Joel Przybilla Update

by BUCKS on Jan 20, 2012 3:20 PM CST

Joel, who owns a house in Door County, was at the YMCA in Sturgeon Bay today playing noon basketball. A few things he had to say while predictably dominating everyone in the gym:

- Claimed he has had 6 knee injuries and is still not committed to a comeback this season.

- Wants to wait until after the All-Star break (or even the start of next season) to sign with a team due to the compressed schedule and excess of back-to-back games.

- Confirmed that the Heat are very interested with him.

- Yes, he knows the Bucks need a backup center...but he sounded very noncommittal to signing with Milwaukee (can't blame him considering our start).

- Let it be known that he was very out of shape; could tell he was rusty.

-Hasn't played basketball in 8 months (!).

Might be an irrelevant storyline to follow due to the Bucks' struggles, but I thought I would pass it along anyways.

Go Bucks.

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Shame

That he’s so ou of shape and really not available until after the A-S break. Contenders, please come-a knocking on my door!

Fear the 'Dear'? You're damn right I'm scared of my wife!

by Big Crazy Dave on Jan 20, 2012 4:07 PM CST reply actions

Even in his current state he has to be better than Eddy Curry, right? Right!?

by BUCKS on Jan 20, 2012 5:11 PM CST up reply actions

Haha! Yeah!

Fear the 'Dear'? You're damn right I'm scared of my wife!

by Big Crazy Dave on Jan 21, 2012 3:47 AM CST up reply actions

Rec'd, thanks for the scoop.

by Brick's house on Jan 20, 2012 4:50 PM CST reply actions

Interesting note to add (considering Gery Woelfel has been reporting the contrary):

Przy made it seem like the Bucks weren’t actively courting him.

by BUCKS on Jan 20, 2012 5:08 PM CST reply actions

That doesn't surprise me, since they already have a full roster.

Fans have clamored for a backup center, but Skiles and Hammond seem content with the current situation.

by Brick's house on Jan 20, 2012 9:44 PM CST up reply actions

Thanks for posting. What is it like to even watch a 7-foot NBA player in a pickup game? He’s pretty much a garbageman in the NBA, so I’m not sure what it would be like except him just dunking on a bunch of people who are much smaller than him.

It certainly wouldn’t be shocking if the Bucks dealt one of their bigs at some point (Ersan, Brockman, Sanders), so if they could open up a roster spot I wouldn’t have any problem going after Joel. Even a rusty Joel can rebound and block shots, and you know he wouldn’t take as many dubious shots as Gooden.

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by Frank Madden on Jan 21, 2012 12:45 PM CST up reply actions

Stay with the Y

We don’t need a hobbling, out of shape center. They should have resolved this long ago.
Trading someone to open a spot means that team has to cut a player. How about a deal involving Ersan and Kaman?

by toasterrebound on Jan 21, 2012 4:59 PM CST reply actions