Expect Eric Bledsoe to start in his Bucks debut tonight, Matt Velasquez of The Journal Sentinel writes. Milwaukee will clash with the Spurs in San Antonio and Bledsoe will see his first taste of in-game action since October 21.
“For his first day of shootaround, you could see the dynamic of his speed, something that we don’t have at that position,” Bucks head coach Jason Kidd said. “We’ll find out here quickly [how he fits with the team].”
The 27-year-old guard has averaged 13.1 points and 4.6 assists per game over the course of his eight-year NBA career, his best two seasons coming with Phoenix last year and the year prior.
There’s more out of the Central Division:
- The Pistons know that Andre Drummond needs to keep his head in the game in order to be most effective. As Ansar Khan of MLive writes, the big man is well aware of that fact himself. “When I play with high energy and confidence it gives everybody else confidence and you can see it in everybody’s face when they’re playing,” Drummond said. “In previous years, I played down and it looked like it could bother me and everybody kind of moved around in slow motion.”
- If the Bulls are to choose one of Bobby Portis and Nikola Mirotic, K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune believes it would be the former. Portis, he writes, is well liked by his teammates. He’s also on a cheaper contract and would handle coming off the bench behind rookie Lauri Markkanen better.
- This isn’t Bucks forward Jabari Parker‘s first time recovering from an ACL injury. This time around, Steve Aschburner of NBA.com writes, he does so well aware of what the process entails – and in a nicer facility, to boot.
Portis has back to back double doubles with 20 points since coming back. Mirotic can’t be traded until February. Will they have to sit Mirotic like the Suns did Bledsoe?
Mirotic needs to go. He’s a clubhouse cancer, and he hasn’t lived up to the hype. Some games, he looks like a star….others, he looks like a dud.
Since he has been in the NBA, that’s the only thing thats been consistent. But God knows, he certainly hasn’t been consistent.
The team would be better off. And for the love of GOD, PLEASE get rid of Forman and Hoiberg. Just make Doug Collins the GM.
Hoiberg is absolutely clueless. The guy’s strategy is “Uhhhhhhhhhh.”
Just like Hoiberg, you forgot the d…
It’s more like, “DUUUUUH.” ….lol
Can’t wait until they clean house….one day…
Remember the Bulls post Jordan? It’s back!
Jan.15. At that point… Thompson for him & Nwaba!
It might take Mirotic that long to recover if his jaw was altered.
If Mirotic has to sit on the Bulls bench for a couple months waiting to get traded, it could get ugly!