<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">If there is any player in the NBA - or all of pro sports, for that matter - whose word I'd take, it's Michael Redd's. In a cesspool of illusion, deceit and self-promotion, Redd is a righteous guy, about as straight-up as they come. If Redd pledges that he intends to re-sign with the Bucks after the collective-bargaining agreement is settled, consider it just this side of bankable. But a sure thing? Nothing in this here league - except for maybe Allen Iverson avoiding practice and David Stern insisting that his players are fundamentally sound - is absolute. Still, the Bucks at best took a low-grade gamble Thursday when they did not trade their unrestricted free agent-to-be. If they weren't 99.9% certain that Redd's intentions to stay were true, he would've been gone by now because at least one reasonable deal was available. No doubt, the trust is such between player and franchise that Redd will likely sign a deal for upwards of $10 million a season for five years, depending, of course, on the terms of the next agreement. Still . . . </div> Source
