The Bratwurst – Milwaukee Bucks Blog

The Sacramento Bee is breathlessly reporting that “the Milwaukee Bucks’ top draft pick apparently has shown interest in Sacramento“.  In a report that doesn not actually quote a single person, Scott Howard-Cooper claims that emerging details indicate that Sacramento would be one of the preferred destinations for Yi should his people succeed at forcing a trade.

Gavin Maloof declined comment and Dan Fegan declined comment, so therefore the story has legs, eh Scott?

Apparently this rumor all came about because Gavin Maloof was seen courtside at the Vegas Summer League game between Boston and Team China.  Really.  Gavin Maloof lives in Vegas.  He owns an NBA team (and his family owned the Rockets years ago).  He’s been around basketball his whole life.  And there he was, on a weeknight in his city of residence, at a basketball game.  Therefore Sacramento must be just about to trade for Yi.  Sounds like an ironclad conclusion to me.

Another selling point to Sacramento, Howard-Cooper concludes, is the proximity to the large Chinese population of San Francisco.  Sacramento is 90 miles from San Francisco.  Milwaukee is 90 miles from Chicago’s Chinatown.

Never mind that the Kings don’t have any players that the Bucks would want (Kevin Martin plays the same position as Michael Redd, Spencer Hawes plays the same position as Andrew Bogut, Mike Bibby is overpaid and a free agent soon, and Ron Artest is Ron Artest).

I guess Howard-Cooper is just excited to think that someone would actually want to play in Sacramento.