Charlie Villanueva addressed his status in Milwaukee in a blog post on Wednesday.

"There have been countless trade rumors involving me going around with the trade deadline date (Feb. 21) right around the corner," wrote Villanueva.  "I?ve read or heard a number of teams expressing interests such as New York, Houston, Cleveland, New Jersey, Miami, and as of late Golden State. Listen, I?m a strong believer that everything happens for a reason and also value that it is a privilege to play in the NBA, not a right. It?s a blessing that comes with at time some serious business decisions. So whatever God has planned for me, I will accept the challenge and continue to play the game at 110%."

"Looking at my situation overall, I ask myself at times, do I see myself here long-term," Villanueva asked. "I must say the answer to that question doesn?t sit to comfortable with me. I don?t know what the future holds. Anything can happen in this business. I would really like to make Milwaukee a part of my future, but it doesn?t seem realistic at this point in time unless something changes. The moves made by management in the last few months indicate to me that I?m not as important as I once was to this team. I?m not completely sold on my role with the Milwaukee Bucks."

Ramon Sessions of the Tulsa 66ers was named D-League.com Performer of the Week for games played during the week of Jan. 21 on Monday.  

Sessions averaged 29.6 points, 12.3 assists and 8.0 rebounds leading the 66ers to a 3-0 record.  

Sessions becomes the first D-League player to earn Performer of the Week honors twice during the 2007-08 season, having garnered the award for the week of Nov. 26.

Isiah Thomas is standing by his word that there are no real trade discussions involving the Knicks at present and that the team will not be making any deals prior to Feb. 21 trading deadline, the New York Daily News is reporting.

"I don't want to move anybody," he said before last night's game against the Warriors.

Two weeks ago, Thomas did try to orchestrate a deal with Milwaukee that would have sent Zach Randolph to the Bucks in exchange for several players, including Charlie Villanueva. The Knicks also have been looking to trade Jared Jeffries.

The Milwaukee-Journal Sentinel has reported that Bucks guard Michael Redd was not available for Sunday's game against the Washington Wizards at the Bradley Center.

Redd suffered a left knee strain while dunking the ball in Toronto on Friday night. Milwaukee does not know how long they will be without their starting guard.

Bucks' General Manager Larry Harris told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Friday that he is disappointed with the team's current 17-27 record.

"I'm disappointed with our record, where it's at," Harris told the Journal Sentinel, "because we've played so many close games and we haven't been able to close those out."

"We've been in a number of those games and really haven't come out on the positive side of that."

Despite their current record, Harris is still optimistic about Milwaukee's chances at making the playoffs.

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- PHX 114, MIL 105

The Phoenix Suns used a strong fourth quarter to come from behind and knock off the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night. Trailing by six heading into the final period, the Suns outscored the Bucks 37-22 to end the game. Steve Nash led Phoenix with 37 points and 10 assists while Michael Redd paced Milwaukee with 28 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. The Bucks outrebounded the Suns by nine, but Phoenix shot 49% from the field against Milwaukee. Amare Stoudemire added 19 points and 12 boards for the Suns.

Game FIC Scores
Steve Nash, PHX ? 29.9*
Amare Stoudemire, PHX ? 20.9
Andrew Bogut, MIL ? 20.3
Michael Redd, MIL ? 17.4

- SAC 128, NJN 94

The Sacramento Kings outscored the New Jersey Nets in every quarter on Wednesday night en route to an easy 128-94 win at ARCO Arena. The Kings, led by Ron Artest?s 27 points and 6 rebounds, shot 57% from the field and outrebounded the Nets by twelve. Vince Carter led New Jersey with 21 points and 8 assists, and Richard Jefferson added 18 points and 4 rebounds. Brad Miller contributed 14 points, 8 assists, and 7 rebounds for the Kings, who notched their fourth win in five games.

Game FIC Scores
Ron Artest, SAC ? 24.5
Brad Miller, SAC ? 19.5
Kevin Martin, SAC ? 15.3
Vince Carter, NJN ? 14.9

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The Milwaukee Bucks have assigned guard/forward David Noel to their NBA Development League affiliate, the Tulsa 66ers, Bucks General Manager Larry Harris announced Sunday.

The 6-6, 230-pound guard/forward is currently in his second season with the Bucks, and has appeared in five games during the 2007-08 preseason, where he averaged 4.6 points and 3.0 rebounds in 20.6 minutes per game before suffering a wrist injury. Noel has not appeared in a regular season game this season. During his rookie season with the Bucks, Noel appeared in 68 games and averaged 2.7 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.0 assists.

?This is an opportunity for David to see regular minutes in game conditions that he wouldn't necessarily receive in Milwaukee,? said Harris. ?We are encouraged with how well Ramon has performed in Tulsa and are looking forward to seeing David's continued progress in the D-League, too.?

The 39th overall selection in the 2006 NBA Draft, Noel was a four year product of North Carolina, and finished his career as a Tar Heel with 880 points, 549 rebounds, 247 assists, 137 steals and 60 blocks.

Warriors' forward Matt Barnes was forced to sit out against the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night after he was ruled ineligible because of an error made when the Warriors turned in their active and inactive lists.

Barnes was missing from both lists when the team turned them in before the game. Instead, guard Mickael Pietrus was named on both and was eligible to play.

Suns' forward Grant Hill will practice today and hopes to play Tuesday at Milwaukee.

An NBA source told John Canzano of the Oregonian via telephone on Wednesday night that Zach Randolph is on the trading block, and that he's likely to end up in Milwaukee.