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Corey Maggette has played 12 seasons in the NBA with only one playoff appearance. Now he's about to join a team that's never won a postseason game and has spent the past year getting rid of most of its veterans and scorers in a rebuilding movement. But Maggette insists he was thrilled to be traded to Charlotte for three reasons: He's about to start again, play his natural position and, most important, suit up for Bobcats owner Michael Jordan. "If you understand Michael Jordan's game -- and I'm from Chicago -- you know that he's a winner," Maggette said Wednesday in a conference call with reporters. "And eventually he's going to get to that point where he's winning." ESPN.com

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Adrian Wojnarowski: Partial of deal: The Bucks get Stephen Jackson, Shaun Livingston, sources say. Charlotte gets the 7th pick and Corey Maggette. Twitter

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There are definitely serious talks going on between the Charlotte Bobcats and Milwaukee Bucks. Don't know all the particulars yet, but it sounds like the Bobcats could end with the 10th pick and maybe send No. 19 to Milwaukee. Don't know what veterans are involved, but here's a curiosity: Stephen Jackson and Corey Maggette have similar contract numbers, both in salary size and length of contracts. The Bucks would love to move Maggette. Don't know that the Bobcats would see him as an asset. Charlotte Observer

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The Milwaukee Bucks are listening to offers for the 10th pick in Thursday's NBA draft and are open to making it part of a bigger deal, league sources say. The Bucks also would not be opposed to including Corey Maggette in a trade. However, Milwaukee, is looking to upgrade its team, a team source said, and not merely dump salary. ESPN.com

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Alex Kennedy: Gilbert Brown has been working with Corey Maggette every day and that has helped him improve drastically on the offensive end. Huge strides. Twitter

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Corey Maggette, whom Skiles opted not to play during an important stretch late in the season, was still in their plans for next season. Hammond added, "at times, I thought Corey played extremely well.'' Racine Journal-Times

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I spent time talking with players, executives and fans from small markets and visiting New Orleans, Charlotte and Milwaukee, trying to see whether there was any belief the teams there could be competitive and discovering how they could make it happen. The answers didn't get any more brutally honest than Corey Maggette's. "I don't think so," said Maggette, who has played in Orlando, Los Angeles, Oakland and currently Milwaukee. "They can't compete with these [large] markets, you know? "It's just like saying, 'Milwaukee or Los Angeles? Where do you want to go? Where do you want to live?' It's tough, man." ESPN.com

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Several of them, including now Milwaukee Bucks forward Corey Maggette, Chris Kaman, Elton Brand and Marko Jaric, were taken aback by the news and decided to offer their assistance. "Kim was one of our coaches and he's a really good friend of mine, too," Maggette said. "He was in a situation where the Clippers' medical coverage wouldn't cover his surgery. I thought it was a great opportunity to help someone in need, to do something that Christ would do. "It shows your humanity, that you care for other people and not just yourself. Kim was in a life-and-death situation." Racine Journal-Times

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The cancer had quickly spread and was on the brink of moving to other areas of his body. If Hughes had delayed the surgery, and if Maggette and his teammates hadn't provided the necessary financial assistance, Hughes doesn't know what would have occurred. Well, actually, he does. "Those guys saved my life," Hughes said. "They paid the whole medical bill. It was like $70,000 or more. It wasn't cheap. "It showed you what classy people they are. They didn't want me talking about it; they didn't want the recognition because they simply felt it was the right thing to do." Racine Journal-Times

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Maggette said that was indeed the case, laughing how he has repeatedly told Hughes over the years it wasn't necessary. "Kim thanks me every time he sees me; he does that every single time," Maggette said smiling. "I've said to him, ‘Kim, come on. You don't have to do that. You're good.' "It just shows you what kind of person he is, to keep thanking me all the time for that. Like I said, it was just my time to serve another human being. "I think if anyone on my team is in that kind of situation, I would try to help him out if I could. That's just the person I am. I was raised that way." Racine Journal-Times

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Evans Clinchy: Maggette: "No one on our team can shoot tonight, so I'm just gonna run into Troy Murphy as hard as possible and get a whistle." Murphy: "K." Twitter

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Adrian Wojnarowski: On prowl for scoring punch, Hornets inquired w/ Bucks on Corey Maggette, sources tell Y! Conversation didn't advance. Demps is very active. Twitter

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The Mavs have at least had internal discussions regarding several players such as Charlotte's Stephen Jackson, Detroit's Tayshaun Prince and Milwaukee's Corey Maggette, among others. But, if those clubs have Beaubois at the top of their wish, Cuban says he will tell them to try again. ESPN.com

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ESPN The Magazine’s Ric Bucher mentioned in a Thursday night visit with 103.3 FM’s Ian Fitzsimmons that the Mavs and Bucks have discussed Maggette’s availability. Maggette, though, is even more expensive than Jackson, with more than $21 million left on his contract through 2012-13 after this season. Jackson is likewise a far better fit with his ability to stretch the floor, passing eye, defensive ability and proven toughness. If Philadelphia’s younger and more versatile Andre Iguodala is too expensive, Maggette is way too expensive for what he can deliver. ESPN.com

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Bucks forward Corey Maggette spoke to me after practice Thursday and wanted to clarify some comments he made after the team's 90-77 loss in Chicago on Tuesday night. Maggette said when he spoke of an "F" grade he was referring to the team's season and everything it has gone through with injuries and a 12-18 record. But he said he did not mean to infer his experience in Milwaukee merited that type of grade. He said he did not want anything he said to reflect poorly on the organization. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Milwaukee Bucks, Corey Maggette 

"Everyone has been in situations where you're losing; everybody has been in situations where you['re not making shots," Maggette said Thursday. "I've been in four or five situations where our team has had injuries early on that have hurt the team. "At Golden State. And with the Clippers, we went to the playoffs one year and the next year Elton Brand tore his Achilles'. Chris Kaman, ankle. Cuttino Mobley, ankle. "You have to deal with this and it's tough on Scott (Skiles), man. That's what I told the guys before, because he has to make situations on the fly. He has to make situations work and he's still trying to figure out everything because he didn't have the opportunity to have his whole team." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Milwaukee Bucks, Corey Maggette 

Corey Maggette gave his experience in Milwaukee thus far a failing grade following the Bucks' 90-77 loss to the Chicago Bulls on Monday night. The Bucks forward played 27 minutes off the bench and contributed 15 points and four rebounds while helping Milwaukee stay close until the Bulls broke open the game in the final 6 minutes. "If I had to grade it, I'd grade it an F," Maggette said of his time with the Bucks. "I'm just going to be honest. We've still got a lot of time. We've still got to stay positive." Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Milwaukee Bucks, Corey Maggette 

Gooden and Maggette were both in uniform but neither played in the loss to Utah Monday. There was no way Gooden would have played because of the painful plantar fasciitis in his left heel. Despite his ankle soreness and the fact that he had been ill during the day, Maggette could have played if really necessary against Utah but coach Scott Skiles said it never got to that point. “He was sick the whole day and he also has the ankle thing,” said Skiles. “I didn’t have a plan not to play him. But we were just hanging tight and hanging tight and then ‘Boom’ it was blown open (at the start of the fourth quarter) and there was no reason to put him in then.” Gooden has missed the last two games with his injury and by the sound of it, he may miss a couple more. “I’ve got some junk going on in there,” he said. “I banged it in September but it went away. I’ve been playing on it and playing on it…I’ve felt it before and after games. But as soon as I got warmed up, I was fine. It slowly caught up with me.” Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Milwaukee Bucks, Corey Maggette, Drew Gooden, Injuries 

Veteran small forward Corey Maggette, who is expected to be one of the Bucks' primary scorers this season, acknowledged Tuesday that he isn't close to being ready to play. Maggette, whom the Bucks acquired over the summer in a trade with the Golden State Warriors for Charlie Bell and Dan Gadzuric, is still recovering from surgery to repair torn peroneal tendons. The Bucks open their regular-season schedule Oct. 27 against the Hornets in New Orleans. "It's getting better, but this is a tough injury to come back from," Maggette said after Tuesday's practice at the Cousins Center in Milwaukee. "Right now, it's not even 80 percent (healed). Racine Journal-Times

Milwaukee Bucks, Corey Maggette 

Maggette made it clear he's not going to play a game until he believes he's completely healthy. "I'm shooting for the first game, but because of the severity of the injury, I don't know if that's going to happen," Maggette said. Maggette averaged 19.8 points a game last season for the Warriors, ranking 17th in the league, and was expected to challenge Carlos Delfino for the Bucks' starting small forward spot this season. Racine Journal-Times

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