It’s almost Christmas Eve everyone, and I know I’m getting excited.  I don’t usually celebrate Christmas, being that I’m a Jew, but this may be one of those rare years where I throw down with that long-haired carpenter and have a bit of eggnog to celebrate his birth (or death, not sure.  Jewish, remember?).  Anyways, [...]

As I discussed earlier, defense will be the key to a successful season for the Chicago Bulls.  That got me thinking about Scott Skiles.  While he wasn’t the best coach in many ways, the one thing he was (and is, damn Bucks) good at is making his teams play excellent defense.  Individually and as a [...]

Brandon Jennings recently decided to go to Europe instead of cheat on his SAT to play one year in college, thanks to David Stern’s highly questionable 1 year rule.  A lot of people questioned that move and…whatever, anyways the bottom line is he was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 10th pick in the [...]

In light of all the recent trades and rumors swirling around Paxson, people have been analyzing his legacy.  My focus has been mainly on how much Reinsdorf was really calling the shots and whether that interfered with Paxson’s job.
But was someone else really pulling the strings from 2003- 2007?  Scott Skiles put his imprint on [...]