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Let’s just hope that this does not start an injury trend for the Milwaukee Bucks. With Andrew Bogut and Charlie Bell out the last couple of games, Milwaukee loses another starter, Michael Redd. But this time it will for the rest of the season. Redd injured his left knee in the third quarter of Saturday night’s game againt the Sacramento Kings at the Bradley Center.

He underwent and MRI the following day and learned that he had torn both the MCL and ACL.

“I’m deeply disappointed but everything in life happens for a reason and this is God’s plan for me,” Redd said in a statement issued by the team. “I have faith in my teammates and coaches to continue to work together to make our fans proud. I will be supporting them wholeheartedly from the sidelines and working equally hard to return to the court in the best condition possible for next season.”

The Bucks are 22-25 right and 8th in the East. Other players will have to step up if they want to hold on to their playoff spot.

Fantasy Impact

This, of course, isn’t good for any Michael Redd owners. After missing 14 games in November he’d have to sit out the rest of the season now. As the cliche goes, when one window closes another one opens and that other window is what you’ll have to find. You can find them in these players: Ramon Sessions, Charlie Bell and Tyronn Lue.

When Redd was out during the start of the season, Sessions played a big role in the back court with Luke Ridnour. It looks like that that situation will happen again this time. So grab Sessions in your league right now if he is still available. He’s your man if you need assists and occasional steals. If he’s not available then Charlie Bell figures to get minutes and he is also a good pickup.

Damon Jones who has been rotting at the end of the Bucks bench might also get some minutes. If you’re in a twenty team league, Jones is worth a look since he could be a good source of threes.

We still don’t know what coach Scott Skiles will plan to do but Luc Richard Mbah a Moute played well during Redd’s absence and that was the time he was noticed in the fantasy world. He has been inconsistent lately but with the extra minutes being shared, it looks like Mbah a Moute will get some of those and hopefully become more consistent. This guy might not be in your waiver wires right now, but if you’re doing a trade maybe you could package this guy and sent to your team.

When an injury to a team’s starter occurs, it give their back up players an opportunity to shine. I say opportunity because it doesn’t necessarily translate into success. It still depends if he’ll be making the most out of his minutes like what Paul Millsap is doing now that Carlos Boozer is out. Here are some of the starting centers who are out with injuries in the past month and their back ups you can pick up. (more…)