Here at Sparty and Friends, we have reached NBA preview time (again). There will be one team per work day leading up to the season opener (Celts vs. Cavs, October 27th at 7:30pm on TNT). The teams are ordered by record starting with last place and going up through the non-playoff teams, followed by the playoff teams in order of elimination (or lack thereof in the Lakers’ case). We’ve already grabbed a Sac(To) lunch, went off to see the Wizards, turned to JP and the Clips, visited a Grizzly veteran, played some Timber sports, found our inner Warrior, rolled with the Thunder, wonder ed why there exists in today’s hip-hop NBA a team named after a older than old school piece of clothing, shared the regret of naming a team after a popular movie, headed to Brooklyn Russia New Jersey, and now we try to Buck the trend…

That trend is the fact that the Bucks are really bad. They’ve been that way for a while. There are plenty of fat children that can’t stop eating cheese somewhere in Wisconsin that have no idea who “Big Dog” even is. This saddens me. Does it sadden you? Actually, come to think of it, I think a big fat baby who can’t stop eating cheese is kind of funny. Alright, now I’m giggling. I guess I’m not saddened. Oh well. That’s the Bucks for you. They are off your mind in only a matter of seconds. In fact, I had to upload their logo at the beginning of my writing (I normally do it at the end) just to remember who it is I’m supposed to be writing about. Then I realized that I would have to stare at that really ugly logo all the time. That’s why the old logo is up there. Got it? Now let’s jump…

Check their stats…

Last Year’s Record: 34-48 (last in Central Division, tied for 4th to last in Eastern Conference, tied for 9th to last in the NBA)

Last Year’s Prediction (GITC): 15-20 wins, 11-15 in the Eastern Conference

Coach: Scott Skiles

Expected Starting Lineup: Luke Ridnour, Michael Redd, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Amir Johnson, Andrew Bogut

Expected Bench Contributors: Brandon Jennings, Carlos Delfino, Kurt Thomas

So the team isn’t good. In fact they were bad last year and looking back at the preview from the last season, they’ve fallen. Get this: the difference in the rotation from year to year is Richard Jefferson, Charlie Villanueva, and Ramon Sessions for LRMAM, Amir, and Jennings. That is a huge step down. I’m not even sure how low I can go on the prediction. Don’t get me wrong, I love Jennings. And they drafted Jodie Meeks in the second round. Great picks. But the team out there now is one of the worse rosters I’ve ever seen. I thought Kurt Thomas was dead. If you want to read an entire paragraph on how bad I feel for Michael Redd, check last year’s column.

They aren’t really out of the woods after this season, there are still a bunch of contracts on the books. But they have under $20 million on the cap for 2011-2012. This might be useful if only anybody wanted to move the team out of Milwaukee. As is, nobody major is going to want to go there. Not because it’s not a great city, but because you end up second to the Packers. Your boss would be a really old guy who’s also in the Seanate. Sessions is gone, so that eleminats the reason of wanting to play with a great point guard. Decision? Move them to Seattle.

Video of the Day time! This is a Jennings video from a game in high school. Yes, a single game. And he sat out the last 4:35. So he did all this in 27:25. That makes perfect sense especially when you realize that Oak Hill doesn’t play in a conference and barely ever plays an easy game.

Best Comment From Last Season’s Preview of This Team time! This one goes out to SAE, who summed up his own awful team thusly…

we’re kind of like the knicks of the midwest, but we spend less money (i think). bad players will always have a home in Milwaukee.

That’s about right, I think.

For a prediction I’m going with the same one as last year. Hopefully they get good picks and use them well again.

Prediction: 15-20 wins, 11-15 in the Western Conference

Guyinthecorner is an author here at spartyandfriends.com. He writes the NBA section, X-Games section, and contributes to College Basketball and MLB. He doesn’t watch hockey except when the circumstances are dire. He’s not sure how to rate Michael Phelps on the scale of athletes not only because he doesn’t directly compete against people, but because he is a fish. He doesn’t understand the hate for the 2002 National Champion Maryland Terrapins and wishes everybody would just shut up by now. He is known for having statistical formulas and might be Bill James or Joe Lunardi depending on who you ask. His identity is as hidden as many times over as the number of internet memes he employs in his comments. Some have called him “The Riddler.” He can be reached at gitc@spartyandfriends.com. “GITC” is an acronym for guyinthecorner in case you aren’t that perceptive.

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