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After Being Last Year's Surprise Team, Milwaukee Is Struggling

By Michael KatzFeb 10th 2011 – 2:55PM

After exceeding expectations last season, the Milwaukee Bucks have struggled to live up to them this year. It just hasn't been the right mix of personnel in Milwaukee, and to make matters worse seemingly everyone has been hurt. Yet the biggest problem might have been that expectations were simply too high to begin...

Brandon Jennings Playing Restricted Minutes as Shorthanded Bucks Struggle

By Brett PollakoffFeb 3rd 2011 – 2:56AM

PHOENIX -- If you thought the Bucks had any shot of beating the Suns on Wednesday night, then you clearly haven't been paying attention. There was a laundry list of things stacked against Milwaukee heading into this one, and the majority of them conspired against the Bucks in a 92-77 defeat that truthfully wasn't even that...

Garrett Temple Terrific in Bucks Debut

By Scott SchroederJan 27th 2011 – 9:00AM

It came as a bit of a surprise when Garrett Temple was called up to the Milwaukee Bucks from the NBA Development League's Erie BayHawks earlier this week considering the 6-foot-5 guard was averaging a rather quiet 13.4 points and shooting just 42 percent in the D-League this season. In his Bucks debut on Wednesday...

Ranking the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year Candidates

By Tim PovtakJan 6th 2011 – 2:30PM

The first time the Milwaukee Bucks played the Orlando Magic this season, center Andrew Bogut had 31 points and 18 rebounds, dominating the game from start to finish. The second time on Wednesday night, he had six points and seven rebounds, fouling out in frustration. The difference wasn't his play. The difference was the...

Earl Boykins Still Proving Doubters Wrong

By Chris TomassonDec 23rd 2010 – 1:00AM

LOS ANGELES -- Earl Boykins is still around. He's still sometimes mistaken for a ball boy. He still can completely disappear when a center sets a pick. But just in case there was anybody who forgot Boykins is still in the NBA, he reminded them Tuesday. The 5-foot-5 Boykins, the second-shortest player in NBA history,...

Scott SKiles News From the Web

  • 05/23/12 BUCKS BEAT: Skiles should move on Source: The Journal Times - Racine WI Let's say there are more than few NBA officials that are amazed that Scott Skiles is still the coach of the Milwaukee Bucks.
  • 05/18/12 Bucks looking for size in the middle (or are they?) Source: On Milwaukee - Milwaukee WI Scott Skiles sees it every time there is a jump ball, when eight NBA players circle around the two standing side-by-side, readying to leap for possession.
  • 05/17/12 The Skiles Style Source: NBA - Milwaukee Bucks So it should not have been so surprising that the Bucks played at the third fastest pace in the NBA during the 2011-12 regular season.
  • 05/10/12 GERY WOELFEL: Kohl, Attanasio feel the pain of losing Source: The Journal Times - Racine WI If you think being an owner of a professional sports team is a day at the beach, you might want to have a chat with Herb Kohl and Mark Attanasio.
  • 05/08/12 Skiles weighs in on class basketball debate in letter... Source: The Pilot News - Plymouth IN Plymouth High School will give Hoosier citizens a venue in which they can make their voices heard in the single-class/ multiclass state basketball tournament debate as the school hosts a town meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in the PHS auditorium.

Background on Scott SKiles

Scott Allen Skiles (born March 5, 1964, in LaPorte, Indiana) is an American former professional basketball player and the current head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks.

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