While the Bucks are still negotiating with Charlie Bell, who was the only Buck to play in all 82 regular-season games last season, they appear on the brink of signing free agent Awvee Storey.

Storey, a 6-foot-6 forward, played on the Bucks? summer league team in Las Vegas last month. He impressed Bucks officials with his versatility, toughness and rebounding.

"I think we?re moving toward a deal," said Mark Bartelstein, Storey?s agent, in a telephone interview Saturday afternoon. "Hopefully, by Monday, we?ll have it wrapped up."

The Bucks have been interested in signing Storey since the start of free agency on July 1.

"He really enjoyed the summer league with the Bucks," Bartelstein said. "He liked his teammates and coaches and felt comfortable being around them."