The Milwaukee Bucks have been so bad for so long that when they were sold and the new owners wanted to talk about a new arena it didn't go over so well.
Most people in Milwaukee have been very wary of discussing spending on a new arena for a team that hasn't been able to fill the current arena. They have been so bad for so long that most people only checked the sports page to see how bad they lost by.
The new owners made waves with the public by bringing in Jason Kidd to be the Head Coach. They did it in a very nontraditional way that made headlines and not in a good way.
Lets face it, Milwaukee has not been a Basketball town in quite a long time. Milwaukee revolves around the Packers and the Brewers and on rare occasion when Marquette or UWM have a good year on the hardwood. But not a NBA Town.
Hell I used to be a season ticket holder for the Bucks many years back when they went to the playoffs and had a decent team. However when the Bucks started charging me $100 a seat per game and they were consistently putting worse teams on the floor, I bowed out. The kept raising the price, yet the product got cheaper.
This year started like most years of late, very low expectations. However there was quite a bit of hype about some of the players. They also wanted to get a new arena at a very hefty price tag. Yeah, well good luck with that.
But wait, these guys have been pretty damn exciting to watch. They are actually out there competing pretty much every night and they are playing hard. This might be a team I can get behind. Is NBA Basketball finally coming back to Milwaukee? Could these new owners be turning it around? It happened with the Milwaukee Brewers, new owner and new attitude.
Now the season is pretty young, but if what we are seeing from this team is any indication, they may be on to something here. Did you see that Memphis game? How about the big win in Triple OT against the Nets? WOW!!!!
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