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The Milwaukee Bucks and Golden State Warriors made a five-player swap that included an injury-prone centre and high-scoring shooting guard changing sides. Cam Newton Camo Jersey . Numbers Game breaks down the deal that sent Monta Ellis to Milwaukee and Andrew Bogut to Golden State. The Bucks Get: SG Monta Ellis, PF/C Ekpe Udoh and C Kwame Brown. Ellis, 26, has been one of the most prolific scoring guards in basketball over the last five seasons, averaging 22.6 points per game since the start of the 2007-2008 season. Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade are the only guards to have scored at a higher per-game rate in that time. Unfortunately, Ellis isnt quite so adept at the other end of the floor. Hes undersized for a shooting guard and, paired with Brandon Jennings in the Bucks backcourt, is ripe to be exposed at the defensive end by bigger and more physical guards. Just as interesting as the Buckss defensive challenges with Ellis and Jennings (not unlike Golden States challenges with Ellis and Stephen Curry) will be their ability to share the ball in the backcourt. Ellis is averaging 19.0 field goal attempts per game this season while Jennings is putting up a career-high 17.1 field goal attempts per game (19.4 per game in March). With Stephen Jackson taking 10.5 attempts per game to Golden State, there are going to be fewer touches to go around. Signed through next season, with a player option for 2013-2014, Ellis contract pays him $11-million per season (salary info. per www.hoopshype.com). Udoh is a 24-year-old shot-blocker who is still developing his all-around game, but will have immediate value to the Bucks as a complement to Drew Gooden and Ersan Ilyasova in the Bucks big rotation. With a limited offensive game, Udohs presence as a shot blocker and help defender ought to be appreciated by defensive-minded coach Scott Skiles. Among players that have played last year and this year, Udoh ranks third in blocks per 48 minutes (3.9), behind only Serge Ibaka and JaVale McGee. Udoh is on his entry-level deal, paying him just under $3.3-million this season and a little over $3.5-million next season, with a team option for nearly $4.5-million in 2013-2014. The first overall pick in the 2001 draft, Kwame Brown has been bouncing around the league, only once averaging more than 10.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game, but his inclusion in this deal is for salary reasons. Hes out for the season with a pectoral injury, but is on the books for $7-million. The Warriors Get: C Andrew Bogut and SF Stephen Jackson. Bogut, 27, is a talented big man, one of three players to average a double-double in points and rebounds with at least 2.0 blocks per game over the last five seasons (joining Dwight Howard and Yao Ming), but Bogut is out with a broken ankle and may not return this season, which is fine for the Warriors, but more on that in a moment. Theres no denying that Bogut is talented and a legit 7-footer to man the post, but he has had a hard time staying healthy, missing 76 games over the last three seasons, before going down in the 12th game of this season. However, looking ahead to next season, Bogut offers real value to the Warriors as a big man who can finish around the rim (shooting 52.2% from the field for his career), as long as he manages to stay healthy. Bogut will be under contract for two more years, at cost of $27.35-million, after this season. Jackson is erratic, and the 33-year-old swingman has struggled this year in Milwaukee, shooting a career-low 35.7% from the field and averaging 10.5 points per game, but hes had success in Golden State in the past (averaging over 20.0 points per game in 2007-2008 and 2008-2009) and could be a useful rotation player for them. Making $9.26-million this year, Jackson is also under contract for next season, at a cost of $10.06-million. Jackson has been playing some shooting guard for the Bucks this season, so he may add size to the Warriors rotation. Since Jackson wont take all of Ellis minutes or shots, that means there should be a greater opportunity going forward for rookie Klay Thompson, who played more than 42 minutes Tuesday and has scored in double figures in five straight games. Now, the upshot to all of this, aside from changing each teams respective rotaton, is that Golden States pick in this years draft will go to the Utah Jazz unless it falls within the top seven picks. Currently, the pick is 10th, but with Bogut out and Ellis gone, there is the possibility that the Warriors will be able to play just poorly enough that they get to keep their pick and add another quality piece at the draft this year. Milwaukee, despite holding a current worse record than the Warriors (.429 to .462), is smelling a potential playoff berth this season now that they are tied with the New York Knicks for eighth in the Eastern Conference. The Bucks gets immediate value for Bogut, an injured asset, while the Warriors gains are more long-term, especially if they can play just poorly enough to get the seventh pick in the draft. Scott Cullen can be reached at Scott.Cullen@bellmedia.ca and followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. For more, check out TSN Fantasy on Facebook. DeAngelo Williams Womens Jersey . Filion, from Laval, Que., and Montreals Benfeito finished third with 326.10 points. Ruolin Chen and Hao Wang of China won gold with 360.66 points and Paola Espinosa and Alejandra Orozco of Mexico were second at 327. Cam Newton Pink Jersey . They won gold today in the womens bobsled competition at the Sochi Games. The Canadian duo finished with a four-run time of three minutes 50. CALGARY -- With friends and family in the stands, Brayden Schenn had a night to remember. Schenn scored the game-winning goal and added two assists to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Tuesday. "Its obviously a good building to play in," said Schenn, who hails from nearby Saskatoon. "I had friends and family here. Its obviously nice to have a big night here." Among his cheering section at the Saddledome were his parents Rita and Jeff and sisters Madison and Macy. "My immediate family drove down," explained Schenn, whose older brother Luke also had an assist during the win for the Flyers. "Its nice to have a good game in front of them." The 22-year-old forward also scored one night earlier during Philadelphias 4-3 shootout win in Vancouver over the Canucks to snap a 16-game goalless drought. "I guess that happens to most guys," said Schenn, who played in the Western Hockey League for both the Brandon Wheat Kings and Saskatoon Blades. "They go through slumps and they get a little shot of confidence. Tonight, as a line, as a team, as a whole we worked hard. At times there we were obviously playing in our own end a bit, but thats two games in two nights. It was good to come out on top." Philadelphia coach Craig Berube was definitely pleased to see Schenn contribute with goals in back-to-back games. "It helps," Berube said. "Guys that score goals, they lose their confidence when they dont score. You get a goal, it gets you going a little bit. He looked really good tonight." Mark Streit, Scott Hartnell and Braydon Coburn also scored for the Flyers (20-16-4), who have won four straight games and six of their past seven. Wayne Simmonds chipped in with two assists, while goalie Ray Emery made 23 saves to improve his record to 4-7. Rookie Sean Monahan scored the lone goal of the game for the Flames (14-20-6), who have now lost three straight after dropping a pair of 2-0 decisions at home to the Edmonton Oilers on Friday and the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday. "Putting the puck in the net gives you confidence and its big for me to put the puck in the net, and that helps the team, but at the end of the day I want to win games," Monahan said. Calgary forward Lee Stempniak, who hasnt recorded a point in 11 straight games, said the Flames have to start believing in themselves again in order to snap their losing streak. "You certainlyy feel a little bit better if youve been scoring, but, to me, thats a little bit of a cop-out," he said. DeAngelo Williams Blue Jersey. "Youve got to take ownership of it and be ready for the next opportunity that comes." Starting his fourth straight game for the Flames, Reto Berra made 17 saves in a losing cause. The game marked the debut of forward Kevin Westgarth, who was acquired by the Flames from the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday in exchange for centre Greg Nemisz. Westgarth played on a line with Joe Colborne and Brian McGratton. "Ive been a healthy scratch for a little bit here and coming and jumping in the game right away is awesome," Westgarth said. "What I want to do is play hockey." Streit put the Flyers up 1-0 at 3:15 of the opening frame when his let go a wrist shot from the point that found its way into the top corner over the outstretched glove of Berra, who was screened by Simmonds and Hartnell on the play. The Flyers continued to pour on the pressure as Streit rang a shot off the post before Brayden Schenn appeared to score to put Philadelphia up 2-0, but the goal was waved off because Hartnell made contact with Berra after taking the initial shot on goal. Monahan tied the game at 1-1 with his first goal in seven games at 14:30 of the second. Monahan skated down the left wing into the Philadelphia zone on a two-on-one with Stempniak. Instead of passing, Monahan fired a shot to the far side into the net over Emerys left pad to end Calgarys goalless drought at 159 minutes 35 seconds. Jakub Voracek then had a chance to regain the lead for the Flyers, but he fell down in the slot and Berra poke checked the puck out of harms way. With 1:29 left in the second, Schenn put Philadelphia back up by one when he spun and fired a shot from the slot past Berra. Hartnell added an insurance marker for the Flyers at 10:14 of the third when he tipped Luke Schenns point shot past Berra. Coburn rounded out the scoring with a late empty-net goal while the Flyers were killing a penalty. Notes: Calgary now has an all-time record of 12-8-3 on games played on New Years Eve. a Heading into Tuesdays game, the Flames had won the last six times they have played on New Years Eve, including a 3-2 win at home over the Colorado Avalanche on Dec. 31, 2010. a After playing 6:24 in the first period, Philadelphia forward Matt Read left the game with upper-body injury and didnt return. a The Flyers have now won five straight games at the Saddledome against the Flames. Cheap Jerseys ' ' '
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