Redd will miss Nets & Philly games

carmelbrownqueen · Post #1 » by **carmelbrownqueen** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:40 pm

No more dunks Mike!

Redd will miss trip, shoots for return Saturday
By Charles F. Gardner
Monday, Jan 28 2008, 02:14 PM

St. Francis - Bucks guard Michael Redd shook his head. Yes, the dunk got him again, but this time the injury is not as severe as it was last season when he missed 20 games with a left patellar tendon strain in January and February.

Redd injured his left knee while dunking the ball in the third quarter against Toronto on Friday night. He missed the Bucks' 105-102 overtime victory against Washington on Sunday and said today he would not make the two-game trip to New Jersey and Philadelphia. The Bucks (18-27) play the Nets (18-26) in East Rutherford, N.J., on Tuesday and the 76ers (17-28) on Wednesday before returning home.

Redd said he hopes to be back for the Bucks' home game against Yao Ming and the Houston Rockets on Saturday night.

"It's not severe," Redd told reporters after practice at the Cousins Center today. "When I got that thigh contusion (earlier this month), I lost a lot of strength in my legs. So it was vulnerable."

Redd was injured last season when he went up for a dunk in the final moments of a loss to Cleveland. Against Toronto, he took off along the baseline and dunked, prompting a timeout by Raptors coach Sam Mitchell. Toronto went on a game-breaking 19-0 run following the timeout.

"I missed three straight threes, and I said, 'This one I'm not going to miss,'" Redd said. "But I'll be OK, though. There's no swelling, no other issues. It's day-to-day. I'll probably be back by Saturday. I'll stay back from the trip and just get it strong."

Redd said he took part in the Bucks' shootaround on Sunday morning. "I couldn't explode like I wanted to," he said. "I knew I would be a hindrance more than a help."

Redd watched the Bucks' wild victory from the bench, and he admitted to feeling the emotion as Milwaukee blew an 11-point lead in the final 1 minute 40 seconds but prevailed in overtime, after trailing by four points in the extra period.

"I was sweating bullets," Redd said. "But we pulled it off somehow, and the team showed some resilience in overtime. Yi (Jianlian) hit a big shot, then Mo (Williams) hit two big threes and Andrew (Bogut) made a play as well.

"We're at home now for a good stretch of February and March. We've got to take advantage of these home games, and somehow get some road games as well along the way."

Bucks forward Charlie Villanueva also missed the game Sunday due to a lower back strain. He did make the trip with the team and said he thought he would be able to play on Tuesday.

"I think I should be OK; it's feeling better," said Villanueva, who indicated the back problem has bothered him at times during the season.

The Bucks and Nets will meet for the second time this season, following the Nets' 97-95 victory at the Bradley Center on Dec. 29. New Jersey is on a nine-game losing streak, with its latest defeat coming at Minnesota, 98-95, on Sunday.

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carmelbrownqueen · Post #2 » by **carmelbrownqueen** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:44 pm

Hopefully we will be lucky enough where both the Nets & Philly shoot only 41.2% from the field and 42.9% from 3 again..

soboMP3 · Post #3 » by **soboMP3** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:47 pm

How unfortunate...

midranger · Post #4 » by **midranger** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:47 pm

I honestly don't think that simply subtracting Redd from our team makes us better. I think that eventually it will catch up with us. Here's hoping for 2 more wins though.

carmelbrownqueen · Post #5 » by **carmelbrownqueen** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:51 pm

Maybe Bobby Simmons can have a couple of breakout games..

jerrod · Post #6 » by **jerrod** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:52 pm

midranger wrote:I honestly don't think that simply subtracting Redd from our team makes us better. I think that eventually it will catch up with us. Here's hoping for 2 more wins though.

WEFFPIM · Post #7 » by **WEFFPIM** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:53 pm

Silly me for thinking that an NBA player could land on two feet properly without his legs splitting like timber.

jeremyd236 · Post #8 » by **jeremyd236** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:53 pm

midranger wrote:I honestly don't think that simply subtracting Redd from our team makes us better. I think that eventually it will catch up with us. Here's hoping for 2 more wins though.

midranger · Post #9 » by **midranger** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:54 pm

carmelbrownqueen wrote:Maybe Bobby Simmons can have a couple of breakout games..

Maybe the lunch with Bobby was to tell him that his role would expand a bit in the next couple, or that Redd will be traded and his role will expand permanently.

It would be nice if Bobby could get back to the 75% Bobby we saw in his first year here.

Mason is due back Feb 2, IIRC. Perhaps that was the topic of conversation.

Mason's return could soften the blow of a potential trade as well.

carmelbrownqueen · Post #10 » by **carmelbrownqueen** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:54 pm

WEFFPIM wrote:Silly me for thinking that an NBA player could land on two feet properly without his legs splitting like timber.

Sounds like he hadn't regained full strength in his legs after that deep thigh bruise.

DH34Phan · Post #11 » by **DH34Phan** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:57 pm

These are 2 winnable games.

steger_3434 · Post #12 » by **steger_3434** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:00 pm

We lost to both these teams with Redd so I hope we don't here about the quality of competition if we win these without him.

I completely agree with Mid's post. None of us "Redd haters" think we're better without him. We just think we'd be better with a player or players that we could get for him.

http://www.last.fm/user/DPF55 · Post #13 » by **Buck You** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:02 pm

Mogut time.

Max Green · Post #14 » by **Max Green** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:06 pm

If we win these next 2 games, then I will have less of a problem with trading Redd. If we lose these next 2 games, which I think we will then I hope the Redd Haters acknowledge that Redd isn't the only problem on this team. Which they won't.....

midranger · Post #15 » by **midranger** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:20 pm

steger_3434 wrote:We lost to both these teams with Redd so I hope we don't here about the quality of competition if we win these without him.

I completely agree with Mid's post. None of us "Redd haters" think we're better without him. We just think we'd be better with a player or players that we could get for him.

Bingo. No one want to drop Redd for nothing. But add Ronnie Brewer and Paul Milsap to the team last night, and I think we'd be better for it.

midranger · Post #16 » by **midranger** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:21 pm

MVP4Champ wrote:If we win these next 2 games, then I will have less of a problem with trading Redd. If we lose these next 2 games, which I think we will then I hope the Redd Haters acknowledge that Redd isn't the only problem on this team. Which they won't.....

No one has said that Redd is the ONLY problem on this team. There is plenty of blame to spread around.

Sigra · Post #17 » by **Sigra** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:23 pm

Redd said he took part in the Bucks' shootaround on Sunday morning. "I couldn't explode like I wanted to," he said. "I knew I would be a hindrance more than a help."

He got that right

trwi7 · Post #18 » by **trwi7** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:27 pm

Sigra wrote:
Redd said he took part in the Bucks' shootaround on Sunday morning. "I couldn't explode like I wanted to," he said. "I knew I would be a hindrance more than a help."

He got that right

Sigra · Post #19 » by **Sigra** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:27 pm

carmelbrownqueen wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Sounds like he hadn't regained full strength in his legs after that deep thigh bruise.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_relations

BobbyLight · Post #20 » by **BobbyLight** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:48 pm

I find the Bucks much more watchable without Redd latley. So even if we lose and least I can enjoy the games.