04-16-2008, 03:58 AM
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Michael Hunt on who should stay, go for the Bucks
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So let's get to it with a little unsolicited off-season personnel advice for the new guy.
Keepers: Andrew Bogut, Yi Jianlian and Ramon Sessions.
One of the things that got overlooked in this lost season was Bogut's improvement. You might be able to name one, maybe two big men in the East you'd rather have. Bogut is a piece to build around.
The results from Yi's injury-marred rookie season were mixed at best. He has to get stronger and you'd rather see him play small forward. If the Bucks get lucky in the lottery with Michael Beasley, a position switch could be accommodated. Yi's potential and international marketability make him a definite keeper.
Sessions, who has developed into a nice backup point guard, will become an important piece as the backcourt is sorted out.
Should be traded: Mo Williams or Michael Redd.
The Bucks can't go on with this backcourt. Too much money and too little payoff for a team that must change its perimeter-based character.
Williams, who is not a point guard, should be gone if the Bucks can jump up to draft Derrick Rose or Jerryd Bayless as the starter. But good luck in moving Williams, though, as the Bucks gave him a six-year, $51 million contract last year to keep him around.
And as a maximum-contract player, Redd cannot carry a team as a one-dimensional shooter. The Bucks owe him $51 million over the next three years, so they need to extract his value while they can, especially if O.J. Mayo is there in the draft. This is where Hammond not being afraid to make an unpopular trade might pay off.
Got to go: Bobby Simmons, Dan Gadzuric and Charlie Villanueva.
Simmons and Gadzuric are dead-weight contracts, offering almost nothing for their combined $15 million a season. Larry Harris almost moved them; Hammond must finish that job.
Villanueva has to go so Yi can flourish, and Charlie V. should be the easiest Buck to trade. He's at the end of an inexpensive rookie contract, and the fact that he played relatively well should make him marketable.
Should stay: Desmond Mason and Charlie Bell.
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Aligning crosshairs for Bucks' GM
Can't disagree with much of that.
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Michael Hunt on who should stay, go for the Bucks
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