How steep is that learning curve?
Hammond: It’s yet to be determined and time will tell. I think our players have been very receptive to what Scott Skiles is trying to teach and I think Scott has been pleased with the players and their effort. You combine those two things and you have a chance to shorten that learning curve. NBA.com: The most recent editions of the Bucks haven’t really been in-your-face defensive squads. Have you seen improvement in that area? Hammond: Enough has been said and written about the past couple of years, and the inability to win over the last couple of years, and it was talked about so much that the fact that maybe the team didn’t defend and rebound as well as they needed to that the returning guys realize that coming into the season that we have eight new players. Scott has talked about it a lot and I think they have heard about it enough that the players have the realization that in order to win we are going to have to be a better team defensively and we’re going to have to rebound the ba
