Does it talk about the Bucks sucking ass?
C- Milwaukee Bucks
Reigning Executive of the Year John Hammond should have realized that ball-hogger Corey Maggette and no-nonsense, defensive-oriented coach Scott Skiles would mix like oil and water. But Hammond has no control over the recovery time necessary for franchise cornerstone Andrew Bogut to regain his peak form of a year ago, before he suffered a horrific fall last April. Add in the injuries that have sidelined point guard Brandon Jennings (their second-best player), Hammond's other big offseason acquisition, forward Drew Gooden, and double-digit scorer Carlos Delfino, and you have the opposite of last year's feel-good story. Silver linings: According to Basketball-Reference, the Bucks have played the NBA's toughest schedule; and despite a woeful offense and 15-24 record, Milwaukee is only one games out of the eighth seed in the East -- and just one game behind the pace of last year's playoff team, which went 30-13 down the stretch.
