Skiles will coach Bucks

Never, since there wasn't a single team in the NBA that would have taken Paul over Bogut at the time...

The same can't be said for Bowie over Jordan, Barkley and Perkins.

It was still a colossal fuck-up, but it was one most teams would have made...

 

Loved Skiles as a player, but he did a crappy job with the Bulls. Shocked at the hire.

 

Andrew Bogut is the least of the Bucks problems. Yes, they would've been better off with with Paul, but he is a very good player. He's one of the top centers in the East, but has been completely misused by the Bucks staff and is still averaging nearly a double-double a game.

If they build the offense around him instead of trigger happy Michael Redd, Bogut is a 20-10-4 talent. If he leaves Milwaukee, I bet he gets exponetially better.

He's not even close to Bowie over Jordan for several obvious reasons, but my point is, he's a good player that's been horribly misused.

 

There wasn't a lack of interest. There were several teams persuing him, but from what I read, Milwaukee gave him "an offer he couldn't refuse."

 

I don't know if crappy is the best way to describe his tenure. He was instrumental to their revival as a franchise. I think most NBA execs would laud his tenure there. This year got away from them pretty early, partially due to contractual issues.

 

Evidently, he refused.

 

Damnit. I just came back to edit that when I realized the mistake.

 

Agreed, the two aren't even remotely close. Paul didn't go to til the 4th pick and there was never even a question about him going 1st ahead of Bogut. And Bogut hasn't been that bad, he sure as hell isn't a Bowie type bust.

But you certainly can rip Atlanta's decision to take Marvin Williams over Paul at a time when they were overloaded with forwards and needed a point. Now THAT was an indefensible pick.

 

Worst part about that choice? The ostensible reason for going with Bogut is that Bucks already had their young PG: T.J. Ford.
So they played one more year and then shipped him to Toronto.
Great call, fellas.

 

It actually was a pretty good call, given Ford's spinal cord.

 

Wake up, fella.
Was referring to picking Bogut over Paul because Ford was on the roster. (His back problems already were well known at the time).

 

Skiles actually did a very nice job with the Bulls. Up until this year they played really hard and quite well. That he could squeeze 49 wins out of last year's team was impressive.