The Bucks have signed guard Tyronn Lue to a 1-year, $2.5 million dollar contract. Lue can handle either the point guard or shooting guard positions for the Bucks but he should be limited to 15-20 minutes per night which is when he is most effective. Lue played in 50 games (3 starts) for the Hawks and Mavericks last season and he averaged 14.7 minutes, 5.8 points, 1.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. The 31-year old Lue should be a solid addition to the Bucks bench as long as they keep his minutes down. Lue has now played in 510 games (173 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 23.6 minutes, 8.9 points, 1.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game.

The Bucks have signed forward Malik Allen. Allen is 6′10″, 255 pounds as he is basically nothing more than a reserve power forward who doesn’t mind throwing his body around. Allen played in 73 games (16 starts) for the Nets & Mavericks last season and he averaged 15.0 minutes, 4.6 points, 2.7 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game. Don’t expect Allen to put up numbers much better than that for the Bucks who have a few forwards ahead of Allen on the depth chart. Allen has now played in 360 games (119 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 16.8 minutes, 5.7 points, 3.2 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game. This was a solid signing for the bench of the Bucks.

The Bucks went with size again in the 2nd round last night with the selection of Luc Richard Mbah a Moute out of UCLA. Moute is a strong guy at 6′8″, 230 pounds and he’s a banger whose game is mostly in the confines of the key. Moute played in 107 games (106 starts) at UCLA and he averaged 8.7 points, 7.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.3 steals per game. He probably won’t get too much playing time as a rookie in 2008-09.

The Bucks selected 21-year old power forward Joe Alexander in the first round of the NBA Draft last night. The 6′8″, 230 pound Alexander will likely get a lot of minutes backing up Charlie Villanueva in 2008-09. He played in 82 games (70 starts) at West Virginia and he averaged 12.1 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.2 blocked shots per game. This was a good pick for the Bucks considering that they traded Yi Jianlian last night.

The Bucks have acquired small forward Richard Jefferson from the Nets for second year forward Yi Jianlian and forward Bobby Simmons. The 28-year old Jefferson was one of the triplets in New Jersey along with Jason Kidd and Vince Carter and he should fit in well in Milwaukee. Jefferson played in 82 games (all starts) last season in New Jersey and he averaged 39.0 minutes, 22.6 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game. Look for Jefferson to probably be the #2 option in the Bucks’ offense next season behind Michael Redd. Jefferson has now played in 489 games (417 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 35.8 minutes, 17.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game. This was a great trade for the Bucks as Yi Jianlian never really wanted to play in Milwaukee anyway and Charlie Villanueva is a better player than he is anyway. Simmons was thrown in the trade to help balance the money.