Who says theres no such thing as a free lunch?

Of the players on this season's roster, there are only two who have but on the court for more minutes under coach Scott Skiles than guard Charlie Bell. Bell played a total of 1,783 minutes a year ago in Skiles' first season with the Bucks and only guard Luke Ridnour (2,033) and forward Luc Richard Mbah a Moute (2,114) played more. With seven new players joining the team this season...

Ersan Ilyasova could have stayed in Barcelona or gone to another European team during the summer. But he was ready for another shot with his first pro team, the Bucks. Ilyasova remembered how the Bucks staff helped him recover from a serious foot injury after he was drafted in 2005. He met his wife, Julia, during his first two years in Milwaukee. Even though the Bucks had a different...

Hakim Warrick could be an X factor for the Bucks this season, either off the bench or in the starting lineup. Coach Scott Skiles has debated how to use him most effectively, but there's no doubt he likes the firepower and energy the former Syracuse star brings in a reserve role. Warrick said he had a bit of an advantage in coming to the Bucks because he played last season in Memphis...

It seems like only yesterday that center Dan Gadzuric joined the Bucks as a second-round draft choice out of UCLA. Well, not really. Actually, Gadzuric is entering his eighth season in the NBA - all with the Bucks - and the only player who has been with the team longer is guard Michael Redd, who has played all nine years in Milwaukee.

Don't expect to find Bogut on the bench when he's not playing in the game this season. He might not be there. In an effort to keep his back loose when he comes out of a game, the Bucks will have an area for Bogut behind the bench where he can stretch out and keep his back from tightening up.

Michael Redd has waited a long time and worked quite hard since his last regular-season game. That was Jan. 24, when he crumpled to the Bradley Center floor after tearing the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in his left knee in a game against the Sacramento Kings.

The championship banners are impossible to miss by anyone visiting the Milwaukee Bucks' training center in St. Francis. The banners are a testament to a tradition of excellence that the franchise enjoyed in days past and represents a culture that the present brain trust of John Hammond and Scott Skiles is trying to rekindle today.

Doormats in the Central Division for quite some time, the Milwaukee Bucks will kick off their 2009-10 campaign Friday on the road against the Philadelphia 76ers in their home opener at the Wachovia Center.

Ready or not, rookie Brandon Jennings will be in the Milwaukee Bucks' starting lineup on opening night Friday in Philadelphia.

While Milwaukee Bucks coach Scott Skiles did not come out and say who would start at power forward in the regular-season opener Friday in Philadelphia, he did drop some pretty strong hints.

Carlos Delfino is a prime example of basketball's reach around the globe. He has played in Italy and Russia, in Detroit and Toronto. He is a teammate on the Argentine national team with Luis Scola, Manu Ginobili, Fabricio Oberto and Andres Nocioni, all established players in the NBA. But he definitely is delighted to be in Milwaukee after spending last season with Khimki Moscow...

Eighty-three players from 35 countries outside the United States are starting on rosters in the NBA. Leading the way are the Milwaukee Bucks with six internationals.

Luc Richard Mbah a Moute will start at small forward for the Milwaukee Bucks in their regular-season opener Friday night at Philadelphia, provided he is not sidelined by a bruised right knee.

Michael Redd and Hakim Warrick were practicing again Thursday for the Milwaukee Bucks, and both should be available for the season opener Friday night in Philadelphia.