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Bucking Expectations, Milwaukee Strikes Fear in East

For nearly a decade, they were sitting Bucks. Now, the rallying cry is "Fear the Deer.'' One of the NBA's most surprising resurgences this season has been that of the Milwaukee Bucks (38-30), who have won 14 of their past 16 games after a surprising victory Saturday at Denver. Last summer, the Bucks were shedding...

Talking With Ramon Sessions

Ramon Sessions may be the best point guard in the NBA whom no one ever talks about. Criminally underused as a rookie last year, he still caught fire down the stretch, averaging 7.5 assists in the final 17 games, topping double-digit dimes six times and dropping a ridiculous 24 in a single game, the most by any player in...

Michael Redd Tears ACL, MCL

You know what actually made Milwaukee famous? The soul-crushing agony of defeat. The Bucks had recently turned things around to a certain degree with Scott Skiles and Richard Jefferson. They were a half-game ahead for the 8th playoff spot, had been playing competitively, and had some young talent to complement their core....

Buck Starts and Stops Here: Sessions Gets Time, Redd Tweaks Ankle

When Scott Skiles took over in Milwaukee, there was a lot of hope that he would take the young roster and develop a defensive identity without his prototypical reliance upon players that are, say, less than dynamic. You know the old expression, you want to make an omelet, you have to deal with Luke Ridnour and Malik Allen....

Cavs Grab Mo Williams, Keep Flexibility Intact

As rumored, Cleveland plundered point guard Mo Williams from Milwaukee, losing only 33-year-old Joe Smith and 32-year-old Damon Jones in the process. Jones and OKC alum Luke Ridnour head to the Bucks; Smith and former Sonic Desmond Mason pack for Oklahoma. As I wrote a bit ago, it's a good pull for Cleveland -- Williams...