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St. Francis - Backup center Dan Gadzuric signed a six-year, $36 million contract before the 2005-'06 season, a deal that contributed to the eventual firing of former Milwaukee Bucks general manager Larry Harris.

's presence after the 7-foot center was shut down in early February last season.

Andrew Bogut bested Al Jefferson inside with 17 points and 10 rebounds, Luke Ridnour had 16 points off the bench and the Milwaukee Bucks used a second-half surge to top the Minnesota Timberwolves 87-72 on Friday night.

Hakim Warrick has been struggling with his shot and was one of a group of forward to allow Chicago's Luol Deng to grab a career-high 20 rebounds.

The Bucks didn't play great offense last night, but they did play great defense, and they won every important battle.A They won the opponent free throw rate battle , they won the rebounding battle , and they won the turnover battle .A If they do all ofA those things every game, who needs offense?A They'll never lose.

Instead, the Milwaukee Bucks rookie came up just short of a triple-double with 17 points, nine rebounds and nine assists in his team's 99-86 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night at the Wachovia Center.

Sports Illustrated has been a sort of bible for me since I was 12. Coincidentally, that was the last time the Milwaukee Bucks raised a championship banner, behind the exploits of sky-hooking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the often-crustaceous Oscar Robertson.

The Bucks had a decent preseason, going 3-5. The defense struggled early, but had a nice stretch of well-defended games to close out the exhibition season.

A shell of a team. Their Nos. 2-4 scorers from last year are gone. The only sure bet: Michael Redd will exercise his $18 million player option next summer.</ Central: 5 East: 14 Jon Barry, ESPN Barry's picks Michael Redd better work miracles.

D.J. Augustin scored 15 points, rookie Gerald Henderson was nearly perfect from the field and Charlotte beat the Milwaukee Bucks 94-87 on Tuesday night in Tyson Chandler's preseason debut with the Bobcats.

Veteran power forward Kurt Thomas had little idea whether he would fit into the Milwaukee Bucks' plans when he was traded by San Antonio on June 23 as part of the Richard Jefferson deal.

Following the game, Noah made sure to pay tribute to veteran center Brad Miller .

Joakim Noah had 20 points and 16 rebounds to lead the short-handed Chicago Bulls to an 87-86 preseason victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night.

Carlos Delfino went for 16 and 8 in the win. Michael Redd led the Bucks to their second consecutive preseason win on Monday night against the Houston Rockets, scoring 18 points on 7-10 shooting.

St. Francis - The Milwaukee Bucks are only in the second week of their National Basketball Association exhibition season but they are deep into the process of determining roles for the players.

Hitting up another of our TrueHoop partners for a look at the upcoming season. This time we hit up a city that is on my short list of places to visit: Milwaukee.

How hard is it to score on these Milwaukee Bucks? Using the data provided by 82games.com , I calculated the "Defensive Scoring" averages over the past three seasons for each veteran player on the Milwaukee Bucks roster.

St. Francis - On the first day of Milwaukee Bucks training camp, it's always fun to try and match the cars in the lot with the players in the gym.

Grading with McGinn's color system This weekend I believe Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Green Bay Packers beat reporter Bob McGinn will issue his annual assessment of the talent level on the Green Bay Packers and their NFC North Division foes.

Published Aug. 17, 2009 at 1:10 p.m. Tags: bucks , raptors , delfino , roko , amir johnson , weems , ilyasova , bogut , gadzuric The Milwaukee Bucks busy off-season continues today with a report from ESPN's Marc Stein that the Toronto Raptors will send Carlos Delfino and Roko Ukic to Milwaukee in exchange for Amir Johnson and Sonny Weems.