The Bucks have good young frontcourt players in Zaza Pachulia and Dan Gadzuric and the front office wants to keep the pair in Milwaukee.

"I put him and Mo (Williams) in the same category," Bucks coach Terry Porter said, also referring to the team's starting point guard. "Last year they really didn't play a lot, so this is really their rookie year. They're getting consistent minutes.

"You have to be on the floor to absorb a lot, to find your niche, to find out what you can do in this league. Although you can improve in practice, until you get thrown in the fire, that's when you really learn."

Pachulia will be a free agent at the end of the season, and Bucks general manager Larry Harris has said the team would like to re-sign both starting center Dan Gadzuric and Pachulia to multiyear deals.

"I would like to stay; I really don't like to move a lot," said Pachulia, who lives in a downtown Milwaukee apartment with his mom, Marina. "But that's how they teach me here. It's all about the business.

"But I've gotten used to the city, the fans. I have a good relationship with everybody, and the organization is good."