Bucks Noel outplays Adam Morrison

For one night at least, it was difficult to tell which starting small forward was the one picked number three overall and christened a future superstar, and which one was chosen deep in the second round and expected to make no significant impact on his team.

Last night, the better player was wearing the Bucks traveling green. In fact, thus far in the preseason the Bucks lone draft choice, 6'6'' SF David Noel, has looked like a lottery pick. And last night he decisively outplayed a real one.

He and the Charlotte Bobcats' Adam Morrison each played 26 minutes in last night's preseason contest. Noel made much better use of his time. He scored an impressive Eff48 of 25.84, while his counterpart could only muster a measly 5.53.

Combined with another impressive performance from swingman Ruben Patterson (with an Eff48 of 26.24) the Bucks look to be much improved on the wing.

Now if they could only shore up the point guard spot. Thus far the Bucks are getting nothing from the position. Mo Williams sat out last night's game after going 0-for-7 in the first exhibition, and Steve Blake effectively sat out the game failing to register a single efficieny point in nearly 30 minutes of action. Hard to do.