SCOTT SKILES RUMORS & GOSSIP
Skiles May Be Frontrunner For Nets' Job
Scott Skiles is the frontrunner to become the next head coach of the Brooklyn Nets.
Skiles was fired in the middle of last season by the Milwaukee Bucks.
Skiles previously was head coach of the Phoenix Suns and Chicago Bulls.
The Nets fired Avery Johnson in December and parted ways with interim head coach P.J. Carlesimo following their first round exit to the Bulls.
Suns take on Skiles-less Bucks in Milwaukee
A victory over the defending NBA champs late last month had the Milwaukee Bucks off to their best start in seven seasons.
They haven't won since, and now they're getting a new coach.
In the first game since Scott Skiles and the team parted ways, Milwaukee will try to avoid its first five-game losing streak in exactly one year Tuesday night against a Phoenix Suns club on...
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January 08, 2013
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Report: Bucks, Skiles part ways
After four seasons, one playoff appearance, and a 162-182 record, head coach Scott Skiles and the Milwaukee Bucks have parted ways.
Skiles accepts responsibility for early end
ST. FRANCIS, Wisc. Just 12 hours or so after the Milwaukee Bucks' season had ended -- one coaches and players alike described most often with one word: "disappointing" -- Bucks coach Scott Skiles stood on the court of the team's practice facility, responding to questions about what to expect of his team next season and whether he'd even be there to see it....
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April 27, 2012
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Skiles frustrated by close call vs. lowly Bobcats
MILWAUKEE Even with a win, Bucks coach Scott Skiles did not leave the arena Friday night in good spirits.
With the league's worst team -- the 7-46 Charlotte Bobcats -- in Milwaukee, the Bucks were losing with less than four minutes remaining. Though a 12-6 run the rest of the way gave Skiles' group a much-needed win as they chase the Eastern Conference's final playoff...
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April 07, 2012
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Skiles wants Bucks to show 'will' on defense
ST. FRANCIS, Wis. Since Milwaukee Bucks coach Scott Skiles arrived in Milwaukee three-plus seasons ago, he has said that if his team's offense can consistently score in the mid- to upper 90s, his team will be in good shape.
This assumes, of course, that Skiles' perennially stifling defense is playing up to its usual standards.
Unfortunately for the Bucks, that hasn'...
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February 14, 2012
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Bucks coach gets tossed intentionally
Milwaukee Bucks coach Scott Skiles says he got ejected from his team's game against the Cavs on purpose. Stephen Jackson says it sparked the team's overtime win.
Bucks putting the clamps down defensively
As much as the Bucks have struggled this season, especially in the second half, there is reason for optimism as the team continues its west coast road trip tonight against the Los Angeles Clippers.Once again, head coach Scott Skiles' team is among the league's best defensive squads. The Bucks are second in turnovers forced (19.2 per game), third in opponents' field goal...
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January 07, 2012
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Skiles: We just didn't play well enough to win
In opening a stretch of five games in seven days against Western Conference opponents, the Milwaukee Bucks were hoping to build off the momentum of two consecutive victories by taking advantage of a Denver squad playing its third game in as many nights.
Unfortunately, another bad quarter doomed the Bucks, who fell to the Nuggets 91-86 Monday night in Denver.
Unlike in the previous...
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January 03, 2012
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Skiles expects improvement vs. Timberwolves
ST. FRANCIS, Wis. As the Milwaukee Bucks prepare for their second and final exhibition game, Wednesday night against Minnesota at the Bradley Center, head coach Scott Skiles isn't quite sure what to expect from his team.
The Bucks and Timberwolves faced off last Saturday at the Target Center in Minneapolis in the exhibition opener. Minnesota rallied from a 10-point deficit...
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December 20, 2011
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THE BUCKS HOT 16
