

While NBA fans, players, and owners are focusing heavily on the Finals, scouts from teams out of the playoffs, including the Milwaukee Bucks, are shifting their focus to the 2006 NBA Draft. The declared college players attending tryouts will want to win the respect from the coaches and managers hoping to convince them to draft them this upcoming June 28th. These tryouts will determine in most cases, who will be drafted , and who will be left to the waiver wire. Today, the Milwaukee Bucks held their first of many player tryouts at the teams training center in St. Francis, WI. Among the players at the tryouts today were Taj Grey, an intriguing 6-9 power forward from Oklahoma University. The Bucks are definitely in a different drafting position than last offseason and will not have the best players in for tryouts. Last year, the Bucks won the lottery and selected Andrew Bogut with the #1 pick. The Bucks won’t even have a 1st round pick this year after packaging it as part of the Desmond Mason deal in order to acquire Jamaal Magloire from the NO/OK City Hornets. The Bucks own a lone selection in the second round, 39th overall, and will be looking to add depth at the PF position. Some of the other forwards that the Bucks could be targeting include: Kevin Pittsnogle from West Virginia, Eric Hicks from Cincinnati, Ryan Hollins from UCLA, and Craig Smith from Boston College.
June 20, 2006
Bucks begin draft preparation in unfamilar territory
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