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Parties with Pete Johnson's Beard
The Bucks have been VERY impressive thus far. Redd's running an impressive (and YOUNG) display of talent over there. Keep it up Michael!
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barlow1802
Troy Has Legs
The Bucks will win the NBA Championship , after sweeping every round of the playoffs. I like Redd but come on, you sound like us BROWNS fans after Dilfer came out looking good for a game.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Redd's cred keeps rising
Updated: Nov. 15, 2005, 5:58 AM ET
By Marc Stein
ESPN.com
The season was about to start when the lefty with the killer touch from outside was asked if his fat new contract made him a shooter wearing his own target.
Even before the Milwaukee Bucks started winning, Michael Redd saw it a bit differently.
"I had more of a bull's-eye on me last year," Redd said.
It's an interesting assertion that Redd, for the record, presented a day before the Bucks pilfered Jamaal Magloire from the New Orleans-Oklahoma City Hornets.
Now? With Magloire?
The $91 Million Man has an even better shot of backing up the argument.
That's because Redd didn't just get a max deal from the Bucks. He got help, too. The sort of help that suddenly makes the Bucks one of the most intriguing teams in the league, entering a four-game road trip in the West that will be followed more closely because Milwaukee has started 4-1.
The Bucks committed to pay Redd as much as the rules allow -- more than Redd's catch-and-shoot game can justify to some -- as a statement of intent from owner Herb Kohl. The senator unexpectedly decided he was ready to spend whatever it took to keep Redd, even after the failed coaching pursuits of Flip Saunders and Doug Collins, as part of one last run at building a winner. So Kohl knew he had to start by securing the franchise player of the moment, especially after underpaying Redd for three seasons at $4 million per ... and with Cleveland initially targeting Redd ahead of Larry Hughes.
It didn't hurt that Redd has always been a solid citizen whose diligent work to develop his slingshot jumper gradually transformed 2000's No. 43 overall pick into Ray Allen's successor as face of the franchise. Critics inevitably seized on Redd's passing and defensive limitations, but any criticism of the contract has two major holes.
1) The Bucks, coming off a 30-52 season in which Redd had almost no help, would have been slammed a lot harder had they failed to re-sign him.
2) Handing Redd a max deal didn't stop this small-market surprise from spending more and surrounding the Stein Line favorite with four new starters.
Look at the Bucks now. There's lots of promise on the roster general manager Larry Harris has assembled for new coach Terry Stotts, even if it's also an inexperienced team that still has a lot of blending ahead.
Far more promising than a mere 4-1 start is Milwaukee's ability to field players who address each of the three critical needs for success in today's NBA. The Bucks have a top-shelf dribble penetrator now that backcourt dynamo T.J. Ford is back from a career-threatening spine injury. The Bucks unexpectedly have a well-rounded frontcourt rotation with Magloire, a legit power player, arriving to protect No. 1 overall pick Andrew Bogut and Joe Smith, which also turns Dan Gadzuric into a likely down-the-road trade chip. And Redd, of course, fills the shooting void to keep the floor spaced, as one of the league's most feared bombers.
Ford's return and Bogut's selection means Redd is playing with passers again, as in 2003-04 when Ford was a rookie and Redd earned an Eastern Conference All-Star berth. Magloire's entrance enables Bobby Simmons, who was signed to split time at small forward and power forward, to play primarily as a big three where he belongs. There's some depth, too, with Smith, Toni Kukoc and Maurice Williams joining Gadzuric off the bench. The line of questioners will start forming at Redd's locker if the Bucks' early promise, seen mostly recent in Saturday's comeback triumph over title-contending Indiana, is followed up by a bad trip out West. Yet if you add up all of the above, you can understand why the $91 Million Man is already playing like a man without burdens.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dailydime-051115
Updated: Nov. 15, 2005, 5:58 AM ET
By Marc Stein
ESPN.com
The season was about to start when the lefty with the killer touch from outside was asked if his fat new contract made him a shooter wearing his own target.
Even before the Milwaukee Bucks started winning, Michael Redd saw it a bit differently.
"I had more of a bull's-eye on me last year," Redd said.
It's an interesting assertion that Redd, for the record, presented a day before the Bucks pilfered Jamaal Magloire from the New Orleans-Oklahoma City Hornets.
Now? With Magloire?
The $91 Million Man has an even better shot of backing up the argument.
That's because Redd didn't just get a max deal from the Bucks. He got help, too. The sort of help that suddenly makes the Bucks one of the most intriguing teams in the league, entering a four-game road trip in the West that will be followed more closely because Milwaukee has started 4-1.
The Bucks committed to pay Redd as much as the rules allow -- more than Redd's catch-and-shoot game can justify to some -- as a statement of intent from owner Herb Kohl. The senator unexpectedly decided he was ready to spend whatever it took to keep Redd, even after the failed coaching pursuits of Flip Saunders and Doug Collins, as part of one last run at building a winner. So Kohl knew he had to start by securing the franchise player of the moment, especially after underpaying Redd for three seasons at $4 million per ... and with Cleveland initially targeting Redd ahead of Larry Hughes.
It didn't hurt that Redd has always been a solid citizen whose diligent work to develop his slingshot jumper gradually transformed 2000's No. 43 overall pick into Ray Allen's successor as face of the franchise. Critics inevitably seized on Redd's passing and defensive limitations, but any criticism of the contract has two major holes.
1) The Bucks, coming off a 30-52 season in which Redd had almost no help, would have been slammed a lot harder had they failed to re-sign him.
2) Handing Redd a max deal didn't stop this small-market surprise from spending more and surrounding the Stein Line favorite with four new starters.
Look at the Bucks now. There's lots of promise on the roster general manager Larry Harris has assembled for new coach Terry Stotts, even if it's also an inexperienced team that still has a lot of blending ahead.
Far more promising than a mere 4-1 start is Milwaukee's ability to field players who address each of the three critical needs for success in today's NBA. The Bucks have a top-shelf dribble penetrator now that backcourt dynamo T.J. Ford is back from a career-threatening spine injury. The Bucks unexpectedly have a well-rounded frontcourt rotation with Magloire, a legit power player, arriving to protect No. 1 overall pick Andrew Bogut and Joe Smith, which also turns Dan Gadzuric into a likely down-the-road trade chip. And Redd, of course, fills the shooting void to keep the floor spaced, as one of the league's most feared bombers.
Ford's return and Bogut's selection means Redd is playing with passers again, as in 2003-04 when Ford was a rookie and Redd earned an Eastern Conference All-Star berth. Magloire's entrance enables Bobby Simmons, who was signed to split time at small forward and power forward, to play primarily as a big three where he belongs. There's some depth, too, with Smith, Toni Kukoc and Maurice Williams joining Gadzuric off the bench. The line of questioners will start forming at Redd's locker if the Bucks' early promise, seen mostly recent in Saturday's comeback triumph over title-contending Indiana, is followed up by a bad trip out West. Yet if you add up all of the above, you can understand why the $91 Million Man is already playing like a man without burdens.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dailydime-051115
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Sober
Banned
tibor was certainly right about Redd being a class act. </p>Here Redd is on the cover of ESPN.com with this heartwarming story </p>http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=2224230
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Let's hold off on any more b-ball players until we decide whether or not we want those threads in this forum, which is a football sub-forum.
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HilmerJ
Heisman
i know, but thats what amazed me about him, since i thought he had the record and he was a guard...ohh well.
Just read this from a poster on Bucknuts
Redd Invited to be on Olympic team.
The biggest news of the day for the [Milwaukee] Bucks focused on Michael Redd. As reported here first, Redd is strongly being considered for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team. While Redd plans on gettting married next summer, Jerry Colangelo, who is overseeing the selection the the U.S. team, told me last week that U.S. Olympic officials would make arrangements to accommodate Redd.
Thursday I was told Redd had eceived documents to fill out for the Olympic team, a clear signal of Colangelo's keen interest in having Redd on the U.S. team.
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OSUBasketballJunkie
Never Forget 31-0
Dispatch
3/7/06
3/7/06
Bucks’ Redd scores with Team USA
Former OSU player elated to be picked for national squad
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Tom Enlund
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
</IMG> BILL KOSTROUN | ASSOCIATED PRESS Michael Redd hit a career high with his Team USA selection: "It’s No. 1 as far as the basketball accomplishments in my life."
Yet another chapter in the amazing make-good story of Michael Redd was written Sunday when USA Basketball named the Milwaukee Bucks guard as a participant in the 2006-08 senior national team program.
A 12-man roster ultimately will be chosen from the 23 players named Sunday that will represent the United States in the world championships this summer in Japan and in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The selections were made by USA Basketball men’s managing director Jerry Colangelo.
"It’s an unbelievable opportunity," Redd said. "I’m grateful and thankful."
Redd continues his ascent up the ladder of success in the basketball world.
The West High School graduate has gone from being a second-round selection by Milwaukee in the 2000 draft out of Ohio State to a leading sixthman-of-the-year candidate to a player who secured a full-time starting job in the fourth season in the league. Redd played in the 2004 NBA All-Star Game and now, in his sixth season as a professional, has been named to Team USA.
Redd left little doubt where his latest achievement ranked in his career.
"It’s No. 1 as far as the basketball accomplishments in my life," he said.
"And I want to thank USA Basketball for selecting me.
"This is unbelievable. If you’d have asked me six years ago if I’d be on the Olympic team or the national team, I would have said no. This is the ultimate stage and this is the ultimate opportunity to represent your country."
General manager Larry Harris said, "For the organization, it’s a great day for us. It’s another steppingstone and shows that he’s come a long way . . . now to be recognized as one of the top players at his position."
There had to be some special arrangements made for Redd, however, before he committed to Team USA. Because Redd is to be married this summer, Colangelo granted Redd a waiver that will allow him to miss the world championships but join the U.S. team for a training camp in the summer of 2007.
Of the 23 players named to the U.S. roster, 21 play in the NBA and two — Adam Morrison of Gonzaga and J.J. Redick of Duke — are college players. A total of 18 players have previous USA Basketball experience, including Redd, who played for the U.S. team in the 1999 World University Games.
Only nine of the players chosen played in the 2006 NBA All-Star Game.
Colangelo emphasized that it was not his intention to put together a team of All-Stars but rather a group that would make up a good team.
"The 23 players selected will give us everything we need to form a great USA team," Colangelo said in a statement released by USA Basketball. "We feel we have versatility, shooters, size, quickness, role players and defensive stoppers. In making the player selections we took into consideration the style of play anticipated to be used by the coaching staff."
All 23 players will remain in the program for the three-year period, because the 12-man Olympic roster might differ from the one that plays in the world championships.
Redd took his time before committing to Team USA as he gathered details on how the process would work, what the three-year commitment would entail and what arrangements could be made regarding his upcoming wedding. Once all of that information was provided to Redd, he jumped at the opportunity to join.
Redd said a conversation he had with Ray Allen, a former Bucks teammate and former Olympian, was helpful also.
"It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," Redd said. "It’s another door that’s been opened for me, an unbelievable opportunity for me. I remember when Ray went in 2000 and what an opportunity it was (for him). I talked to him and he said, ‘You better do it.’ It’s cool, though. I love it."
Redd can now look forward to wearing "USA" across his chest.
"It’s unbelievable," Redd said. "I kind of went through a similar situation in ’99 when I went to the World University Games, but that’s small compared to the Olympics. But just the fact that I had that jersey. . . . I have that hanging in my house right now. It’s a great honor representing your country. It can’t get any bigger than that."
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