Archive for August, 2009

Aug6th

Rants on Sessions, Vick, Crabtree, and Construction

AUTHOR: Justin Malaise | IN: Rant | COMMENTS: 4 Comments

I am so sick of the Ramon Sessions stuff.  Things were suppose to be done over 2 weeks ago.  I understand this time of year can always be boring for fans, and I do not have a problem with that.  But when we are repeatedly told in the press “Knicks to sign Sessions to offer sheet by day’s end”, “Knicks to sign Sessions over weekend”, “Knicks to sign Sessions by Tuesday” we get fed up with it.  The Tuesday one has actually been reported on two different Tuesday’s.  Sign him, don’t sign, just stop talking about what it going to [...]

Aug4th

Bucks Schedule – First Impression

AUTHOR: Justin Malaise | IN: Bucks | COMMENTS: None Yet

The NBA announced the regular season schedule today.   Fans always like to look at schedules, see when they play certain teams, if/when they might be on national tv.  There are three things I look for in a schedule that do matter, how many back-to-back games the team has, how many 3 in 4 nights/4 in 5 nights, and then the other end of the spectrum how often does a team get 1 or 2 days between games.
First, dealing with the back to back.  These are obviously tough games to win on the second night.  In 2008-09 the Bucks had 22 back [...]

Aug3rd

Charting Warrick’s Career Improvement

AUTHOR: Justin Malaise | IN: Bucks | COMMENTS: 8 Comments

I am still unsure if the one year signing of Hakim Warrick means there is no chance of the Bucks retaining Sessions or not.  For the Bucks to retain Sessions at this point, they would likely have to go into the luxury tax for the 2009-2010 season.   It may have been the Bucks feeling all along that once the Knicks got involved, the Bucks would be losing Sessions.  After weighing what it would cost to match the Knicks, versus what it would look like to lose Sessions outright, versus the sign and trade possibilities, Warrick looked like a very good [...]