Richard Jefferson trade, I thought for sure that it meant the Bucks would go in a different direction than Joe Alexander. I was hoping that Kevin Love would slip all the way to 8, and when Jerryd Bayless turned out to be the player to slide, I thought that would be the direction the Bucks would turn.
But now … small forward has become a glut, and suddenly we really need a ...
Bucks draft Alexander anyway —
tonyblogs.net - Sports news, humor, videos and prognostications.
The Milwaukee Bucks drafted Joe Alexander of West Virginia, despite trading Yi Jianlian to the Nets earlier in the day. Many, including myself, had speculated that one of the main reasons the Bucks wanted him was because of his Mandarin ties - perhaps making Yi a little happier in Bucktown. I guess we were wrong. And I guess this also shows that Jianlian just wasn't happy in Milwaukee, ...
Bucks Make Out Like Bandits —
No Blood No Foul
The Milwaukee Bucks pulled off the 2nd biggest trade heist of 2008 (after Pau Gasol).
Talk about your lop-sided trades. According to ESPN , the Milwaukee Bucks have shipped Yi Jianlin and Bobby Simmons to the New Jersey Nets in exchange for Richard Jefferson.
Let me put it another way - the Bucks traded a soft PF (Yi) and an incredibly overpaid journeyman SF (Bobby) for a solid ...
Nets trade Richard Jefferson to Bucks —
InsideHoops
The New Jersey Nets have acquired forwards Yi Jianlian and Bobby Simmons from the Milwaukee Bucks in exchange for forward Richard Jefferson, Nets President Rod Thorn announced today.
InsideHoops.com reaction: This is wild. The Nets clearly want to rebuild for the future, and they have parted ways with RJ’s contract. Is Vince Carter the next to [...]
Fun For The 66 Games That It Lasted —
The Shamrock Headband
ESPN and others are reporting that the Milwaukee Bucks have traded forwards Yi Jianlian and Bobby Simmons to the Nets for Richard Jefferson. Thus ends the glorious Yi Jianlian era in Milwaukee... he pretty clearly never wanted to be there and now he doesn't have to be, and has even ended up in the major-media market he'd always hoped for (we'll see how that works out). The Bucks, on the ...
Milwaukee makes China its bitch. —
Clubhouse Cancer
Remember this time last year when Chinese basketball officials were warning the Milwaukee Bucks not to draft Yi Jianlian? The big, bad Red Wolf was huffing and puffing that if the Bucks drafted Yi…because Milwaukee was not their preferred media market…Yi would sit out and never report. Well, Milwaukee shoved an all-American Harley-Davidson up China’s ass, by drafting Yi anyway. Now ...
Jefferson Traded to Bucks —
The On Deck Circle
Richard Jefferson has reportedly been dealt to the Milwaukee Bucks. All I can really say is: wow. The deal, just announced at 3PM today, will send Yi Jianlin and Bobby Simmons.
While I’m surprised there are no picks going New Jerseys’ way, the deal crates $10M in long-term savings and gives them even greater cap flexibility [...]
Who Else Likes Trades?!?! —
The Howeva Files
This guy does, cause he got out of Milwaukee. However, in bat$**t crazy news, the New Jersey Nets have decided to trade Richard Jefferson to Milwaukee for Yi Jianlian and Busty Busterson Bobby Simmons. If you ask Milwaukee right now, they love trades. They got RJ for 300 million Chinese fans basically. If Yi really and truly hated it there (like he said he was going to and his agent said he ...
Bad News For Yi : The Chinese Food Around East Rutherford Sucks, Too —
Can't Stop The Bleeding
Lousy news, potentially, for the Cavs, too, considering the mooted deal below is all about Jersey/Brooklyn acquiring expiring pacts in order to make a run at LeBron James . The Bergen Record’s Al Iannazonne is reporting the Nets are about to trade Richard Jefferson to Milwaukee in exchange for C Yi Jianlian (above) and F Bobby Simmons.
The move would give the Nets flexibility in ...
Reports Have Nets And Bucks Trading Jefferson For Yi And Simmons —
Slam Dunk Central
“ Sports Illustrated.com ” NBA beat writer Ian Thomsen is reporting that the Milwaukee Bucks and New Jersey Nets have “agreed in principle” to a trade that would send the Nets Richard Jefferson to Milwaukee in exchange for Yi Jianlian. According to the report Bobby Simmons would also be going to New Jersey in the deal. The Nets after trading veteran point guard ...
Nets trade Richard Jefferson to the Bucks —
Ball Don't Lie
The Milwaukee Bucks just traded Yi Jianlian and Bobby
Simmons to the New Jersey Nets for Richard Jefferson , and I'm awfully confused.
Actually, that's not entirely true. I know why the Nets did
it - they picked up a solid talent in Yi who can contribute on the cheap until
his rookie contract expires, and with Simmons' contract ending after 2009-10,
the Nets save about 11 million ...
Nets have new-look roster —
NYDailyNews.com - Basketball
While it may look as if the Nets are ready to sacrifice the next two seasons so that they can make a major run at potential free agent LeBron James in 2010 there may be some reason for whatever fans remain in New Jersey to be hopeful.
NETS TRADE JEFFERSON TO BUCKS —
NY Post: Sports
The Nets have traded forward Richard Jefferson to the Milwaukee Bucks for center Yi Jianlian and forward Bobby Simmons. The trade could be interpreted as a way for the Nets to clear salary space for a possible run at LeBron James, Dwyane Wade or...
