Monta Ellis opts out of contract with Milwaukee Bucks

Monday, June 17th, 2013

The 2013 NBA free agent class just got a little deeper, as guard Monta Ellis announced Monday that he will opt out of the final year of his contact with the Milwaukee Bucks. The Bucks badly wanted Ellis to return, and offered him a three-year, $36 million extension that he declined. Ellis ...

NBA Trade Rumors: Bucks and Warriors Pull Off Big Deal

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

The Milwaukee Bucks and Golden State Warriors started the NBA's trade deadline bonanza to a rousing start Tuesday night by pulling off a five-player deal. In the trade Golden State sent Monta Ellis, Ekpe Udoh and Kwame Brown to Milwaukee in exchange for Andrew Bogut and Stephen Jackson. Bogut was the first ...

What The Bucks?

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

The most mystifying sub-.500 team in the NBA this year is surely the Milwaukee Bucks, who knocked off the Heat for the second time in little over a week on Wednesday night. (If you are mystified by the Knicks being under .500, you know less about basketball than anyone should ...

NBA Draft Lottery Percentages And Needs By Team

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

Now that the regular season is over, the NBA universe can turn its attention to the playoffs, which start on Saturday. But for fans of the 14 non-playoff teams, the focus is now on the upcoming NBA Draft and the offseason. With that in mind, the percentages for the upcoming ...

Wait, Yi Jianlian Is Actually Impressing People?

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Yeah, I couldn't believe it either, but the No. 6 overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft may have actually improved. Despite the fact that he's been the most disappointing Chinese import since those toys with lead in them, and he's already been traded twice in three years, Jianlian has ...

Finally, Something Happened At The NBA Trade Deadline!

Friday, February 19th, 2010

After an entire season of talk, discussion, rumor and innuendo, NBA executives finally got off their tails and actually made some moves before Thursday's trade deadline. After last year's deadline day flop, the flurry of moves - involving some fairly big names - before yesterday's deadline was actually impressive. Here's a ...

McD’s I Have Nothing Better To Do Tonight NBA Draft Live Blogapalooza

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

6:50 - Evening. This is around the 5,000th live blog of the NBA Draft going on tonight, and at least 1,000 of those are more qualified to dissect tonight's picks than I am. But hey, screw it, I need something to do tonight. I'll be live-blogging with a heavy heart ...