The Dribble

Tom Enlund at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting that Charlie Villanueva, the new PF acquired from Toronto for T.J. Ford back on July 1st, is having a hard time so far this pre-season.

Two games in a row the "Chillin Villain" (freedarko's Dr. Lawyer Indian Chief gets credit for the nickname when he claimed "Milwaukee has constructed the hardest soft frontcourt in The Association by pairing Bogut with Chillin Villain") has fouled out after 22 minutes in the first game and a mere 18 minutes in the second.

So what happens in the next game? Charlie was a non-factor sure he played 24 minutes getting 8 points, 4 boards only 2 fouls but committed 3 turnovers.

With Bogut out with a leg sprain from a collision he had with Steve Blake, Gadzuric and Skinner will be called upon for lots of minutes up front at the center position, leaving even fewer options at power forward. Furthering the dilemma is the injury to Bobby Simmons who is expected to miss at least a month with a heel injury and unless as Sky Hook at bucksdiary.blogspot.com reminds us:


Villaneuva plays better when he's aggressive but gets into foul trouble if he can learn to walk the line between the two by working on his footwork, he could provide the Bucks with the scoring option they need, if not, well the lumbering forward may have to adopt the "Antoine Walker shuffle" to get those feet moving.