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USA Today article on the Bucks and being a small market 

Post#1 » by trwi7 » Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:54 am

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketba ... -nba_N.htm

Some quotes from players and former players.

"If you ain't winning, it becomes real long and rainy and boring," said former Bucks and current Los Angeles Clippers guard Sam Cassell, who enjoyed his four-plus years (1999-2003) in which the Bucks finished .500 or above every season.


There's nothing wrong with Milwaukee that some 50-win seasons couldn't cure, several players say.


They have only four first-round draft choices
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Post#2 » by emunney » Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:39 pm

Good find.
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Post#3 » by skidjuret » Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:46 pm

"Eventually, we're going to have a team here," said Simmons, a free-agent acquisition in 2005. "It's all about opportunity. Some guys feel that it's greener on the other side, but sometimes it's not."


Bobby's quotes make absolutely no sense.
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Post#4 » by EastSideBucksFan » Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:47 pm

Whats the motivation for this article?


I'm just surprised to see this in a national publication
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Post#5 » by fam3381 » Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:49 pm

EastSideBucksFan wrote:I'm just surprised to see this in a national publication


No kidding...I can't figure out why someone would look at us right now and say, "America needs to hear their story." But I'm cool with it...good article.
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Post#6 » by RideEmCowboy24 » Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:50 pm

EastSideBucksFan wrote:Whats the motivation for this article?


I'm just surprised to see this in a national publication



probably because we're one of the smallest markets in all of professional sports and pretty much always have junky teams
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Post#7 » by jokeboy86 » Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:05 pm

The real question is you would think the local newspaper would have a long in-depth article about this organization and their history here in Milwaukee and their success and struggles.
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Post#8 » by unklchuk » Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:05 pm

If the player views playing in the NBA as a business, there are usually reasons to do business in a larger market.

But it's possible for management to be smarter than the NBA norm, and it's easier for a small market to create an atmosphere where everyone treats everyone with respect and understanding, where effort is contagious, and where the system makes the most of the players who join it. (Kinda like what the Packers did in the past and are trying to do now in little ol' Green Bay.)

But to think that a small market can be as mediocre as is the common norm, and can simultaneously enjoy success, is not at all realistic.
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Post#9 » by WEFFPIM » Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:41 pm

The article says the team is rebuilding.

Does this team know that?
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Post#10 » by Bernman » Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:51 pm

Gary Payton lived in Corvallis Oregon for 4 years, and grew up with barely adequate funds on the mean streets of Oakland, yet he was malcontent with 100 million dollars in his safe abode Milwaukee and adamant about how it was a boring town. That speaks to how much NBA players become prima donnas as soon as they get their multi-million dollar salaries, being insatiable beyond that point. I wonder how the 12-year old Gary Payton, or even 22-year old, would have responded to the 35-year old Gary Payton. It's all about perspective.
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Post#11 » by stellation » Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:53 pm

Do they have those sasusage races that they advertise on the FSN broadcasts everywhere or are they just held in Wisconsin? Surely they are a selling point? They are real, aren't they?
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Post#12 » by Stopshere2 » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:42 pm

stellation wrote:Do they have those sasusage races that they advertise on the FSN broadcasts everywhere or are they just held in Wisconsin? Surely they are a selling point? They are real, aren't they?


If Milwaukee really wants to get on the map, it needs a 'females only' beer can regatta on the lake. Chicks in bikinis and beer are an unbeatable combination!

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Post#13 » by Nebula1 » Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:42 am

It was a nice surprise reading the paper today. Not sure where it really came from, but nice to see the Bucks in the USA Today.


The best point of the article was stating the Bucks have the fewest 1st Round draft picks in the entire NBA and 5 less than average.
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Post#14 » by trwi7 » Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:18 am

stellation wrote:Do they have those sasusage races that they advertise on the FSN broadcasts everywhere or are they just held in Wisconsin? Surely they are a selling point? They are real, aren't they?


Every Brewers home game. Sometimes they even go on the road (last year they went to San Francisco)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=20K9CdAVxF4&feature=related
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