According to ESPN Insider the Bucks protected: Michael Redd Desmond Mason TJ Ford Marcus Haislip Joe Smith Daniel Santiago Dan Gadzuric Keith Van Horn UNPROTECTED: Brian Skinner and Erick Strickland Not surprised with those since Skinner will opt out of his contract before the draft anyways and Strick can go for all I care.
I would have left Santiago unprotected before Strickland. At least Strick has some trade value. Santiago is garbage. The guy is 7' tall and plays like he's shorter than T.J.
I love Skinner and Strick. They played well for what minutes they played. I'll especially miss Skinner, he provided great defense and rebounding for us a lot of the time. It's a good thing we have Skinner though and Gadzuric who has a lot of potential. I certainly hope next year is DMase's breakout year, it'll really help us out once he's starter material with a jumpshot. Same goes for RJ but for the Nets.
Well we're expecting Skinner to opt out, so they can't pick him, and they likely won't pick Strick up anyways.