Tom Enlund of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports that Michael Redd would love to stay in Milwaukee. If the Bucks can?t come upo with the moiney to pay Redd, he will be happy to play in Dallas. All of this is according to Ray Allen who spoke with Redd recently.

Last week, Redd signed a 4-year, $12 million offer sheet with the Mavericks. The Bucks have another week to decide whether to match the offer and keep Redd, or let him go to Dallas without compensation.

"There's a little disappointment on his part, that it took the whole summer and now we're playing and he's still home," Allen said Monday on the eve of the team's first exhibition game, tonight against the Minnesota Timberwolves in Fargo, N.D. "But it's not an us-vs.-you thing. It's business.

"At least now, he's comfortable that he has an offer on the table. He's not as nervous as before, when he thought he might have to play for minimum. He thinks Dallas would be a good situation if it comes to that. But his first choice is here."

And what would it mean to the Bucks if he would end up in Dallas?

"I wouldn't be as afraid because Dallas is in the Western Conference," Allen said. "We've nurtured him here for two years. He's going to blossom wherever he plays. We would lose another scorer but we would have to push forward with what we've got."

The Bucks have been very quiet on the Redd situation. Coach Geroge Karl was asked if signing Redd was more of a basketball decision or a business decision for the Bucks. "Basketball-wise, we want Michael on the team," Karl said. "I don't think anyone in the organization disagrees with that. What they're talking about is the balancing and judging the value.

"But I'm staying away from the business side. I get my five-minute update and that's it. I don't want details. I'm concentrating on the players who are on the court. They have worked hard; they deserve that."