Hakim Warrick knows that he has a chance to start for the Bucks, an opportunity that has motivated him.

Warrick signed a one-year, $3 million deal with Milwaukee after Memphis withdrew their qualifying offer to the forward. He averaged 21.4 minutes per games over the first four years of his career, all of which were spent with the Grizzlies.

"That's something that motivates me," Warrick told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. "When I get consistent minutes, I've shown I can go out there and produce. Coming here, I want to show my consistency, be out there on the floor and help this team win."

Warrick could see time at both small and power forward with the Bucks.

"That's something I talked to coach (Scott Skiles) about before coming in, and he said he could see me doing that," Warrick admitted. "That's something we'll continue to work on and see how it goes."

He added that his main focus this offseason has been improving his mid-range jump shot.

"Coming in (the NBA) as a rookie, I really didn't have that shot," he said. "I came out in the summer and really worked on that. I think I've shown a lot of improvement over the last three years.

"I'm not going to be able to out-jump everybody and be physically stronger than most of them, so you need that shot."