<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> Milwaukee Bucks center Andrew Bogut and forward Charlie Villanueva will miss the rest of the season because of injuries. Advertisement Bogut missed a game for the first time in his career Wednesday night against the Los Angeles Clippers because of a sprained left foot. The Bucks announced that neither player would return this season during the second quarter. The second-year center was hurt against the Los Angeles Lakers on March 7. He re-injured his foot in practice on Tuesday. Bogut missed a game for the first time in his career Wednesday night against the Los Angeles Clippers because of a sprained left foot. The Bucks announced that neither player would return this season during the second quarter. The second-year center was hurt against the Los Angeles Lakers on March 7. He re-injured his foot in practice on Tuesday. "It became a point where after every game he was in pain," Bucks general manager Larry Harris said. Bogut had an X-ray Monday and practiced Tuesday, where he "tweaked" the injury again and underwent an MRI, Harris said. Bogut was held out of shootaround before Wednesday night's game and made the decision to rest the rest of the year. "We were very concerned with the long-term prognosis for him," Harris said. "The best was just to shut him down for basically six to eight weeks, which is the rest of the regular season." Bogut will not need surgery and should be able to start performing "basketball activity" in six to eight weeks, Harris said. Bogut, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2005 draft, averaged 12.3 points and 8.8 rebounds this season. Villanueva, also a second-year player, has developed recurrent right shoulder pain that will require arthroscopic surgery. </div> http://www.cbs.sportsline.com/nba/story/10078764 I guess Harris wants to enter the Durant sweepstakes. What an unbelievably worthless, wasted season.
What should've been a solid Playoff spot for the Bucks this season turned out to be the worst injury plagued team in the NBA. Simmons, Redd, Villanueva, Bogut, etc. This is rediculous. But if they end up being a blow out team this season and do end up getting the first pick would they select Oden or Durant? They have Bogut as their center, or do you think they would pick up Oden and move one of their big men to PF? I would really think they'd go with Durant.
I've said from the beginning I'd take Oden, and I still would. Bogut played mostly at the 4 spot last season when we had lumberin' Jamaal Magloire. I would love to see what Oden and Bogut could do - together - in the paint. Villanueva is skilled enough to get some minutes at the 3 if he could ever stay healthy. Ruben may well leave as a free agent, so we'd be depending on Simmons to come back and be our 3. Redd has been playing there of late, though, so who knows. If we did get Durant, it'd pretty much ruin my hopes of ever playing enough of a halfcourt game to maximize Bogut, but we'd become one of the elite running teams in the league. In that case, we'd likely end up watching Bogut walk as soon as he's eligible for free agency, or be traded. In the NBA, a dominant frontcourt wins you championships. If we got the #1 pick and passed on a chance to get the ultimate young tag-team up front, I'd have to disagree with the wisdom of our pick.
Bogut and Oden would complement eachother very well and would be a pretty imposing frontcourt with Villanueva at the 3.
