Milwaukee Bucks forward Carlos Delfino underwent surgery to repair a sports hernia on Thursday morning. He’s expected to return to basketball activities in six to eight weeks, according to a tweet from the Bucks.

Delfino missed 10 games at the end of the season due to a groin injury that he had suffered at the end of March. In 54 games this season, the starting small forward averaged nine points and almost four rebounds per game.

The Argentinian forward had been planning on joining his country’s team in the 2012 London Olympics this summer — a team that includes San Antonio’s Manu Ginobili and Houston’s Luis Scola. He told reporters last week that he hoped his decision to undergo surgery early on in the summer would allow him enough time to recover before the games. The Olympics begin on July 27.

Much of Delfino’s future is still in question, not only with the Argentinian national team, but also with the Bucks. Delfino is currently an unrestricted free agent, along with forwards Ersan Ilyasova and Kwame Brown.

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Scott Skiles will return to coach the Milwaukee Bucks next season.

Skiles told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Tuesday that he would be back as the team’s coach. His agent, Keith Glass, confirmed the decision in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. 

Glass said Skiles would not necessarily receive an extension before next season. Skiles has a year left on his contract, which was extended in 2010. 

Bucks officials did not immediately confirm the decision.

Skiles is 146-166 in four seasons with the Bucks.  He led Milwaukee to a 46-win season and made the playoffs in 2009-2010, where the Bucks lost to the Atlanta Hawks. They have missed the postseason two straight seasons since then.

The 2011-12 Bucks didn’t really fit Skiles’ typical hardnosed, defense-first approach to the game. They averaged 99 points per game this season, fifth-most in the league. An impressive passing team when they were at their best, the Bucks averaged 23.5 assists per game — third-best in the league.

But they gave up 98.7 points per game, putting them in the lower third of the NBA. And they were outrebounded by an average of 2.24 per game, the fifth-worst margin in the league. 

Certainly, the Bucks’ defensive and rebounding stats were hurt by the absence of Andrew Bogut, who spent much of the season struggling with more of the injury problems that have dogged his career. 

During his four seasons in Milwaukee, Skiles never had Bogut — the No. 1 pick in the 2005 draft — healthy for a full season. Then Bogut was traded to Golden State in a deal that sent gifted scorer Monta Ellis to Milwaukee. Skiles scrambled to fit Ellis and defensive-minded forward Ekpe Udoh into the team with a little more than a month left in the season.

Speaking to reporters the day after the Bucks lost their regular-season finale at Boston, Skiles sidestepped a question about whether he wanted to be back next season. 

“I have a contract with the team,” Skiles said at the time. “This is not a great time, probably, to ask or answer that question. It’s a disappointing season. I’m as responsible as anyone, probably more so, for the results of this season. I realize that. I would never run from something like that. I think I deserve, though, a few days to decompress before I get into detail about it.”

A full season of Ellis and Brandon Jennings playing together has the makings of an explosive backcourt. 

But on a team without a true superstar, Skiles said last week that every returning player had to improve over the summer to improve the Bucks’ outlook.

Despite a rough beginning to the season that included a 0-8 start on the road and an air of ongoing tension between Skiles and Stephen Jackson — which finally ended when Jackson was included in the trade with the Warriors, who subsequently sent him to San Antonio — the Bucks were beginning to play well just before the Bogut trade. Then they went on a run, winning four straight at the beginning of April to run their record to .500 and making the playoffs look like a realistic possibility.

But the Bucks lost five of their last seven to miss the playoffs. 

Going into next season, the Bucks could use a big man who can consistently guard the rim. 

“I think being undersized really had a lot to do with it,” Jennings said in the final week of the season. “Not to say that our big men weren’t doing the best job that they could, they were. It’s just that we didn’t have that true center like Bogut.” 

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MILWAUKEE (AP)

Scott Skiles will return to coach the Milwaukee Bucks next season.

Skiles told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Tuesday that he would be back as the team’s coach. His agent, Keith Glass, confirmed the decision in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.

Glass said Skiles would not necessarily receive an extension before next season. Skiles has a year left on his contract, which was extended in 2010.

Bucks officials did not immediately confirm the decision.

Skiles is 146-166 in four seasons with the Bucks. He led Milwaukee to a 46-win season and made the playoffs in 2009-2010, where the Bucks lost to the Atlanta Hawks. They have missed the postseason two straight seasons since then.

The 2011-12 Bucks didn’t really fit Skiles’ typical hardnosed, defense-first approach to the game. They averaged 99 points per game this season, fifth-most in the league. An impressive passing team when they were at their best, the Bucks averaged 23.5 assists per game – third-best in the league.

But they gave up 98.7 points per game, putting them in the lower third of the NBA. And they were outrebounded by an average of 2.24 per game, the fifth-worst margin in the league.

Certainly, the Bucks’ defensive and rebounding stats were hurt by the absence of Andrew Bogut, who spent much of the season struggling with more of the injury problems that have dogged his career.

During his four seasons in Milwaukee, Skiles never had Bogut – the No. 1 pick in the 2005 draft – healthy for a full season. Then Bogut was traded to Golden State in a deal that sent gifted scorer Monta Ellis to Milwaukee. Skiles scrambled to fit Ellis and defensive-minded forward Ekpe Udoh into the team with a little more than a month left in the season.

Speaking to reporters the day after the Bucks lost their regular-season finale at Boston, Skiles sidestepped a question about whether he wanted to be back next season.

”I have a contract with the team,” Skiles said at the time. ”This is not a great time, probably, to ask or answer that question. It’s a disappointing season. I’m as responsible as anyone, probably more so, for the results of this season. I realize that. I would never run from something like that. I think I deserve, though, a few days to decompress before I get into detail about it.”

A full season of Ellis and Brandon Jennings playing together has the makings of an explosive backcourt.

But on a team without a true superstar, Skiles said last week that every returning player had to improve over the summer to improve the Bucks’ outlook.

”Without the one guy that can carry you and covers up all other weakness, we need everybody,” Skiles said. ”We’re dependent on everybody getting better this summer. Everybody coming back with the right mindset and the understanding that if we don’t guard, we’re not going to be as good as we can be and things like that. If we can do that and stay healthy, we’ll have a pretty good year next year.”

Despite a rough beginning to the season that included a 0-8 start on the road and an air of ongoing tension between Skiles and Stephen Jackson – which finally ended when Jackson was included in the trade with the Warriors, who subsequently sent him to San Antonio – the Bucks were beginning to play well just before the Bogut trade. Then they went on a run, winning four straight at the beginning of April to run their record to .500 and making the playoffs look like a realistic possibility.

But the Bucks lost five of their last seven to miss the playoffs.

Going into next season, the Bucks could use a big man who can consistently guard the rim.

”I think being undersized really had a lot to do with it,” Jennings said in the final week of the season. ”Not to say that our big men weren’t doing the best job that they could, they were. It’s just that we didn’t have that true center like Bogut.”

Jennings has developed his game under Skiles and has been supportive of his coach. But with the season slipping away last week, Jennings acknowledged his frustration at falling just short of the playoffs for the second season in a row.

”We’re right there, but we weren’t able to capitalize on it,” Jennings said. ”So it’s not like we’re way at the bottom or anything, we’re always like ninth or 10th. It’s always like one or two games out. That’s the most frustrating part.”

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MILWAUKEE — Scott Skiles will return to coach the Milwaukee Bucks next season.

Skiles told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Tuesday that he would be back as the team’s coach. His agent, Keith Glass, confirmed the decision in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.

Glass said Skiles would not necessarily receive an extension before next season. Skiles has a year left on his contract, which was extended in 2010.

Bucks officials did not immediately confirm the decision.

Skiles is 146-166 in four seasons with the Bucks. He led Milwaukee to a 46-win season and made the playoffs in 2009-2010, where the Bucks lost to the Atlanta Hawks. They have missed the post-season two straight seasons since then.

The 2011-12 Bucks didn’t really fit Skiles’ typical hardnosed, defence-first approach to the game. They averaged 99 points per game this season, fifth-most in the league. An impressive passing team when they were at their best, the Bucks averaged 23.5 assists per game — third-best in the league.

But they gave up 98.7 points per game, putting them in the lower third of the NBA. And they were outrebounded by an average of 2.24 per game, the fifth-worst margin in the league.

Certainly, the Bucks’ defensive and rebounding stats were hurt by the absence of Andrew Bogut, who spent much of the season struggling with more of the injury problems that have dogged his career.

During his four seasons in Milwaukee, Skiles never had Bogut — the No. 1 pick in the 2005 draft — healthy for a full season. Then Bogut was traded to Golden State in a deal that sent gifted scorer Monta Ellis to Milwaukee. Skiles scrambled to fit Ellis and defensive-minded forward Ekpe Udoh into the team with a little more than a month left in the season.

Speaking to reporters the day after the Bucks lost their regular-season finale at Boston, Skiles sidestepped a question about whether he wanted to be back next season.

“I have a contract with the team,” Skiles said at the time. “This is not a great time, probably, to ask or answer that question. It’s a disappointing season. I’m as responsible as anyone, probably more so, for the results of this season. I realize that. I would never run from something like that. I think I deserve, though, a few days to decompress before I get into detail about it.”

A full season of Ellis and Brandon Jennings playing together has the makings of an explosive backcourt.

But on a team without a true superstar, Skiles said last week that every returning player had to improve over the summer to improve the Bucks’ outlook.

“Without the one guy that can carry you and covers up all other weakness, we need everybody,” Skiles said. “We’re dependent on everybody getting better this summer. Everybody coming back with the right mindset and the understanding that if we don’t guard, we’re not going to be as good as we can be and things like that. If we can do that and stay healthy, we’ll have a pretty good year next year.”

Despite a rough beginning to the season that included a 0-8 start on the road and an air of ongoing tension between Skiles and Stephen Jackson — which finally ended when Jackson was included in the trade with the Warriors, who subsequently sent him to San Antonio — the Bucks were beginning to play well just before the Bogut trade. Then they went on a run, winning four straight at the beginning of April to run their record to .500 and making the playoffs look like a realistic possibility.

But the Bucks lost five of their last seven to miss the playoffs.

Going into next season, the Bucks could use a big man who can consistently guard the rim.

“I think being undersized really had a lot to do with it,” Jennings said in the final week of the season. “Not to say that our big men weren’t doing the best job that they could, they were. It’s just that we didn’t have that true centre like Bogut.”

Jennings has developed his game under Skiles and has been supportive of his coach. But with the season slipping away last week, Jennings acknowledged his frustration at falling just short of the playoffs for the second season in a row.

“We’re right there, but we weren’t able to capitalize on it,” Jennings said. “So it’s not like we’re way at the bottom or anything, we’re always like ninth or 10th. It’s always like one or two games out. That’s the most frustrating part.”

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MILWAUKEE – The newest member of the Milwaukee Bucks is trying to connect with fans, taking out a quarter page ad in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 

In the ad, Monta Ellis thanks fans for their warm welcome and expresses his excitement in coming to Milwaukee. 

Ellis played his debut Friday night against his former team, scoring 18 points, four rebounds, four assists and three steals in the Bucks victory over the Golden State Warriors.

The ad states,

“I wanted to share with you how thrilled I am to be a member of the
Milwaukee Bucks. In just two days I sense the feeling of community and
teamwork, both of which are very important to me and my family.
I am looking forward to contributing to the Bucks organization and also
becoming a part of your community.

I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi and family was at the core of my
upbringing. I already sense the genuine and caring nature displayed
throughout the Bucks organization and the friendly welcome you
have given me in my brief interactions with members of the community.

I will work hard and contribute in every way possible to help the
Milwaukee Bucks compete in the NBA playoffs…
in 2012 and for many years to come.

On behalf of my wife, Juanika, and our
children, thank you again for making me
feel at home since I became part of
the Milwaukee Bucks and
your wonderful city.”

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Friday was Monta Ellis night at Oracle Arena.

In his first game since being traded by the Warriors to Milwaukee, Ellis finished with 18 points, four rebounds and four assists in 38 minutes as the Bucks routed his former team 120-98. It wasn’t one of his most sterling performances, but Ellis still captured Warriors fans.

“It was great how the fans applauded, showed their respects,” Ellis said. “I respect them for that. Much love. I’ve been here for seven years. It was up and down, but at the end of the day, I can’t ask for anything more.”

When his name was announced with the Bucks’ starting lineup, he got a standing ovation, which increased after his two-hand wave to the fans. He got another ovation when

just before tipoff he went over to the Warriors’ bench and greeted his former teammates — and kissed his son, who was in his usual spot behind Golden State’s bench.

Then, after the first timeout, fans cheered again after a video tribute.

“You’ve got to respect a guy like that,” said Ellis’ new backcourt mate, Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings. “A guy who played hard like that, a guy who basically was carrying this team for a long time. There was a lot of love. Even when he was sitting on the bench. I can tell they were upset that he’s gone. But, uh, we’re happy.”

On Tuesday, after six-plus years wearing No. 8 for the Warriors, Ellis was traded to the Bucks, along with big men Ekpe Udoh and Kwame Brown, for one-time All-NBA

center Andrew Bogut.

Golden State also got swingman Stephen Jackson, a former Warrior, in that trade — but shipped him to San Antonio just before the trade deadline Thursday for small forward Richard Jefferson, guard T.J. Ford (expected to retire because of injury) and the Spurs’ conditional first-round pick.

Bogut and Jefferson were in attendance. Bogut is unable to play because of a fractured left ankle. Jefferson wasn’t able to play because the trade is not yet complete, as Stephen

Jackson had yet to pass his physical with the Spurs.

No matter anyway, as it was all about Ellis on Friday. He said before the game it felt “weird” but still seemed to be happy with the move.

It was certainly a different Ellis from the one Warriors fans were used to. He was wearing green and scarlet instead of blue and gold, No. 11 — “My high school number” — instead of No. 8. No longer the centerpiece star, he was a cog in what looked like a well-oiled machine.

Former Warrior Mike Dunleavy had 24 points on eight shots. Forward Luc Mbah a Moute had a career-high 22 points to go with 17 rebounds. Ellis finished third on the Bucks in scoring.

“I think it’s best for both teams,” Ellis said, adding, “I knew it was going

to come to this at one point I my life. I used to be that young guy coming in and playing behind Baron (Davis) and Stephen Jackson and then they (left). I knew one day that some young guy was going to come in behind me and do the same thing, so I was prepared for it.”

The guy who replaced Ellis, rookie swingman Klay Thompson, had a stat line that resembled his predecessor. Thompson finished with 19 points on 6-of-17 shooting with four assists.

Power forward David Lee led the Warriors with 22 points and nine rebounds. Small forward Dorell Wright had 17 points and seven rebounds.

But it was the Warriors’ defense that completely failed Friday. Ellis didn’t even need a big night, as Milwaukee scored a season-high in points while

shooting 48.4 percent. The Bucks had six players in double figures, with Jennings’ 13 being the lowest.

And the Bucks played without one of their best players, Ersan Ilyasova (illness).

“They destroyed us,” Warriors coach Mark Jackson said. “They treated us like we were their little brothers. … Anyway you look to define being thoroughly outplayed and physically beaten up, we made a case for it.”

Ellis said he didn’t have any revenge motives. But on his first time touching the ball, he took a shot. He pulled up from the left corner of the free-throw line and dropped in the 15-footer.

He wound up with eight points on 2-of-5 shooting with two steals in the first quarter. Milwaukee dominated early, taking a 31-12 lead

into the second quarter — Golden State’s season-low for points in a quarter. Ellis didn’t have to do much else the rest of the way.

“I really just want to get the win,” Ellis said before the game. “I’m not going to try to come out here and kill the Warriors. Like I said, they were great to me. They gave me my shot. If it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t be the Monta Ellis I am today.”

After the final horn sounded and he completed his postgame interviews on the court, Ellis said one more goodbye to the fans. He waved to the screaming remnants as he headed toward the visiting locker room.

Monta Ellis night was complete.

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