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Of course, that will be easily forgotten if the Bucks reach the playoffs, which has always been Kohl’s primary goal for his GMs and head coaches. By making the playoffs, Kohl would also save himself an exorbitant amount of money. Skiles and Hammond each have one more season left on their contracts: Skiles for around $5 million and Hammond for around $2 million. At the same time, nobody should be startled if Kohl swallows one or even both of those contracts. After all, Kohl is fully cognizant of the Bucks’ rapidly deteriorating fan base. Last season, the Bucks managed just four sellouts at the Bradley Center; this season, they’ve have had only two. The Bucks’ average attendance this season is 14,747, a franchise low. Racine Journal-Times

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Nelson coached the Bucks from 1976-87 and compiled a 540-344 record. That is easily the most wins in Bucks’ history and his winning percentage of .661 is the best among the 11 coaches in franchise history. Current Bucks coach Scott Skiles began his pro playing career in Milwaukee in 1986 under Nelson. Skiles said Nelson made an impact on him and felt it was inevitable before Nelson would be accorded the game’s ultimate honor. “It seems obvious to me,” Skiles said of Nelson’s selection. “He’s won more games than anybody else. He did it with different franchises. He was a three-time coach of the year (in 1983, 1985 and 1992).” Racine Journal-Times

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Bogut comes from a hard-working family and adopted a similar approach to his job. Bogut didn’t receive the John Wooden award while at Utah, become the No. 1 overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft or earn third-team all-NBA honors because he lacked toughness. When Skiles made his ill-conceived remarks, an already strained relationship between the coach and star player became virtually non- existent. While Skiles later recognized he had struck a sensitive chord with Bogut and attempted to rectify the problem by apologizing to him, the damage was clearly done. Racine Journal-Times

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Skiles and Bogut continued to be odds at various times this season. In a game against Denver at the Bradley Center, Skiles benched Bogut for all but seven minutes of the second half. In that same game, Skiles benched Jackson for the entire second half. After the game, Jackson, who has never been bashful about expressing his feelings, verbally lashed out at Skiles. And it wasn’t for benching him; it was for benching Bogut. In Jackson’s opinion, Skiles disrespected a veteran and the team’s best player. Racine Journal-Times

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The 7-foot center said he did not have a falling out with Skiles, his coach for the past four seasons. "Definitely not," Bogut said. "We got into it like anybody else. It's ridiculous. I never came out and said anything along those lines (of a rift). Skiles knew my value and that by defending you helped the team. "We got along for the most part. I demanded the best of him; he demanded the best of you. So be it." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

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Gery Woelfel: I wonder who's happier tonight: Andrew Bogut or Scott Skiles? Let's just say they won't be getting together any time soon ... If ever. Twitter

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Now, a month later, Jackson's relationship with Skiles seemingly has disintegrated. In an interview with Rod Burks of Channel 4 (NBC) in Milwaukee, Jackson said: "We don't have no relationship like I've had with other coaches and I don't expect to have one. Too much stuff has happened." Racine Journal-Times

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Considering the strained relationship and Jackson's limited playing time and productivity, it's a given the Bucks will try to unload Jackson before the March 15 trading deadline. That won't be easy, though. Jackson is being paid $9.2 million this season and is guaranteed $10 million next season. That's a lot of money for a 33-year-old reserve player. Yet, there are some NBA officials who believe Jackson could be traded if he was part of a package, perhaps with talented young forward Irsan Ilyasova or perhaps with talented young point guard Brandon Jennings. Racine Journal-Times

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That's why Bucks coach Scott Skiles pulled sardonic out of his toolbox for a pregame chat in Chicago the other night. The topic was luck, which he and his team know about in the same way the 99 percenters know about wealth. "We're all pretty foolish if we don't realize the effects of luck in life," Skiles said. "Pretty lucky the Bulls got Derrick Rose when you look at the percentages [in the 2008 Draft lottery]. That's very, very lucky. Very lucky that David Robinson went down that year ... that allowed the Spurs to get Tim Duncan [in 1997]. So there's always things out of people's control. "We've been on the wrong end of that and it's obviously hurt us. We're the type of team, we need all of our guys healthy and able and playing well to win our share of games. It is a little tiresome to always have to overcome guys being out. But it is what it is -- that's exactly what we have to do, try to overcome it." NBA.com

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The Bucks released guard Darington Hobson on Friday morning, bringing their roster to 14 players, one shy of the league maximum. But coach Scott Skiles said no move was imminent to fill the empty roster spot. "We're always looking but it's not, right at this moment, leading to anything," Skiles said after the morning shoot-around at the Palace of Auburn Hills. "It's just a decision we made and it does free up a roster spot. "But as of today it doesn't have any relevance on any other move." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

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Bucks coach Scott Skiles shook up his lineup in the second half, benching shooting guard Stephen Jackson for the entire half and using starting center Andrew Bogut for just 7 minutes before replacing him with backup Larry Sanders. "If they want to blame it on somebody, I'll take the blame," said Jackson, who finished with two points on 0-of-6 shooting in 17 minutes. "I guess they expected me to spaz out and go crazy, but it's too late in the game for that. I don't know what they were trying to prove. When he (Skiles) didn't play me, my thoughts were to support the young fellas and support everybody out there and try to get this win. "If they want to make it personal, they can. I'm used to it." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

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Charles F. Gardner: Stephen Jackson not with team and getting second opinion on back injury, said Bucks coach Scott Skiles. Twitter

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Members of the current Bucks coaching staff also were in attendance, including head coach Scott Skiles and assistants Jim Boylan, Joe Wolf, Anthony Goldwire and Bill Peterson. And Moncrief doubled up as an alum and the newest member of the coaching staff. Nelson hired Moncrief for coaching jobs in Dallas and Golden State and said he was delighted the former Bucks star was back with the franchise. "It was a great hire by the Bucks," Nelson said. "He's worked for me two different times. I cried when he left me, but he had to go to another job because they paid more. But I really enjoyed working with Sid and he's an outstanding coach. "He demands respect because of what he's done, and he's a great leader." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

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Scott Skiles: Shaq was a serious worker, competitor, a really serious worker. I don't think he got enough credit for that, and I know that sounds crazy, because he's getting all of this credit now! But Shaq was serious and he really worked hard on his game. For instance, we got to pick him, and he came in. You don't have to be a genius to know that he was a can't miss. But he came in in September, came in early, when we were all playing, and got right after it. He was a hard-playing guy all of his career. At the time we also had Stanley Roberts, who he played with at LSU. He was just as big and really athletic and talented...there were a lot of battles between those two guys. (Roberts) had a silly side and the not-serious side...the first pickup game I ever saw the guy in person, Matt Guokas (then Orlando's coach) was sitting on the side and I came over, and I said '(Bleep), this guy is incredible.' NBA.com

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The Bucks, who are in the market for a backup point guard, conducted a formal interview with Brigham Young University star point guard Jimmer Fredette on the first day of the NBA pre-draft camp. Fredette said he had an intensive interview with several Bucks officials, including general manager John Hammond and head coach Scott Skiles. "I thought it went well," Fredette said. "I think they really like me and I really liked talking to them." Racine Journal-Times

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Scott Skiles, who has two years remaining on his contract, would return next season. Racine Journal-Times

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“It’s fair to say we did not have good leadership on our team this year,” said coach Scott Skiles. “But that’s something you can’t manufacture. You can’t just say that guy is a leader. “I guarantee you’d be shocked in all pro sports, when you’re on the inside of something like this and you know the league and players and coaches, and somebody in the media will say, ‘That guy’s the leader of that team’. Often times, it’s so far from the truth that it’s ridiculous. “You can’t manufacture that. It just naturally happens. Some people are just natural leaders. Other people can cultivate it some themselves. And then you need both. If you have good leadership on the team you also need guys that will follow the leader. Chemistry and all those things are very fragile things.” Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

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Regarding the team’s chemistry this season, Jennings said, “There’s always going to be chemistry issues when you have new players so the hardest thing is trying to get guys together. We had little chemistry problems here and there but it wasn’t anything major…guys trying to find their roles and get used to the new system. “It was a challenging season and I will learn from it.” Skiles said that it was “yet to be determined’ whether or not Jennings, Andrew Bogut, and John Salmons could be the foundation of a playoff team. And, as the Bucks move forward, is there anyone on the roster that management would consider to be an “untouchable” when it comes to trades? “How could we?” said Skiles. “That would be foolish.” Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

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Myers has never been an executive, but he has negotiated between "50 or 60 contracts" worth approximately $575 million (including the three-year deal of Warriors small forward Dorell Wright worth $11.5 million last July). He has never made a single draft pick, but he has landed plenty of lottery picks as clients amid a brutally competitive climate. He has never browsed the free-agent market for talent instead of a team, but he has personal relationships with players around the league that could certainly come in handy now that he has switched sides. SI.com

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Skiles oversaw a team that finished with a woeful 35-47 record and a non-playoff appearance - an unexpected dropoff from last season when the Bucks went 46-36 and advanced to the Eastern Conference playoffs. Skiles candidly admitted he was as much to blame for the Bucks' demise as anyone. "I failed in my job description," Skiles said. He then added, "I wasn't brought here to win 35 games." Skiles didn't dwell on how he "failed" as a coach this season, but it's no secret he and some of his players had issues during the course of the season. Racine Journal-Times

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