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NBA Rumors – Monta Ellis Leaving the Milwaukee Bucks
Despite an option to stay with the Milwaukee Bucks for another season and make $11 million, it seems that Monta Ellis will use his early termination option and hit the open market as an unrestricted free agent once the season is over, thinking he’ll be able to make more money elsewhere on another long-term deal.
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LeBron James Dunks After Using the Backboard to Assist Himself
Sometimes, the only person you can rely on is yourself, so when you’re LeBron James, with all of the pluses and talents that includes, not using help from anyone else isn’t such a bad thing. Take for example his impressive improvisation in the Heat’s win over the Milwaukee Bucks, by avoiding an awkward situation with some ingenuity, using the backboard as a platform to assist himself and set up a dunk.
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Los Angeles Lakers – An Old & Lazy Bunch of Players, Not a Team
Any time the Milwaukee Bucks really needed a shot, they got it. Larry Sanders played like an NBA All-Star with the amazing defensive duo of Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol guarding him, while the perimeter defense of Kobe Bryant, who left the arena on a crutch, helped Brandon Jennings and Monta Ellis look like the best backcourt duo in the NBA
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Milwaukee Bucks – When Brandon Jennings & Monta Ellis are at Their Best
There’s nothing that’s going to stop the Milwaukee Bucks from reaching the postseason for the first time in four years, and despite all the criticism both Brandon Jennings and Monta Ellis take for being a bit too selfish for most people’s taste, it’s probably a good thing that we’ll get to see a little bit more from one of the better backcourt duos in the NBA.
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Monta Ellis With Amazing 360 Reverse Layup
Sometimes, when you overlook the terrible shooting stats, you remember Monta Ellis is an exceptional scorer, pulling off one of the shots of the season with a 360 reverse layup in a huge night for him and the Milwaukee Bucks, beating the Utah Jazz.
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Best & Worst Scorers in the NBA
What makes the best scorer in the NBA? Is it simply the points? Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant and Carmelo Anthony are leading that battle, but LeBron James and James Harden aren’t too far behind, and James is the best or second best from that group, because shooting ratios and volume scoring also come into consideration.
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Monta Ellis Buzzer Beater Better Than Jeremy Lin Assist
If it wasn’t for Monta Ellis hitting an insane buzzer-beater from well beyond the three-point line to give the Milwaukee Bucks a 110-107 win over the Houston Rockets, Jeremy Lin would have owned the highlight of the night with his behind the back assist to Chandler Parsons.
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Monta Ellis is the Worst Three Point Shooter in NBA History
The reason Monta Ellis has a career average of 19.4 points per game isn’t because he’s such an excellent scorer, but because of being a high-volume one, which means he takes more shots than his success ratio suggests, which makes it no wonder the Milwaukee Bucks are considering trading him in the next couple of days.
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Milwaukee Bucks – Brandon Jennings & Ersan Ilyasova Taking Over
It looks like closing out games in the fourth quarters is turning into the Brandon Jennings job, while Monta Ellis takes a side seat to the younger and better guard in the duo, while Ersan Ilyasova is suddenly making up for all of his bad games earlier this season for the Milwaukee Bucks.
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Milwaukee Bucks – Brandon Jennings Enjoying Basketball Again
It happens every time – Scott Skiles gets fired, and the team he leaves starts flourishing. Since Skiles left the Milwaukee Bucks and Jim Boylan took over, the Bucks have won five of their last seven, the latest coming with a big Brandon Jennings performance in a 110-104 victory against the Portland Trail Blazers.