The Bucks go into the All-Star break with a 26-29 record. Not too bad, considering they won 26 games all of last season and they've been playing a lot of games without their entire normal starting five. Redd's out for the year. Ridnour is going to miss a month. And Bogut is out for 2 months with a bad back.
The Bucks are only three games behind Detroit for second place in the Central division, obviously I doubt that they can catch Cleveland.
Charlie V has really done a nice job since Scotty Skiles inserted him into the starting lineup. In the last 13 games, Charlie is averaging 22.9 ppg and 8.1 rebounds a game. That's pretty nice. Ramon Sessions has stepped in and stepped up. He had a 44 point performance last Saturday in an OT loss to Detroit. He had 15 points and 17 assists on Wednesday against Indiana, a winning effort.
There have been talks of the Bucks making a trade, a big trade to shakeup the team. It is probably going to involve the aforementioned guys. Sessions and Villanueva are both going to be restricted free agents after the season and the Bucks can't afford to keep both of them. Let's just hope that John Hammond can get something good in return. He did acquire Keith Bogans from the Orland Magic in exchange for Tyronn Lue. This was a good trade. The Magic get some needed depth at PG after the Jameer Nelson injury and the Bucks get someone to fill the Michael Redd void. Bogans is a good defender and he can shoot a little.
I think the Bucks are going to be in good shape in the second half. They have three division games right off the bat. If they can go to Detroit and win, that would be huge. I look for the Bucks to get into the playoffs. I know, that's a far cry from what I thought they would do, but Skiles has them playing D and that is what has gotten them here.
-Mitch
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