The Bucks penciled Villanueva into their starting lineup after they acquired him from the Raptors for T.J. Ford, but he hasn’t produced the way they thought he would. Villanueva has played in 29 games and he has averaged 26.0 minutes, 12.2 points and 6.3 rebounds per game this season. In his defense, he did miss a lot of games due to injury but that doesn’t excuse him looking lazy on the court. He has shot well this season as he’s hit 47.7% from the floor and 81.4% from the free throw line. The Bucks need Villanueva to step up in the paint and help out Andrew Bogut on the glass or it’s going to be a very long season for the Bucks.

With the Bucks missing both starting guards (Michael Redd & Maurice Williams) due to injury they needed Charlie Bell to step up but it hasn’t happened yet. In his last 6 games, Bell has averaged 12.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.8 steals per game. Bell needs to improve his shooting from the floor as he’s only hit 33.7% from the floor in his last 6 games and that needs to change or the Bucks are going to continue to have problems scoring.

The Bucks need more scoring out of power forward Brian Skinner as he’s been replacing offensive minded power forward Charlie Villanueva. Skinner has played in 32 games and has averaged 18.5 minutes, 4.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 0.9 assists and 1.0 blocks per game this season. Skinner has hit 50.9% of his shots from the floor but most of them are putbacks or dunks. He also needs to do better from the free-throw line as he’s hitting only 66.7% of his attempts. The Bucks could use more scoring out of Skinnner because of the massive injuries that have hurt them.