Bucks guard Michael Redd will come off the bench during Saturday's game against the Trail Blazers.

He went through a full practice with his teammates on Friday.

"I went through a couple practices," Redd said. "I had a lot more time to train and work on my leg, get it stronger.

"I'm not thinking about it (being idle so long). I'm just going to go play basketball and try to help this team win. I'm not going to worry about the timing. Just go play."

He suffered a left patella tendon strain on Oct. 31 and returned in late November, but went back on the inactive list and has missed Milwaukee's last seven games.

"In the last 60 Bucks games or whatever it is, he hasn't played in many of them," coach Scott Skiles said, referring to the anterior cruciate ligament surgery that kept Redd out for the final 35 games last season. "We'll bring him off the bench and see how it goes."