I'll say around 28-30, I cannot believe how bad the nucleus of this team is.  Bogut, Redd and Jefferson; hahaha Bogut is awful and his stats are way inflated because he played for such a terrible orginization (Bobby Simmons anyone?).  The worst part about it is this Bucks' version of the "big 3" won't be going anywhere for a long time.  Kohl has got to sell the team, its getting embarrassing; the good news is that Marquette looks tough this year so there may be some reason to attend the bradley center.

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41 seems like a nice guess.  Jefferson is a dramatic upgrade at small forward.  Bogut under Skiles will be more complete.  Redd will be Redd, but Skiles will make him at least give a defensive effort.  Sessions will be a better point guard than Mo (not more talented, but better at playing the point).  If we get that power forward position straightened out with say a Haslem for Mo; then I could see us winning 41 games.  Another big upgrade is coaching where Skiles will be ten-times better than every coach we've had since Nelson (yes including Karl who is a joke in my opinion).

love hoops:

41 seems like a nice guess.  Jefferson is a dramatic upgrade at small forward.  Bogut under Skiles will be more complete.  Redd will be Redd, but Skiles will make him at least give a defensive effort.  Sessions will be a better point guard than Mo (not more talented, but better at playing the point).  If we get that power forward position straightened out with say a Haslem for Mo; then I could see us winning 41 games.  Another big upgrade is coaching where Skiles will be ten-times better than every coach we've had since Nelson (yes including Karl who is a joke in my opinion).

Wow, just not seeing that at all....Bogut is ok at best, nothing skiles can do about that, if he was on the celtics he wouldn't see the floor and the bucks gave him 15 million a year.  Redd is a great complimentary player as is Jefferson I think 30 wins is about right.....oh and Sessions?  Come on.

The most will 25 or less..unless LK coaches it'll be 26. LOL

bogut would start on the celtics and sessions is the real deal. i watched sessions tonight and he played great..  sorry hater.

belding:

I'll say around 28-30, I cannot believe how bad the nucleus of this team is.  Bogut, Redd and Jefferson; hahaha Bogut is awful and his stats are way inflated because he played for such a terrible orginization (Bobby Simmons anyone?). 

There was nothing about the Bucks' style of play that was beneficial to Bogut in any way, shape, or form.  He hardly saw the ball with all of the outside chucking going on last year, and he was the only inside presense that anyone had to pay any attention to on this team.  How would that inflate his stats?

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belding:

I'll say around 28-30, I cannot believe how bad the nucleus of this team is.  Bogut, Redd and Jefferson; hahaha Bogut is awful and his stats are way inflated because he played for such a terrible orginization (Bobby Simmons anyone?). 

There was nothing about the Bucks' style of play that was beneficial to Bogut in any way, shape, or form.  He hardly saw the ball with all of the outside chucking going on last year, and he was the only inside presense that anyone had to pay any attention to on this team.  How would that inflate his stats?

You answered your own question, because he's the only option down low, and he got plenty of touches.  They stopped passing it to him because he's not that good.  I hate that "style of play" excuse, good players adapt and excel, plain and simple.  I suppose we didn't play Simmons type of ball, which is why he was horrible after playing well for the lowly clippers.  No, he played well for the clippers because they had little else, thats my point.  And there is absolutely no way he would play ahead of Perkins, he's one the toughest players in the NBA.  And get a grip, its summer league basketball against NBDL competition.  Maybe sessions will turn out ok, but don't bank on it.

i would guess around 500.  I hope the schedule this year does not have sooooooo many road games before Feb.  If so, they will lose and by Feb will be playing out the string.  Hopefully the home/away is a little more balanced.

48 Wins and playoffs!!!!

500 or better and 8 seed in the playoffs

I think 41 is a resonable possibility.

Still too early to tell.  I don't think Hammond is done dealing.  Regardless, I predict there will be too many new faces and roles to make a major improvement, record-wise, next season.  Just changing the culture of the team will be the biggest challenge and achievement, if it happens.  If the culture changes, it's a good season, IMO.  Hopefully it sets us up for a good 2009-10 season.