SG Michael Redd (NBA All Star, Olympic gold medalist)

[Buckskin86]

Bucks' Redd -- like countless others -- just a contract now
Posted Aug 9 2010

There probably is a pretty good science-fiction movie or, at least, a sci-fi short story lying within the NBA's approach to well-known players and their big-money contracts.

Film or print, it would be set in some futuristic, monochromatic concrete-and-steel place where the inhabitants have bad haircuts, never smile and walk around in the mock-turtle and Nehru-jacket collars. Beyond the usual hover-cars and tiny robotic household helpers, we would find a world where people are people only up to a certain point -- after which they are processed through The Machine and emerge on the other side a little groggy, a bit shaken and with their names surgically altered.

No more John Jones. Now he's "the expiring contract of John Jones."

Into that crazy, whacked-out culture drops our hero. And since Charlton Heston no longer is available and Mark Wahlberg is too busy, the lead role will be played by Michael Redd. Of the Milwaukee Bucks (though not for long).

Redd has been ripe for this expiring-contract treatment for a while. The elders had been pondering the day ever since Redd signed his six-year, $90.9 million deal back in August 2005.

Back then, he was a rising, if minor, star with inordinate leverage: Soon to be 26, fresh from one All-Star season and an even better (non-All-Star) follow-up, for a Milwaukee Bucks team badly in need of an anchor. Solid citizen, Midwestern guy, content to play and live in southeastern Wisconsin -- the Bucks dutifully overpaid and hoped for the best.

They got it for a while. Redd averaged 24.8 points a game over his next three seasons, though he ominously was limited to 53 appearances in 2006-07 by issues with his left knee. That's the left knee Redd blew out midway through 2008-09, the same knee that shut down his comeback attempt last season with a pop! against the Lakers in January and sent him back for a second round of ACL/MCL surgery.

NBA.com: Bucks' Redd -- like countless others -- just a contract now

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rj7yFoQQKg]YouTube - ‪NBA Journey: Michael Redd‬‎[/ame]

 

[Buckskin86]

Redd decision looms large for Bucks
Brewhoop_tiny by Frank Madden on Sep 19, 2010

Morry Gash - AP
Have we seen the last of Michael Redd in a Bucks uniform?

Michael Redd has been called many things in his 10 year NBA career. Most notably, and in chronological order: overlooked ('00-'01), underrated ('01-'03), all-star ('04), frequently unstoppable ('04-'08), and overpaid ('05-present)...to name a few. And yet since suffering a second season-ending knee injury in as many years, Redd has been something entirely different, something you wouldn't expect of a career 21.6 ppg scorer due to be paid $18.3 million this season.

Forgotten.

After a 46 win season and the further additions of scoring wings Corey Maggette and Chris Douglas-Roberts, any concerns about how the Bucks will cope without Redd seem long gone. But as much as the Bucks may no longer need Redd or have real interest in seeing him return to the court this year, his next move could still have a major effect on the team--and its longer term future.

http://www.brewhoop.com/2010/9/19/1695543/redd-decision-looms-large-for-bucks

 

[lord vegas]

Are bucks fans slow? How can losing a guy of Redds talent good for the team. At best he provides depth. At worst he's a good locker room guy and savvy vet for their young team.

 

[Buckskin86]

Michael Redd still hoping for comeback with Milwaukee Bucks
Guard's future in question due to injuries to both knees
By Mike Sherry ? Post-Crescent staff writer ? October 5, 2010

ST. FRANCIS ? Michael Redd is still a member of the Milwaukee Bucks.

But no one, including his bosses, can say for sure if he will ever play another game for the Bucks, or any other NBA team, for that matter.

After tearing both the ACL and MCL in his left knee during the 2008-09 season, Redd came back to play in 18 games for the Bucks last season.

His season ? and some believe his career ? came to an end on Jan. 10 in Los Angeles, when he suffered the same injuries to his left knee in a game against the Lakers, forcing him to miss the final 48 games of last season.

Redd, who is fourth in points scored and tied for seventh in games played on the Bucks' career list, is in his native Ohio working to make a second comeback.

"Michael's working really hard trying to get back," Bucks coach Scott Skiles said at the team's media day on Sept. 27. "We just have to wait and see what happens. We don't have a definite timetable for anything. Obviously, it's not now and it's not before the holidays or anything like that. It's going to be much later than that.

"We'll just cross it when we get to it. We'll see where he's at, how he's doing, where we are at that time. We want to do right by Michael as well. He came back last time and reinjured it again. Nobody wants that to happen again. So, we'll just see where he's at."

Read more: http://www.postcrescent.com/article.../Redd-still-hoping-for-comeback#ixzz11TxyFhin

 

[Buckskin86]

From the Hip - Michael Redd Interview
Story: Jason E. Ohlson | Intro: Kristen M. Foley

In all aspects of life there is a ?before?, an ?after?, and then there is, of course, the ?now?. Michael Redd, the 6?6 guard for the Milwaukee Bucks knows the importance of all three.

Before Redd was shooting hoops with the big boys in the NBA, he was gaining honorable mentions and setting records at The Ohio State University. Before that, he was a star at West High School, class of 1997. Before that, he was a child who excelled at basketball at an early age and was supported and coached to greatness by his mentor and father James.

Now Redd, who moved from Buckeye to Buck in 2000, returns to his hometown every off-season. Instead of taking a break, however, Redd chooses to not only better himself, (he spends the summer doing hard-core workouts and training and playing with the USA Men?s Basketball team), he also works hard at making change happen in his community and for the young people who look up to him

http://www.columbusmag.com/section-coverstory-article.php?id=617

 

[Buckskin86]

Redd hopes to return in February, says "any role" OK
By Charles F. Gardner of the Journal Sentinel
Oct. 21, 2010

Columbus, Ohio - Michael Redd strolled into the Bucks' shootaround Thursday morning as the team prepared to play the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Redd, who is recovering from a second consecutive anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligament tears in his left knee, said he is making good progress and hopes to return to the Bucks in February. And he said he would accept "any role" at that time as he tries to make a comeback at age 31.

Redd is in the final year of his contract and making $18.3 million this season, the fifth-highest individual salary in the NBA.

It's unclear if he will ever play for the Bucks again, but he said he hopes to do so.

"I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now," Redd said. "I can really see myself playing again, feeling good again and getting explosive again.

"You kind of develop that confidence over your time in therapy. It's almost mental therapy as well."

Redd spoke with Bucks general manager John Hammond and a number of teammates as the Bucks practiced at the Schottenstein Center in Redd's hometown, on the campus of Ohio State University.

"I was sharing with the guys that for the first time in my career I've missed training camp, as far as enjoying training camp," he said. "But I'll be back in February. I'll be in Milwaukee for my annual Thanksgiving giveaway as well. But it's definitely good to see everybody."

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/105450263.html

 

[Buckskin86]

Redd anxious to rejoin Bucks
By Charles F. Gardner of the Journal Sentinel
Oct. 21, 2010

Mark Hoffman
"There's no doubt about it. My mind is to come back and to play and help this team out as much as I can when I get back. Any role, any role, just to play basketball and be a part. That's it." - Michael Redd
He hopes to return from knee injury in February

Columbus, Ohio ? Michael Redd is determined to play basketball again, despite suffering two major injuries to his left knee in the past two seasons.

And the 31-year-old Redd, who tied a franchise record last year by playing in his 10th season with the Milwaukee Bucks, hopes he will have another chance to wear a Bucks uniform.

"I just know I want to come back and do my part, whatever it is," Redd said as he greeted his teammates before their exhibition game Thursday night against Cleveland on the Ohio State University campus.

"There's no doubt about it. My mind is to come back and to play and help this team out as much as I can when I get back."

Redd said he would accept any opportunity with the Bucks, who acquired John Salmons in a trade last season and this summer signed Salmons to a five-year contract to fill the starting shooting guard role.

"Any role, any role, just to play basketball and be a part," Redd said. "That's it. And that's been my mentality my whole tenure here. To do the best I can do."

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/bucks/105497398.html

NBA: Injuries haven't hurt Redd's determination
Friday, October 22, 2010
By Bill Rabinowitz
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

At another time, last night's NBA exhibition game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Milwaukee Bucks might have packed Value City Arena.

The draw of LeBron James for the Cavs and Columbus native Michael Redd for the Bucks would have been quite enticing. But with James having taken his talents elsewhere and Redd rehabilitating from a second major knee injury, only 7,092 attended the Cavs' 83-77 victory.

While the Cavs adjust to life without James, the Bucks have become accustomed to playing without Redd, a former Ohio State star. Brandon Jennings and Andrew Bogut have become the faces of the improving Bucks. In the final year of a six-year contract that will pay him $18.3 million this season, the 31-year-old Redd's future with Milwaukee is unclear.

Redd said he's on track to return in February.

"I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now," he said. "I can really see myself playing again and getting explosive again. You develop that confidence over time in therapy. It's almost mental therapy, as well."

http://www.dispatch.com/live/conten...-havent-hurt-redds-determination.html?sid=101

The Redd alert
By Michael Hunt of the Journal Sentinel
Oct. 21, 2010

Michael Redd showing up for an exhibition shoot-around in his hometown is not exactly like Brett Favre flying in for a team scrimmage, but in both cases they put management on the spot.

Of course, the Packers traded Favre. But Bucks will do no such thing with Redd.

And why would they? They need that $18.3 million salary slot as much as the next team.

Sadly, that's what Redd has become here at the end of his time in Milwaukee, a salary slot for next season. But no one should feel bad for Redd, uh-uh. He's going to get $18.3 million this season for not getting off the bench with the Bucks.

He's a good guy, and here's hoping he's able to extend his career elsewhere. It just won't be here. He won't play again with the Bucks, even if he's healthy enough by February or so.

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/105479808.html

Michael Redd, the same as he ever was
Rob Mahoney
Oct 21, 2010

Michael Redd used to be the center of all things Milwaukee Bucks, but those days are long gone. Injury after injury and rehab after rehab rendered his fully functional return a pipe dream, while his bloated salary handicapped a franchise on the rebuild. Fair or unfair, many among the Bucks faithful hold Redd?s health against him, and the frustration both internally and externally regarding his unfortunate streak of injuries is undoubtedly significant.

In that frustration, I only ask that we not forget that Redd is one of the NBA?s classiest acts, and that as irritating as it is to think of him rehabbing his leg instead of helping his teammates (or even instead of sitting on the bench with them during their brief playoff run), it bugs Redd himself more than you know. Basketball may not be everything to Michael Redd, but you?d better believe that he cares about playing and not playing, leading and not leading, and willing the Bucks to victory or watching them be burdened by his very presence on the roster.

He never chose this path. He didn?t get busted on a criminal charge, face legal allegations of any kind, or divide a locker room with an over-the-top persona. Redd just played basketball. He made mistakes, surely, but the marks held against him are often for events largely out of his control.

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/21/michael-redd-same-as-he-ever-was/

 

[Buckskin86]

Former Buckeye and current NBA star Michael Redd: ?I should be dead?
By Nick Hiltbrand
[email protected]
Published: Sunday, November 7, 2010

Tyler Joswick / The Lantern
Michael Redd speaks at "A Night of Hope" event in the Union at Ohio State Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010

Michael Redd is an NBA superstar, Olympic gold medalist and one of the highest-paid athletes in sports. And before one night about seven years ago, he said he was drinking too much, craving sex and felt unworthy of living.

"I used to read the story about Jesus getting whipped and think that it was me holding the whip," Redd shouted Oct. 31 during his "Night of Hope" event at the Ohio Union. "Every time I watched pornography, every time I drank, every time I lusted, it was me giving him another lashing. I put him on that cross."

Redd, who won a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, told students that he knew what he was doing was wrong, and it made him think he shouldn't be alive because his heart wasn't in the right place.

Redd, a former Ohio State basketball player and NBA All-Star with the Milwaukee Bucks, held the OSU event in collaboration with Athletes in Action, a national Christian group that promotes its ministry through athletes and has a chapter at OSU.

In 2003, in his hotel room before a game against the Atlanta Hawks, Redd said God spoke to him.

"I heard a voice say, ?Get up and pray,'" Redd said. "I've never felt anything like what I felt that night. My life has never been the same since. My heart was changed."

Redd stopped going to clubs with the likes of Jay-Z and Sean ?Diddy' Combs, saying his heart didn't want to do those things anymore.

"I was no good at sin. I was also a horrible dancer. People would make fun of me because I didn't even know how to drink the right way," Redd said. "Girls would ask at the club, ?Are you having fun?' and I'd say no, and want to go home."

http://www.thelantern.com/sports/fo...-star-michael-redd-i-should-be-dead-1.1750298

 

[Buckskin86]

Redd repeats desire to return
By Charles F. Gardner of the Journal Sentinel
Nov. 18, 2010

Philadelphia - Michael Redd showed up at the Cousins Center during the Bucks practice session Thursday and spoke with many of his teammates as they prepared to leave for Friday night's road game against the Philadelphia 76ers.

Redd was in Milwaukee for his annual turkey giveaway as he distributed 150 Thanksgiving meals at the House of Peace for families in need. The Bucks guard has donated Thanksgiving meals at the House of Peace for eight consecutive years.

"It kind of passed on to me from Ray (Allen) when he was here," Redd said. "Ray was doing some things with the House of Peace, and after he left I wanted to continue the legacy."

Redd reported he is making steady progress in his comeback from left knee surgery and has been cleared for basketball activities for the first time since Jan. 10, when he suffered torn ligaments in a game against the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center.

"I've been on the court a little bit shooting," Redd said. "It feels great. We're at the point right now where we'll let the graft continue to heal.

"By January we're looking at going full steam in my individual workouts. The goal for me is to be ready to practice (in February) and be ready to jump in."

Redd is in the final year of a six-year, $91 million deal he signed as a free agent in the summer of 2005. He is making $18.3 million this season.

It remains unclear if Redd will play for the Bucks again after he suffered ACL injuries to his left knee in January 2009 and again almost one year later. Bucks general manager John Hammond has not commented on a possible return by Redd.

But the former Ohio State star made it clear he wants to return at some point this season, repeating the sentiment he expressed last month when the Bucks played an exhibition game in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.

"It's not complicated for me," Redd said. "I just want to get back on the court and do what I love to do.

"I'm under contract still, so I can't speak any other way. My intent is to come back here (to Milwaukee) in February. As long as I'm a Milwaukee Buck, I have an obligation to help this team be the best it can be."

Redd is currently living and working out at his home base in Columbus but has been keeping tabs on the Bucks' progress.

"They're playing a lot better, getting acclimated to the system," Redd said of the team's 5-6 start. "We'll be fine; it's just a matter of time."

Redd said it would mean a lot to him to pull on his No. 22 Bucks uniform again.

"Just the act of putting on the uniform again would be awesome," Redd said. "The last time I wore a uniform I was walking off with an ACL (tear).

"It would be one of the highlights of my career, to be honest with you. A lot of people thought I would retire or quit and that's just not my DNA. The doctors have told me I can come back and be at 100%. I'm relying on them. That's the bottom line. I'm going to be back."

The 31-year-old shooting guard ranks fourth on the franchise's all-time scoring list and has played all 10 seasons of his pro career in Milwaukee after being selected 43rd overall in the 2000 draft.

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/109088529.html

 

[Buckskin86]

1/9/2011 - OSU vs Minnesota - Michael Redd (left) and J.J. Sullinger were two of the former captains honored during half time.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Re: Michael Redd (left) and J.J. Sullinger were two of the former captains honored during half time

Anyone think the third person in the picture is a "future captain"?

Is Redd an fan of "Shoelaces"?


:osu:

 

[Buckskin86]

Skiles sketchy on Redd return
No firm plan for long-sidelined star
By Tom Enlund of the Journal Sentinel
Jan. 27, 2011

AP
Michael Redd is averaging 20.3 points over his career, but has injured the same knee in each of the last two seasons.

It's almost time to turn the calendar to February, which was guard Michael Redd's target for a return to the Milwaukee Bucks.

Redd has been spending the season rehabbing from major knee surgery in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio, and coach Scott Skiles was asked after Thursday's practice for a Redd update. Skiles indicated that the team was continuing to take a cautious approach where the 31-year-old guard was concerned and that no date had been set in stone for his return.

"We're just going to wait and see when he's cleared to play, when that is, and go from there," said Skiles. "See where we are. See where he's at. He's got something in his mind (for a return) and I think that's important that he's got goals in his mind about when he's going to come back. That's fine. But that's no reason to pre-judge any of it."

Skiles was asked if there was a cut-off date after which it would serve no purpose to have Redd join the team.

"There might be," he said. "I know people want to know about it and I know it's a valid question, but from my seat, until someone is here and working with the group, you don't know anything for sure.

"He's approached this exactly how he has to approach it. He's trying to get himself ready. If there's a point where he's ready and cleared by everybody and he's working with the guys, and it's time to start playing again, then we'll cross that when it happens."

There has been considerable doubt since Redd blew out his left knee last January against the Lakers in Los Angeles over whether he would ever play again, since it was the second straight season that he had suffered a major injury to the same knee.

And the Bucks have moved on since then, trading last February for shooting guard John Salmons and then re-signing Salmons last summer to a five-year contract.

But the thought of Redd rejoining the team has piqued some interest because the Bucks have been the worst offensive team in the league this season and Redd was one of the league's most prolific scorers, averaging 20.3 points over his 10 seasons.

Could Redd be a possible cure for what ails the Bucks offensively?

"I don't know," said Skiles. "He's been out a long time now. He's very diligent about coming back and his rehab and his work he's putting in. I would never bet against him, but you have to wait and see.

"It's a serious injury, one that he's had twice, basically, so you have to see what he can do. You have to see if he can play five-on-five and how everything looks. And when that is, what is the situation with our team at that moment? There's several things to take into account."

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http://www.jsonline.com/sports/bucks/114769754.html

 

[WolverineMike]

MILWAUKEE (AP)—Michael Redd(notes) is expected to rejoin the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday in his latest effort to return from a severe knee injury.
Redd last played 13 months ago when he tore both the ACL and MCL in his left knee in Los Angeles. Redd hasn’t been with the team this season, opting to rehabilitate in Columbus, Ohio.

Redd’s first step will be to work out with team trainers to determine a timetable on when he can return to practice. It’s not clear when he might be ready to appear in a game.
He’s Milwaukee’s priciest asset, making $18.3 million in the final year of a $91 million, six-year contract he signed in 2005. Redd has averaged 20.2 points in his 10-year career and was a member of Team USA in the 2008 Olympics, but has appeared in just 51 NBA games since.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-bucks-redd

 

[naptownbuck]

In honor of Redd's impending return, a short vid of Mike & several other pro Buckeyes. Michael Redd (along with Katie & Scoonie) is the standard of this era (2000's & up)..the first Buckeye NBA All-Star since the Lucas/Hondo days. Check it out :) :osu:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzCtoUd8bbo"]YouTube - Scarlet & Gray Elite 2011 (Evan Turner, Scoonie Penn, Mike Conley, Ron Lewis)[/ame]

 

[Buckskin86]

Bucks' Redd is ready to return
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Charles F. Gardner of the Journal Sentinel
Feb. 15, 2011

Michael Redd has been out of the Bucks' lineup since injuring his knee Jan. 10 last season.
Shooting guard hurt his knee 13 months ago


St. Francis ? Michael Redd has experienced the agony of an anterior cruciate ligament tear not once but twice in a 12-month period.

And now, 13 months after tearing up his left knee for a second time, the Milwaukee Bucks guard is ready to return.

Bucks general manager John Hammond confirmed Tuesday that Redd would be back with the team Monday for the team's first practice after the NBA all-star break.

The Bucks are not expecting Redd, who ranks fourth on the team's all-time scoring list, to make a startling impact in the final two months of the season. But they are glad to have him back.

"Just as he did last off-season, he has worked so very hard to get himself in a position where he can return," Hammond said. "When he arrives Monday he'll go through the next step in the process.

"He will continue to do his rehab. He will be on the floor with some individual skill work. From that point, then how soon can he progress to doing more basketball-related movements? And from that point, how soon can he progress to actually being able to practice?"

Redd has been working out at Ohio State University, where he played for the Buckeyes before joining the Bucks as the 43rd overall pick in the 2000 NBA draft.

He has played his entire career with the Bucks and is in the final year of a six-year, $91 million contract he signed during the summer of 2005.

At age 31, Redd does not believe his career is over and wants to show he can come back from his knee surgeries.

"One of the reasons he's worked so hard to get back is he believes he can still play and get back to the level," Bucks coach Scott Skiles said. "Nowadays, there's no reason he can't.

"The medical side of it, the things they've discovered about rehab and how to go about it, many guys come back and are fine. Now, he's done it twice. I certainly wouldn't rule against him looking good."

Redd has played 10 seasons with the Bucks and ranks among the franchise leaders in most major categories: seventh in field goals made, second in three-pointers made, tied for seventh in games played, fourth in field goals attempted and third in free throws attempted.

He still holds the single-game franchise record of 57 points set Nov. 11, 2006, against Utah, a record nearly equaled by Brandon Jennings when he scored 55 against Golden State last season.

Redd suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament and torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee when he drove the lane against the Lakers on Jan. 10, 2010, at the Staples Center.

It was the second straight year he had suffered a torn ACL and torn MCL in the knee, after he was injured in a home game against Sacramento in January 2009.

"You know him, that he's not afraid to work," Hammond said. "He's proven that in his career. That's how you go from being a second-round pick to becoming an all-star to be playing for the U.S. Olympic team.

"Now he's put himself in a position to hopefully get back on the floor, which would be great for him and great for us."

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http://www.jsonline.com/sports/bucks/116284294.html

at the MSU game this week...

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