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[Diesel]

You guys sound like Milwaukee fans last yr...

Listen to what they are saying now:

In reply to:

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: After an unprecedented meltdown last season, the Bucks have resumed the sloppy and sporadic play that kept them out of the playoffs last year in a wide open Eastern Conference. Who is to blame? How can the organization fix things? Is there any trade value or interest in Sam Cassell? And finally, I understand the importance of a third scorer in the NBA, but how can the Bucks succeed with their second-best player (Michael Redd) backing up their best (Ray Allen)?

-- Scott Larson, Madison, Wis.

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[Guest]

Sam Cassell is the X-Factor or was in their

near finals season.He averaged over 9APG

that season.

[swolehawk2]

I'm still trying to figure out how a team with Big Dog on it almost made it to the finals? And anybody who can score 20 a night is valuable to some team.

[Guest]

Jim Jackson/Larry Hughes and others have averaged

20PPG.Alot of players could score 20PPG if they took

as man shots as big hog.

[swolehawk2]

True...but JT does not need many shots to get 20 when he doesn't have to handle the ball.

[Guest]

Well he only shots 42% as a SG so he isn't much

better at SG....

[Guest]

one thing to keep in mind, and I'm just throwing this out there for conversation, but we all know and talked about how JT usually starts the season slow and comes around in December...it's January now, we'll see how he does