Bucks Should Have Hired Bill Simmons
bootleggersports.com 6/23/2009 — Smile RJ, you're leaving Milwaukee Back in 2008, a grass-roots Internet campaign was started to get ESPN columnist Bill Simmons hired as the Milwaukee Bucks General Manager . Instead, the Bucks hired John Hammond and all of a sudden, things are going incredibly well for Milwaukee. Except, ...

The Illusion of Choice
hardwoodparoxysm.com 7/1/2009 — The Milwaukee Bucks are a truly confounding franchise. The core of players that has been assembled (now, and every year during my lifetime, for that matter) seems mismatched at best and train wreck at worst. Their choices in the draft, while ...

Charlie Villanueva: It’s Kinda Looking Like I Won’t Be In Milwaukee
sportsradiointerviews.com 6/24/2009 — ESPN Milwaukee had soon-to-be restricted Bucks’ free agent, Charlie Villanueva, on to get his thoughts about Milwaukee trading for cap room by shipping Richard Jefferson to the Spurs. Charlie was asked: Is Milwaukee clearing space so they ...

RJ to the Spurs... Bucks get Pistons' Amir Johnson
community.sportsbubbler.com 6/24/2009 — With only 11 players signed for next season and very little room under the luxury tax threshold to fill a full roster, Bucks GM John Hammond did what he had to do -- and traded forward Richard Jefferson. RJ went to the Spurs today for backup forward/center Kurt Thomas (age 36) and the ...

Villanueva won't be back
jsonline.com 6/30/2009 — The Milwaukee Bucks bid goodbye to Charlie Villanueva on Monday, keeping their fiscal options open while continuing to rebuild the team during the off-season.

They did what?
sheffieldshouse.blogspot.com 6/23/2009 — I've been looking for a reason to break up the Brewer talk and thanks to the Milwaukee Bucks I now have that. The Bucks have agreed to send Richard Jefferson to the San Antonio Spurs in exchange for Bruce Bowen, Fabricio Oberto and Kurt Thomas. It's good to know that they have already thrown ...

What the RJ/Amir trades mean for the draft, free agency, and beyond
brewhoop.com 6/24/2009 —   So now that we're slowly wrapping our minds around the Bucks' big day of wheeling and dealing, what does it all actually mean?  We start with the Bucks' current cap situation (above) and work our way forward.   There's ...

Richard Jefferson to the Spurs?
scoresreport.com 6/23/2009 — Chad Ford is reporting that the Bucks and Spurs have agreed to a swap that would include star swingman Richard Jefferson. The Milwaukee Bucks agreed to trade Richard Jefferson to the San Antonio Spurs for Bruce Bowen, Kurt Thomas and Fabricio Oberto a Bucks source told ESPN.com. The two ...

What others are saying about the RJ/Amir Johnson trades
brewhoop.com 6/24/2009 — OK, deep breaths everybody.  First off, I've given you my endorsement of the RJ trade and Amir Johnson acqusition , so let's check out some reaction from around the interwebs: Ford: It's all financial for the Bucks .  Chad Ford broke ...

Richard Jefferson trade makes sense for Milwaukee Bucks and San Antonio Spurs
sports.espn.go.com 6/23/2009 — The first rule of NBA trades is "Follow the money." It's the only way to make sense of a seemingly lopsided deal, such as today's swap that reportedly sent Richard Jefferson to the Spurs for Kurt Thomas , Fabricio Oberto and Bruce Bowen , pending ...

Jefferson Glad to Be With 'Relevant' Spurs — NYT > Pro Basketball 6/25/2009
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- When Tim Duncan found out Richard Jefferson didn't return a phone call from Gregg Popovich after the Spurs coach traded for the Bucks star, he fired a text message to his new teammate.

Jefferson glad to be with 'relevant' Spurs — The Seattle Times: Sports 6/25/2009
When Tim Duncan found out Richard Jefferson didn't return a phone call from Gregg Popovich after the Spurs coach traded for the Bucks star, he fired a text message to his new teammate.

Jefferson glad to be with 'relevant' Spurs — NBA.com: News 6/25/2009
When Tim Duncan found out Richard Jefferson didn't return a phone call from Gregg Popovich after the Spurs coach traded for the Bucks star, he fired a text message to his new teammate.

Jefferson glad to be with winning Spurs (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 6/25/2009
When Tim Duncan found out Richard Jefferson didn't return a phone call from Gregg Popovich after the Spurs coach traded for the Bucks star, he fired a text message to his new teammate. "Don't get traded twice in one day." Popovich, ...

Jefferson glad to be with 'relevant' Spurs — FOXSports.com News for NBA 6/25/2009
When Tim Duncan found out Richard Jefferson didn't return a phone call from Gregg Popovich after the Spurs coach traded for the Bucks star, he fired a text message to his new teammate. "Don't get traded twice in one day." Popovich, gruff? Not after ...