Finestrg wrote:AnubisADL wrote:fishmike wrote:why would Redd be gone? He just needs to get healthy. He's one of the league's best shooters and he's in a contract year. Redd will be getting healthy and playing good ball. He's a big part of what they want to do
If you saw the team play with him you wouldn't be asking that. The guy is a ball stopper and he just isnt that good anymore. They finally made the playoffs after losing Redd and adding Jennings? Addition by subtraction at it's finest. The Michael Redd era in Milwaukee is over.
Not when he's still on the hook for $18.3M this year it isn't. If he's healthy and they can't trade him, he's gonna play..
Mostly, his absence is symbolic and possibly foretelling. Although he has that massive option for next season, my guess is he'll never play for the Bucks again. Even if he successfully rehabs from a second major knee surgery at age 31, it's possible he could continue to stay away by mutual unspoken consent until the Bucks try to unload what might become a desirable salary slot at the next trading deadline in February. With the Tracy McGrady case, there is precedence.That's one scenario made possible by the fact that the Bucks have clearly moved on. They're quietly negotiating a contract extension to make John Salmons their shooting guard for the next two or three seasons. If Salmons stays, Redd, who was once the face of the franchise, would be put in the awkward spot of returning as an $18 million backup.
That's because it has become abundantly clear that the Bucks, as paradoxical as it might sound, are a better team without their 20-point scorer. One trademark of the surprising 2009-'10 Bucks is that the ball has found a variety of scorers. The ball has moved better without Redd on the floor, and that is to say nothing of the record with and without Redd these last two years.
This isn't to denigrate Redd, but it's doubtful if the Bucks would've won 46 games or set a franchise record for fewest points allowed had he played most of the season. They've become a much different team since the days when Redd had to score because few others could. Simply put, he's no longer a good fit for the type of team to which the Bucks are evolving.
Because Redd is one of the all-time good guys, I hope he is able to eventually get back on the floor for somebody. The continued absence and changed circumstances hints it just might not be with the Bucks.
Source: http://www.jsonline.com/sports/bucks/91440729.html
If an elite athlete like McGrady has issues coming back from major knee surgery at 29 do you expect a 31 yr old Redd to seriously be able to play NBA basketball next year and return to form? Come on now. This past year Redd was getting no lift on his shot. The guy is done just like McGrady.
