The Milwaukee Bucks have requested waivers on rookie guard Darington Hobson, General Manager John Hammond announced today.

Hobson, 23, was selected in the second round (37th overall) of the 2010 NBA Draft after being named Mountain West Conference Player of the Year as a junior at New Mexico. He was unable to participate in the Bucks Summer League entry or training camp due to a hip injury, which led to season-ending surgery on October 12.

Source: http://basketball.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/70365/20101202/bucks_waive_hobson/

Wouldn't be a bad pick up to store until next year.

MaTT4281 wrote:Would love to see Mason Jr. released and Hobson signed.

Actually, I'd love to see Mason Jr. released even without picking up Hobson.

+1, either way. Mason Jr. is a wasted roster spot. He's useless on our team.

cheers wrote:no please. much rather trove dleague.

knicks used to be good at giving out ten day contracts, thats how starks got his break. dont get why ny does not do that more often. especially now that the nba has a minor league.

EArl Barron? Cheik Samb? Joe Crawford? Courtney Simms?

Bippity10 wrote:

cheers wrote:no please. much rather trove dleague.

knicks used to be good at giving out ten day contracts, thats how starks got his break. dont get why ny does not do that more often. especially now that the nba has a minor league.

EArl Barron?

fishmike wrote:

Bippity10 wrote:

cheers wrote:no please. much rather trove dleague.

knicks used to be good at giving out ten day contracts, thats how starks got his break. dont get why ny does not do that more often. especially now that the nba has a minor league.

EArl Barron?

did someone sign him? Why havent we? Turiaf is going to miss 20-30 games this year if we plan on playing him start minutes. The extra body would be good

He's on Phoenix averaging 10 minutes, 1.5 points and 2.5 rebounds.

I was just disputing this notion that we haven't tried to use the D-league. We've brought up 4 or 5 guys since Walsh got here. That being said I agree that we need an extra big body. I also think we need a veteran PG for depth.

scoshin wrote:

Bippity10 wrote:

fishmike wrote:

Bippity10 wrote:

cheers wrote:no please. much rather trove dleague.

knicks used to be good at giving out ten day contracts, thats how starks got his break. dont get why ny does not do that more often. especially now that the nba has a minor league.

EArl Barron?

did someone sign him? Why havent we? Turiaf is going to miss 20-30 games this year if we plan on playing him start minutes. The extra body would be good

He's on Phoenix averaging 10 minutes, 1.5 points and 2.5 rebounds.

I was just disputing this notion that we haven't tried to use the D-league. We've brought up 4 or 5 guys since Walsh got here. That being said I agree that we need an extra big body. I also think we need a veteran PG for depth.

We should be picking this guy up:

http://www.nba.com/dleague/playerfile/antonio_daniels/index.html

For short term injury help or spot minutes now, he is exactly the type of guy I would be looking for. For long term help(if Felton goes down) I'm not sure he's the playmaker that would work in this offense.

cheers wrote:no please. much rather trove dleague.

knicks used to be good at giving out ten day contracts, thats how starks got his break. dont get why ny does not do that more often. especially now that the nba has a minor league.

+1. We're gonna need that spot. Just saw a thread with several live bodies, including a lot of bigs. Whoever is of no purpose (Rautins) should be plying their trade in the D-Leauge. The ten day contract should be put to use NOW!!

scoshin wrote:

JohnWallace44 wrote:I've been making the point in other threads that we're right up against the salary cap wall. I'm not sure if we can cut guaranteed salary guys without going over it when we sign the minimum guy. Rautins and Williams might be the only cuttable guys.

You can always give out min contracts regardless of cap situation, as long as there's a roster spot.

Yes, but if that min contract puts you over the cap, you lose the exemptions that come with being under the cap. In essence we wouldn't be able to make the same trades were we to go over the cap that we can while we're under it.