While several teams have been shedding players to position themselves for free agency, the Bucks have made some additions. First they traded for Corey Maggette giving up seldom used Dan Gadzuric and Charlie Bell to Golden State. Magette has a reputation as a player who can score but who frequently gets hurt. Fantasy-wise his scoring and tendency to miss games makes him fools gold for inexperienced fantasy owners in roto leagues.
Since Maggette will play decent minutes when he is not hurt and the Bucks gave up non-rotation players, he will serve to muddle up the fantasy picture for the Bucks at small forward. Drew Gooden signed a 5-year $32 million dollar contract. The well traveled Gooden may stick around for awhile as not too many teams will likely want to take on this contract. The Bucks also signed free agent John Salmons, who played for them last year, to a 5-year $39 million dollar contract. Seems like the Bucks are really loading up this off season on average players.
As a result of these moves, the Bucks fantasy wise may have some congestion in certain postions. The two players most likely to get heavy minutes are Brandon Jennings (PG) and Andrew Bogut (C). As a young player, Jennings would be the most attractive. Bogut's injury history presents some risk for him.
Perhaps the next most desirable Bucks would be Salmons and then Gooden. Salmons did well in the Bucks system and they are paying him enough to not have him on the bench. Gooden seems to be one of the few Buck options at PF and would be needed to step up if Bogut got hurt again. Hopefully for his fantasy owners, he won't tick off another coach, but that is unlikely considering his history.
Lets not forget the Bucks most expensive player - Michael Redd. What to do with him contributes to the uncertainty of the Bucks rotation. They have numerous other players who could warrant some playing time including Magette, Ersan Ilyasova, Luc Richard, and Carlos Delfino. Some fantasy owners in deep leagues might want to draft a number of the Buck SG/SF at the end and hope that someone emerges and then waive the others and go fishing again.
