Brandon Jennings, the rookie point guard for the Milwaukee Bucks, had his coming out party on Saturday night. After going scoreless in the first quarter, Jennings finished the game with 55 points, five rebounds and five assists, while shooting 21-for-34 from the field, 7-for-8 on three-pointers and 6-for-8 at the foul line.
Behind Jennings’ masterful performance, the Bucks beat the Golden State Warriors by a final score of 129-125. The rookie point guard got help from Andrew Bogut’s 19 points and 11 rebounds in addition to the 14 points, six assists and four rebounds from Charlie Bell.
The scoring outburst by Jennings …read more

The 2009-10 NBA season hasn’t even begun, however there are a number of teams that have no shot at winning a championship this year. Here’s a look at the basketball power rankings for the worst teams in the NBA as it stands:
5. Minnesota Timberwolves
The Timberwolves have a lot of good, young pieces — namely Al Jefferon and Kevin Love — but it’ll take a few years before this squad is ready.
4. Milwaukee Bucks
After basically giving away Richard Jefferson and let Ramon Sessions, the Bucks just don’t have enough talent to compete right now.
3. Memphis Grizzlies
Allen Iverson in Memphis should sell …read more

Earlier in the offseason, Bruce Bowen of the San Antonio Spurs retired. The defensive expert played a key part in three NBA championship titles. On Monday, the Spurs signed Keith Bogans — a defensive small forward who will help make up for the loss of Bowen.
Last year, Bogans played for both the Orlando Magic and the Milwaukee Bucks. With Orlando, Bogans started 15 of 36 games and averaged 5.3 points and 3.1 rebounds in 21.9 minutes per game. With Milwaukee, Bogans averaged 6.0 points and 3.2 rebounds in 16.7 minutes per game.
While he’s not much of an offensively, as evident …read more

Ramon Sessions is officially a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves after the Milwaukee Bucks declined to match the offersheet on the restricted free agent. Sessions will reported receive $16.4 million over the next four years.
For the Timberwolves, this is very good news and lessens the sting of losing out on Ricky Rubio. Sessions will help bridge the gap until Rubio is ready for the NBA. In fact, some NBA scouts believe that Sessions has a brighter NBA future than Rubio.
In Minnesota, expect Sessions to handle the point guard duties along with Jonny Flynn. Flynn was drafted by the team in …read more

Ramon Sessions has had a difficult time this offseason cashing in on his play in his first two seasons in the NBA with the Milwaukee Bucks. On Friday, he finally got a contract to his liking when the Minnesota Timberwolves and Sessions agreed on an offersheet worth $16 million over four years.
The Timberwolves were motivated to go after Sessions after losing Ricky Rubio. After drafting Rubio with the fifth pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, the Spaniard ultimately decided to stay in Spain. Needing a point guard, Minnesota turned to Sessions.
Last year with the Bucks, Sessions started 38 games and …read more

Bruce Bowen was acquired by the Milwaukee Bucks earlier in the offseason in a trade that sent Richard Jefferson to the San Antonio Spurs. As expected, Bowen was released by the team on Friday.
The Bucks had until August 1st to either release or trade Bowen to save money. By releasing Bowen, Milwuakee saves at least $2 million.
After bouncing around the NBA early in his professional career, Bowen eventually made a name for himself with the Spurs. In his eight years in San Antonio, the Spurs won three NBA championships — in 2003, 2005 and 2007. Known as a fantastic perimeter …read more

The San Antonio Spurs made a big splash on Tuesday when they acquired Richard Jefferson from the Milwaukee Bucks. On the Spurs, Jefferson will likely become the team’s starting small forward and joins Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili to form a formidable foursome.
In return for Jefferson, the Bucks got salary relief in the threesome of Bruce Bowen, Fabricio Oberto and Kurt Thomas. Both Bowen and Oberto have partially guaranteed contracts that will create space under the NBA’s luxury tax. Out of the three players, the only one who may suit up for the Bucks is Thomas.
Last season, Jefferson …read more

The following list is of the top players (in no particular order) I believe are the most under appreciated and most overlooked by ordinary casual NBA observers, and, even some of the die-hards too.
Kevin Martin (Kings)- For three straight seasons the 6′7, 185lb Western Carolina alum has averaged better than 20ppg. For most of the past two seasons K-Mart has been the man in Sac-Town, but he’s become somewhat of a secret because the Kings’ dreadfulness as of late. Kevin’s shooting form is so unorthodox it almost makes Shawn Marion’s stroke look worthy of duplication. But what makes Kevin so …read more