Bucks players drawing interest

June 15, 2008   ·   Paul Raymond   ·   Jump to comments

According to the Racine Journal-Times, the Milwaukee Bucks are looking to make some serious splashes this off-season. Three of the teams marquee players are all said to be on the shopping block, Charlie Villanueva, Mo Williams and Michael Redd. The team is looking to trade up in the draft, free up some cap room, and just make the team better overall.

First up to discuss is Villanueva. The Bucks desperately would like to move up in the draft, #3 pick specifically, to possibly select point guard OJ Mayo. The Minnesota Timberwolves hold that pick, and wouldn’t mind moving down in the draft if it could also net them a solid veteran as the team has many holes to fill. Another possibility is to trade Villanueva to a team further down in the draft, and then use their two picks to move up. Golden State holds the 14th pick in the draft and has expressed interest before in Villanueva.

Second, Mo Williams. If a trade was to go down with Villanueva or Minnesota in general then Williams becomes expendable. The team would likely draft Mayo, and that would create two point guards worthy of starting. With the salary that Mo has, $35 million over 4 years would make him somewhat easy to move.

Lastly, Michael Redd. There’s been much discussion about him in past weeks, we’ve even talked about the possibilities of him being sent to the Cleveland Cavaliers. From the sounds of things thou interest in Redd has been growing, notably the Los Angeles Clippers and the New York Knicks. Ideally, the Bucks would like to clear salary cap if they did move Redd, but there is a possibility of a Redd for Zach Randolph swap with the Knicks. The two have pretty similar contracts so money wise it wouldn’t be too difficult to work out. The problem would be for the Knicks to convince the Bucks to take Randolph and his personality. Rumor has it that Randolph was just involved in another bar fight so who knows where that goes. There is no doubt that Zach can play thou, averaging a double-double last year for the lowly Knicks, playing in the Bucks front court would give the team a pretty solid front line.

So there are plenty of rumors right now swirling around the Milwaukee Bucks. I’m not quite sure if any of these deals will wind up going through, but it’s definitely looking like something will happen. If all three of these wind up in Bucks uniforms come training camp I’ll be pretty surprised. I tell you what thou, I wouldn’t mind seeing Redd in the Knicks offense next season.

Here’s a link to the Racine Journal-Times for more Bucks news.

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