Milwaukee Bucks 

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 09-10 season                                                           Cap Room: -9,058,358                               Best Bench Player: Carlos Delfino

14th place Overall                                                   Luxury Tax: No                                               Power Rankings: 14

6th in Conference                                                    Best Player: Andrew Bogut                          Owner/Net Worth: Herb Kohl/279M

Reached first round of playoffs                                Coach: Scott Skyles                                       Team Value: 278 million

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 Starting 5

                                                 PG  Brandon Jennings PR#15                              SG John Salmonds PR#13                                                                                                                                               

                                              SF Correy Maggette PR#16                   C Andrew Bogut PR#3                     PF Drew Gooden PR#28                                                                                                                                                     

Bench Grade: B

PG Keyon Dooling SG Michael Redd SF Carlos Delfino, Chris Douglas-Roberts, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Ersan Ilyasova PF Larry Sanders, Jon Brockman C

How do we become an elite NBA team?

Every elite team needs a superstar. Brandon Jennings is a good point guard but with the NBA being so point guard heavy you need more than that. Drew Gooden was a bad signing. When teams get impatient they make bad decisions. And what Gooden does to this team is say that we are ok with mediocrity. John Salmons was a good resign but he is also not a star per say. The Bucks will win enough games to make the playoffs but need a difference maker type player to move this team up to elite status. They have good pieces in play but need one star but unfortunately Milwaukee isn’t much of a free agent hot spot. So that means they have to take chances on players they can get. Bogut is not getting any younger so I would go for it now. But where to go? My first thought is Antwan Jamison. You give Cleveland Corey Maggette (to fill their small forward whole) and either a John Brockman or Chris Douglas Roberts and they would be happy to give him up so they can free up playing time for Hickson and lose a big contract. Bogut Jamison Salmons Delfino and Jennings is definitely a team that can score and still being able to bring Gooden off the bench will give them some defensive presence up front. Just a thought but action has definitely has to be taken because the Bucks do not have the players to compete right now.