The Milwaukee Bucks and Golden State Warriors made a five-player swap that included an injury-prone centre and high-scoring shooting guard changing sides.Nike Roshe One Br Uomo . Numbers Game breaks down the deal that sent Monta Ellis to Milwaukee and Andrew Bogut to Golden State. The Bucks Get: SG Monta Ellis, PF/C Ekpe Udoh and C Kwame Brown. Ellis, 26, has been one of the most prolific scoring guards in basketball over the last five seasons, averaging 22.6 points per game since the start of the 2007-2008 season. Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade are the only guards to have scored at a higher per-game rate in that time. Unfortunately, Ellis isnt quite so adept at the other end of the floor. Hes undersized for a shooting guard and, paired with Brandon Jennings in the Bucks backcourt, is ripe to be exposed at the defensive end by bigger and more physical guards. Just as interesting as the Buckss defensive challenges with Ellis and Jennings (not unlike Golden States challenges with Ellis and Stephen Curry) will be their ability to share the ball in the backcourt. Ellis is averaging 19.0 field goal attempts per game this season while Jennings is putting up a career-high 17.1 field goal attempts per game (19.4 per game in March). With Stephen Jackson taking 10.5 attempts per game to Golden State, there are going to be fewer touches to go around. Signed through next season, with a player option for 2013-2014, Ellis contract pays him $11-million per season (salary info. per www.hoopshype.com). Udoh is a 24-year-old shot-blocker who is still developing his all-around game, but will have immediate value to the Bucks as a complement to Drew Gooden and Ersan Ilyasova in the Bucks big rotation. With a limited offensive game, Udohs presence as a shot blocker and help defender ought to be appreciated by defensive-minded coach Scott Skiles. Among players that have played last year and this year, Udoh ranks third in blocks per 48 minutes (3.9), behind only Serge Ibaka and JaVale McGee. Udoh is on his entry-level deal, paying him just under $3.3-million this season and a little over $3.5-million next season, with a team option for nearly $4.5-million in 2013-2014. The first overall pick in the 2001 draft, Kwame Brown has been bouncing around the league, only once averaging more than 10.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game, but his inclusion in this deal is for salary reasons. Hes out for the season with a pectoral injury, but is on the books for $7-million. The Warriors Get: C Andrew Bogut and SF Stephen Jackson. Bogut, 27, is a talented big man, one of three players to average a double-double in points and rebounds with at least 2.0 blocks per game over the last five seasons (joining Dwight Howard and Yao Ming), but Bogut is out with a broken ankle and may not return this season, which is fine for the Warriors, but more on that in a moment. Theres no denying that Bogut is talented and a legit 7-footer to man the post, but he has had a hard time staying healthy, missing 76 games over the last three seasons, before going down in the 12th game of this season. However, looking ahead to next season, Bogut offers real value to the Warriors as a big man who can finish around the rim (shooting 52.2% from the field for his career), as long as he manages to stay healthy. Bogut will be under contract for two more years, at cost of $27.35-million, after this season. Jackson is erratic, and the 33-year-old swingman has struggled this year in Milwaukee, shooting a career-low 35.7% from the field and averaging 10.5 points per game, but hes had success in Golden State in the past (averaging over 20.0 points per game in 2007-2008 and 2008-2009) and could be a useful rotation player for them. Making $9.26-million this year, Jackson is also under contract for next season, at a cost of $10.06-million. Jackson has been playing some shooting guard for the Bucks this season, so he may add size to the Warriors rotation. Since Jackson wont take all of Ellis minutes or shots, that means there should be a greater opportunity going forward for rookie Klay Thompson, who played more than 42 minutes Tuesday and has scored in double figures in five straight games. Now, the upshot to all of this, aside from changing each teams respective rotaton, is that Golden States pick in this years draft will go to the Utah Jazz unless it falls within the top seven picks. Currently, the pick is 10th, but with Bogut out and Ellis gone, there is the possibility that the Warriors will be able to play just poorly enough that they get to keep their pick and add another quality piece at the draft this year. Milwaukee, despite holding a current worse record than the Warriors (.429 to .462), is smelling a potential playoff berth this season now that they are tied with the New York Knicks for eighth in the Eastern Conference. The Bucks gets immediate value for Bogut, an injured asset, while the Warriors gains are more long-term, especially if they can play just poorly enough to get the seventh pick in the draft. Scott Cullen can be reached at Scott.Cullen@bellmedia.ca and followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. For more, check out TSN Fantasy on Facebook. Nike Roshe One Br 2015 . Zdeno Chara and Jarome Iginla scored for Boston. The Bruins took over the top spot in the Eastern Conference with 93 points, one more than Pittsburgh. Nike Roshe One Br . - Juho Lammikko scored and added two assists to lead the Kingston Frontenacs past the Peterborough Petes 5-3 on Thursday in Ontario Hockey League play.So the Buffalo Bills lost to the Atlanta Falcons by three in the Rogers Centre and the talk continues about the NFL coming to Canada, specifically Toronto. I can see both sides of optimism and possibility as well as pessimism and an unknown. There is no doubt that as a city and country, Toronto and Canada have a superiority by comparison to many American NFL cities in terms of population and marketing business opportunities. By comparison, Green Bay, Buffalo, Indianapolis and Jacksonville are small cities and the truth is, if the NFL can make it in those markets, they can make it happen in Toronto. Because it is high profile and new, the ability to sell out the stadium in the first few years would not be a problem. Im sure many that know little about football would purchase tickets just to be there. It really would be something and the revenue generated for eight home games would be significant and competitive to many established NFL teams. But will it be a success that lasts for years and decades? The presentation of football has changed dramatically over the years because of TV, points spreads, fantasy, red zone channel, pre-game shows and on and on and on. In many of the games, the stands are far from sold out. Even the Monday night game between the Giants and Redskins had many prime seats available. The Rogers Centre holds about 54,000 for football so it would be the smallest stadium in the NFL. A new stadium would cost billions to be competitive with other physical structures. But I do think it is going to happen. First would be London , second would be Los Angeles and third would be Toronto. I can only guess at a timeframe as it would take an identifiable owner of aggressive attitude to push it through. I do hope if and when it happens that the league relocates as opposed to expands. 32 teams is enough. Playoff Watch The NFC East is down to Dallas and Philadelphia. The Cowboys are 4-0 in the division and now have 11 days between games with the next one in Chicago on Monday night. With the Eagles, you cant express enough praise toward Nick Foles and his ability as a quarterback. He has 19 touchdowns and no interceptions this season, one away from equaling Peyton Manning last year (20-0). He is willing to take sacks and not take risks at just the right moment and has an understanding of all aspects of football that now puts him in the conversation with all the young quarterbacks with bright futures. But he has only started six games this year. As always with the NFC East, the teams you play and how they are playing is critical. The Cowboys remaining schedule includes road games at Chicago and Washington as well as home games against Green Bay and Philadelphia. The key game outside of the last one is the Packers if Aaron Rodgers is playing and Green Bay still has playoff hopes. If both answers are yes, that changes everything in that game. The Eagles have homes games against Detroit and Chicago along with road games at Minnesota and Dallas. Both schedules are about the same in evaluation of competitive reality so I would not be surprised if everything comes down to December 29 in Dallas. Pivotal Question I was asked the question the other day if the Jets should draft a quarterback with their first pick, which could be a good player. In the upcoming draft there may be as many as five quarterbacks that could be quick, efficient starters. Geno Smith has had a tough year. Mark Sanchez has had a tough year for different reasons. For Geno it is an inability to protect the ball consisteently and for Sanchez, it is an a heath issue. Nike Roshe One Bianche. I am not sure which one is going to rise to the starters position next year but if you already have two quarterbacks, do you really want a third? I do think with Smith, it is burn-out. When you think about it, it has been a year and a half since he has received a break from football. From the end of his collage season to the All-Star bowl games to the combine to the individual work-outs to the draft to the organized team activities to mini-camp to training camp and now Week 14, you can understand why he has regressed. It does not effect some players like Russell Wilson and some it does. I think Smith needs to take a vacation in February and come back in March and start all over again. So to answer the question, dont draft a quarterback, draft the best receiver you can when you time comes. Winning Ways The New England Pariots have now had 13 winning seasons in a row, which is pretty impressive, not only this year but overtime. Building a football team is one skill, building a good winning football program is a different skill. A team is that year and no other. Every team is different than the last one and a team has a one-year lifespan. A program is a set of circumstances over extended time. No doubt the biggest mistake in the Patriot "program" was the evaluation of Hernandez and its repercussions but the Patriots have recovered and now that block of time is a memory more than a point of adversity. But 13 winning seasons cant be rationalized, the best football "program " is just outside of Boston with the Patriots. Time To Sit In Washington, is there anyone out there who wants to see Kirk Cousins start a game or two instead of RG3? Robert Griffin is coming of his best game of the season but still takes too many shots. He has two knee injuries to the same knee and a third would be pretty much career-ending. I doubt it will happen but I would sit Robert Griffin and play Kirk Cousins for the last three games. It would make for extreme competition at quarterback in 2014 and give Griffin a true block of time to heal and take the knee brace off come summer football. Its a tough decision but sometimes the most logical ones are. Best of the Best And finally, the Seattle Seahawks play in San Francisco this week and I would not be surprised if the 49ers won. But, I was unable to evaluate that 34-7 win in one way. Seattle is very athletic up front across the offensive line. Having Russell 0kung and Max Unger and Breno Giacomini back at left tackle, centre and right tackle respectively was a difference-making trio of success. Their remaining schedule includes road games at San Francisco and the Giants as well as home games against Arizona and St. Louis and hopefully an NFC Championship. At 15-1, it would be well-earned. In the AFC, I look at the way Denver and New England responded and I say Denver is a better team. Both teams were coming off a very tough game against each other and both had to travel the next week (New England to Houston - Denver to Kansas City). The Patriots struggled to beat Houston and the Broncos looked good beating the Chiefs. Finally, football is a complex game and sometimes complicated while other times, its very easy. When we were watching Peyton Manning, it was easy to see his line of scrimmage read. There is Eric Decker out to his right lined up against a rookie cornerback. Just throw the ball to Decker. Sometimes football is complicated, sometimes its simple. Cheap Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys China Wholesale Jerseys ' ' '
