JSOnline (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Milwaukee Bucks general manager John Hammond was searching for a true point guard, someone to run the team's offense and fit in nicely with wing players Michael Redd and Richard Jefferson.
No Land Grab (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
ESPN.com by Chris Sheridan Several weeks ago, the New Jersey Nets sent their best all-around player, forward Richard Jefferson, to the Milwaukee Bucks, in a trade that brought them the 20-year-old Chinese seven-footer Yi Jianlian and forward Bobby Simmons. Though some speculated the deal was as much about selling tickets to New York's large Asian population as it was about putting a winning team on...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
There are plenty of dates to note on the Nets' schedule for renewing old acquaintances. And that's not just talking Jason Kidd and Richard Jefferson. Right off the bat, the Nets see some old familiar faces. In the season opener, they go against...
No Land Grab (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Atlantic Yards Report You've got to hand it to the relentless marketers behind the New Jersey Nets. Former star Richard Jefferson may have been expunged from the Atlantic Yards web site after he was traded to Milwaukee in June, but some product remained in the Nets' team store (right) until last week. (It's gone now.) I didn't get a screenshot, but, for a brief moment last week, Jefferson and Yi Jianlian,...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
A radical roster makeover in the past six months has moved the Nets into full-fledged rebuilding mode. And that suits New Jersey's trio of rookies just fine. With Jason Kidd, Richard Jefferson, and Marcus Williams shipped off in trades, and veteran...
The FanHouse - Milwaukee Bucks (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Filed under: Nets , Bucks , NBA Draft , New York , Milwaukee Blockbuster No. 2, my friends: SI.com 's Ian Thomsen says the Nets have agreed to ship expensive small forward Richard Jefferson to Milwaukee for Chinese star Yi Jianlian and highway bandit Bobby Simmons . No picks involved, says Thomsen. If this happens, it is a monumental deal. While J.O-for-T.J. might matter more on the court next season,...
The FanHouse - Milwaukee Bucks (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Filed under: Nets , Bucks , NBA Gossip This little tidbit comes from the New York Post, so by all means, take it with a grain of salt . But the word on the street is that Richard Jefferson isn't very happy about being traded from the Nets -- a hop-skip from possibly the most happening city in the entire country, NYC -- to the frozen tundra of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Behold: "He didn't seem very happy,"...
The FanHouse - Milwaukee Bucks (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Filed under: Nets , Bucks , New York , Milwaukee Crisis averted, if you let the reports Richard Jefferson had been displeased at being shipped to Milwaukee bother you much. As often happens with these things, Jefferson made to Milwaukee and seems happy now. In his introductory press conference today, Jefferson revealed what made the trade sweeter than originally perceived. After calming down and evaluating...
The FanHouse - Milwaukee Bucks (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Filed under: Bucks , Eastern , Milwaukee , NBA Transactions John Hammond has had an awfully busy first few months as the Bucks GM, finding a coach , preparing for the draft and swinging a semi-blockbuster deal for Richard Jefferson . He can now cross one more thing off his list: giving his franchise center an extension . Andrew Bogut has agreed on a five-year deal that could be worth up to $72.5 million,...
The Basketball Jones (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
So, this is it Gil. No more being the funny man, no more ripping people in your blog, no more laughing at Richard Jefferson when he gets traded to Milwaukee. No more beautiful poetry like: “Roses are red, violets are blue, and … I can’t remember the rest.” You’re not gonna be yourself anymore. In [...]
The Final Score (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Here is Gilbert Arenas' comments on his blog about the wonderful city of Milwaukee, which I first read on Hugging Harold Reynolds: Richard Jefferson going to Milwaukee …. HAHAHA! Oh man, now that is funny. When I heard that, I...
Playground Politics (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Buried in a July 14th post on the NBA.com Blog Squad, this beautiful nugget from Gilbert Arenas: Richard Jefferson going to Milwaukee …. HAHAHA! Oh man, now that is funny. When I heard that, I started laughing. Oh man, did I start laughing. You know why? Because every player hates Milwaukee. Nobody wants to live in Milwaukee. I’m sorry, Milwaukee, to come down hard on you, but no one in the NBA wants...
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Devin Harris recently lost one of his running mates when the New Jersey Nets traded Richard Jefferson to the Milwaukee Bucks.
Brew Hoop (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Found this nugget buried a few hundred words down in Gilbert Arenas' latest blog post on NBA.com: Richard Jefferson going to Milwaukee …. HAHAHA! Oh man, now that is funny. When I heard that, I started laughing. Oh man, did I start laughing. You know why? Because every player hates Milwaukee. Nobody wants to live in Milwaukee. I’m sorry, Milwaukee, to come down hard on you, but no one in the NBA wants...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
By now I’m sure everybody has heard all the hype surrounding the 2010 free agent class. The hype is not just media driven because certain teams are already dumping salaries to get under the cap by ’10. For example, the Nets gift-wrapped Richard Jefferson to Milwaukee for Bobby Simmons and Yi Jianlian, talk about an unbalanced trade [...]
