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MouteKicksBoute wrote:SF: Corey Brewer

St. Francis - Bucks forward Joe Alexander remains out of practice due to a strained right hamstring he suffered prior to the opening of training camp.

"I'm getting better slowly," Alexander said Friday after the Bucks' workout at the Cousins Center. "Every day is an improvement. The healing process is long. I just am trying to stay mentally strong.

"The hamstring is a tough injury because it just takes time. If you come back too soon, you're going to end up hurting yourself in the long run."

The Bucks made Alexander the eighth overall selection in the 2008 draft, but he got off to a slow start last season due to another injury which sidelined him during training camp. The Bucks are facing a deadline of Oct. 31 to pick up the first option year, or the third year on his rookie-scale deal.

"The contract isn't frustrating; I'm not worried about it," he said. "It's frustrating to not be playing, especially after a summer where I really put in a lot of work. I've always put in work, but I felt like I made a lot of improvements this summer and I was ready to step up and do what I wanted to do on this team.

"I'm not able to do that, and that's frustrating."

MickeyDavis wrote:Then it should be a good matchup.

adamcz wrote:Bucks aren't picking up his option. The JS always drops hints on behalf of Bucks PR.

Wise1 wrote:Why would Kohl pay JA almost 3mil this season to sit the bench?!? Decline. Mistake by Hammond. Big one.

Sessions playing strictly at point
By Charles F. Gardner of the Journal Sentinel
Oct. 16, 2009 8:27 p.m.

Former Bucks guard Ramon Sessions will be back in the Bradley Center on Saturday night, but this time wearing the blue and white of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Sessions signed a four-year, $16.4 million deal with the Timberwolves in September, and the Bucks decided not to match the offer sheet to the 23-year-old free agent. He has been coming off the bench in the preseason, serving as the backup point guard to rookie Jonny Flynn, the sixth overall pick in the June NBA draft.

The Bucks already have played the Timberwolves once and lost, 117-103, in the preseason opener in Mankato, Minn., on Oct. 4.

At the time Minnesota signed Sessions, Timberwolves president David Kahn said he expected Sessions would also be used at shooting guard and play in tandem with Flynn. But that hasn't happened thus far, with Corey Brewer starting at the 2 guard spot and former Cleveland player Sasha Pavlovic getting some time there.

"Right now, I'm not big on it," new Minnesota coach Kurt Rambis told the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

In the game in Mankato, the Timberwolves held a 49-24 rebounding advantage and sank 50 of 56 free throws. Kevin Love had 13 rebounds and Ryan Gomes 10. Sessions contributed nine points, six rebounds and four assists against his former team.

"They beat us so soundly, I would be surprised if we didn't respond to that tomorrow," Bucks coach Scott Skiles said. "These (exhibition) games don't go on the record, but individual matchups, players remember.

"You don't want to let a team just stomp on you two games in the exhibition season."

Brewer led the Timberwolves with 20 points in a 94-90 loss to the Chicago Bulls on Friday night at the United Center. Sessions played 25 minutes and had seven points, three assists and three rebounds, while Flynn contributed 10 points and eight assists.

MBucks89 wrote:does anyone know if the game tomorrow is gonna be on twc?

DocHoliday wrote:Free tickets thru Bucks.com Fastbreak membership, with a service charge of course.

thetown wrote:

DocHoliday wrote:Free tickets thru Bucks.com Fastbreak membership, with a service charge of course.

still possible to take advantage of this if not a Fastbreak member already?