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My Bleacher Report (6 articles) has officially passed the 1,000 reads mark.

Redd isn't really a part of this team anymore. He's the T-Mac of the upcoming season. If no one bites on a trade at the deadline we let him expire. Simple as that. Bogut was the core player of what I thought was a successful team last year. He's still a young player and these moves will only make him better. He desperately needed front court help and now he got that in Gooden and first-round pick Sanders. I'm agreeing that the length of these deals wasn't ideal at all. Hammond had previously said he wanted to strike a three-year deal with Salmons and was iffy on a fourth year. I guess the Gooden deal changed all that (which I don't understand because I can't imagine there was a huge demand for Gooden). However, the moves will still make us a better team. We weren't going to be able to sign a big name free agent next year anyway with all the cap space as they wouldn't have wanted to come to Milwaukee. So these moves will really only be a financial negative four-five years from now, a time in which we can trade them if necessary.

The way things are going you should be happy if you even get JJ.

This offseason has really helped here. I think this coming season is going to be OTR's most active.

Travesy... Don't be mad because you're losing your boy Bosh. Sure maybe the Bucks overachieved last season... I mean we were expected to be last in the East, right? However, even if part of last season was a fluke, we were still able to win games due to proper coaching with the pieces that we had. We grabbed the 6th seed after a slow start to the season as well. I don't think it's crazy to think we'll be a top 3 team in the East now that we have Salmons for the entire year. Also, the players such as Maggette, Gooden, and CDR will just be added bonuses as we really gave up nothing (in terms of players) to attain them. They are all extra pieces to the puzzle added on to everything from last year. If it's the salaries that have you bashing the skill level of the team at least wait three years, when it will actually matter.

I disagree. Sure we're giving away money but we've now solidified our starting lineup. Last season we took the Hawks to game 7 without Bogut. We have lost no one this off season, just added new pieces. We can't really be worse, just better. It's going to be an exciting season once we forget we signed Gooden for five years. ^_^

Don't fix anything I say. Ever. <_<

Salmons Signs Five-Year Deal With Bucks http://bleacherreport.com/articles/414797-salmons-signs-five-year-deal-with-bucks

The Milwaukee Bucks and John Salmons have reportedly come to terms on a deal worth $39 million over the course of five years. After opting out of his player option worth $5.8 million last week, GM John Hammond made it very clear that he would do whatever was necessary to ink a long-term deal with Salmons. Salmons had reportedly turned down a four-year, $27 million deal from the Bucks a few weeks ago. This is a move that most Bucks fans wanted the front office to make. Salmons came to the Bucks last February in a deadline deal with the Chicago Bulls. In his time here he managed to average 19.9 points. His stellar play helped propel the Bucks to a 22-8 record in that time. With this move it appears as if all the major moves have been made. As of now a starting lineup of Jennings, Salmons, Maggette, Gooden, and Bogut seems to be the most likely. However it's very likely that Maggette may come off the bench as a sixth man. So far the Bucks have been very active early on in the free agency period. Just yesterday they inked Drew Gooden to a five-year deal worth $32 million. It appears as if Hammond isn't done dealing yet. We currently have an overflow of forwards on the current roster. Don't be surprised if one of Ilyasova, Delfino, or Mbah a Moute are moved before the start of the season. The recent moves suggest that owner Herb Kohl realizes there is a window for this team with Bogut and Jennings under contract. It's do or die time Bucks fans. We're all-in. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/414797-salmons-signs-five-year-deal-with-bucks

I didn't even notice he was gone.

150,000 for post-hack OTR.

I wasn't referring to our current cap situation as I'm aware it's not messed up for the next five years. I meant if a deal of Jennings/Redd/Ilyasova for CP3/Okafor would actually work. You can't just randomly do trades... the salaries have to match. I didn't bother checking which is why I said that.

I would hate this deal for so many reasons (if it could even be done financially). 1) Why trade for Okafor? Gooden is a PF not a C. We just gave him a five year deal. We're not paying someone $32 M to sit behind Bogut. 2) Sure, CP3 is better than Jennings now but will he always be? Paul is five years older than Jennings so who's to say Jennings can't achieve the same success he has? Jennings and Bogut are the future of the Milwaukee Bucks. I think Jennings staying in Milwaukee long-term is much more likely than CP3 staying here past his current deal. 3) I think we're already contenders in the East. With Jennings/Salmons/Maggette/Gooden/Bogut I don't really think the addition of Okafor and Paul will make us that much better. We've already improved over last year's team - a team that went 22-8 after the deadline deal that brought in Salmons. With this current team there's no need for a guard like Paul. Jennings will do just fine and will be here long-term. Why continue screwing with team chemistry, something that was so important to this team last year? We've already done enough of that by bringing in Maggette, CDR, and Gooden.

He's a real solid player. Hopefully he puts up numbers in Phoenix.

BadgerFan From what I've heard everything about Gooden's contract is guaranteed, it's Salmons that may have the team options. Also, if we resign Salmons for the rumored price, we will not be able to resign both Ridnour and Thomas.

Nah... he seems to just want to be a part of the team. He'll be a solid 6th or 7th man off the bench still getting a good amount of playing time. He's also able to play the 3 which should get him a few extra minutes.

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He's not officially anything. There's been no news of his since his injury. No reason as to why he wasn't at our playoff games, nothing. He's this year's T-Mac.

This is not good. All financial stability that we worked to achieve over the last few years is back to square one with this deal. This has Gadzuric written all over it. -_- Plus, what are we going to do with Sanders now? He's not going to sit behind Gooden for five years. I like Gooden but 5 years is just way to long. Not liking this too much.

I think with either him or Allen at the 2 this coming season we'll definitely be a top 4 team in the East. Without either of them we may miss the playoffs completely. That's how crucial that position is for this team.

I was going to say that I'd like to see Teague and Crawford as well. I think both should do fairly well. The other players I don't know too much about.

I'm asking for specific cars... not places to find cars.

Mostly looking for cars (previously looked at Audi A4 and liked them). The only SUV I think I'd actually want is a Jeep Grand Cherokee.

He said for rock...