Skiles returns to Chicago as Bucks open up vs. Bulls
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10/28/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chicago Bulls and Milwaukee Bucks will both embark on new eras when the Central Division rivals open up their 2008-09 season tonight at the United Center.
The game will feature the return of former Bulls coach Scott Skiles to the United Center. The tough-minded taskmaster piloted the Bulls from 2003-04 until he was fired on Christmas Eve last year after the team stumbled out of the gates to a miserable 9-16 start.
Skiles resurfaced this offseason to take over the Bucks and will attempt to bring Milwaukee back from a dismal 26-56 record in the 2007-08 campaign.
Meanwhile, the Bulls selected Windy City native Derrick Rose with the No. 1 overall selection in the 2008 NBA Draft and the point guard will team with new head coach Vinny Del Negro as the faces of the franchise.
Del Negro, who played 12 NBA seasons, was an interesting choice as the team's new mentor since he has never coached at any level before. However, the North Carolina State product has always been regarded as having a high basketball IQ and he will have a number of experienced assistant coaches to lean on, including the highly-regarded Del Harris.
Del Negro inherits a roster still getting to know each other after a massive three-team trade deadline deal between the Bulls, Cleveland and Seattle last season. Chicago sent the declining Ben Wallace and Joe Smith to the Cavs while the Bulls took back Larry Hughes, Drew Gooden, Cedric Simmons and Shannon Brown.
It remains to be seen just what Del Negro envisions for the Bulls. Before he was fired early last season, Skiles preached defense and had an offense revolving around his guards and wingman Luol Deng. But, it doesn't look like Chicago has enough hard-nosed defenders to go back to that style.
However, with Kirk Hinrich, Hughes, Deng, Rose and Ben Gordon, the new coach has plenty of offensive options and may want to preach an up-tempo game plan.
Rose, who left five minutes into the Bulls' exhibition finale against the Bucks with a strained right hip flexor, is listed as probable and should be ready to open up his NBA career. Hughes is sidelined, however, with a dislocated shoulder.
Few teams in the NBA experienced as much turnover as the Bucks in the offseason. Gone are point guard Maurice Williams, who was shipped to Cleveland and promising power forward Yi Jianlian, who is off to New Jersey.
Guard Michael Redd, one of the best outside shooters in the game, and center Andrew Bogut remain the nucleus.
Redd averaged a team-best 22.7 points in 72 games last season, while Bogut led the club in rebounding (9.8 rpg). They will be joined by star small forward Richard Jefferson, who was acquired in the Yi trade, new point guard Luke Ridnour and rookie sharp-shooter Joe Alexander, the eighth overall pick in June's draft.
Redd has always enjoyed playing the Bulls, netting 30.6 points per game in his last 11 games against Chicago but that hasn't transferred into team success. The Bucks have gone just 3-9 versus the Bulls over the last three seasons and Chicago has won five straight and 12 of the last 14 meetings at the United Center.
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