MILWAUKEE (AP) Although Keith Van Horn didn't like the timing of his latest trade, he says the Milwaukee Bucks should be a perfect fit for him.

``I see a lot of guys that really understand the game. I don't see any selfish players on this team. I think it makes an easy adjustment for a new guy to come who feels the same way about the game,'' Van Horn said Tuesday, minutes after the beginning of the Bucks' game against Orlando.

``You look at this team and the talent that they have, the way they play, the way they play with each other, the love that they display for the game. It's a great situation.''

He said Knicks president Isiah Thomas told him about 24 hours before the trade that it might occur. Van Horn was getting ready for his 4-year-old daughter's birthday party at Disney World. The news was a shock, he said, despite the recent upheaval in the Knicks organization.

``I thought it'd get to a point where it would stop. I was obviously wrong,'' he said. ``I wasn't looking forward to leaving. I didn't necessarily want to be traded. But when you do get traded, you look at all the positives in what has came about and I think there's a lot of positives in the situation.''

Van Horn passed his physical Tuesday, two days after he was traded from the Knicks as part of a three-team deal, but he put off joining the team on the court until Saturday. Instead, he was to fly home to New Jersey to prepare his wife and four young children for the trade.

Van Horn will also miss the Bucks' game at Detroit on Wednesday.

Taking a few days to tie up loose ends might make it easier for the 6-foot-10, 240-pound forward once he does return to Milwaukee for Thursday's practice, coach Terry Porter said. Porter expects Van Horn to play Saturday against the Los Angeles Clippers.

``It gives us three days,'' Porter said. ``That's pretty good, be like throwing a little minicamp for him. Gives us a chance to really go over everything with him and make sure he grasps as much of it as possible.''

Milwaukee is Van Horn's fourth team since he was drafted with the second overall pick in the 1997 draft. He spent five seasons in New Jersey and one in Philadelphia before being traded last summer to New York.

During his short stint with the Knicks, Van Horn was once booed by New York's intense fans. He said he expected something different in Milwaukee.

``It's great to be in an area where you have a fan base that loves the team and supports the team,'' Van Horn said. ``And when you have a situation like that, it does nothing but make you want to go out there and give it your all every night.''

He also heard praise for the city from his former coach at Utah, Rick Majerus, a Milwaukee native who coached at Marquette in the mid-1980s and was later a Bucks assistant.

In exchange for sending Van Horn to Milwaukee, and center Michael Doleac and a 2005 second-round draft pick to Atlanta, the Knicks received Tim Thomas from the Bucks and Nazr Mohammed from the Hawks. Atlanta also got Joel Przybilla from Milwaukee.

Van Horn, 28, averaged 16.4 points and 7.3 rebounds in 47 games for New York.

``Obviously we think he's going to be able to step in and help us,'' Porter said. ``He's a good all-around player. I think he can run the floor good. I think he rebounds at both ends, offensively and defensively, well.''