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Opting out 'good option' for Salmons
Updated: May 3, 2010, 5:56 PM ET
Associated Press
MILWAUKEE -- Even with Andrew Bogut healthy, the Milwaukee Bucks weren't supposed to do much this season.
They certainly weren't expected to make the playoffs or throw a serious scare into the heavily favored Atlanta Hawks in the first round, not after Bogut was lost to a gruesome arm injury near the end of the regular season.
So when the undermanned Bucks took an unlikely 3-2 series lead before losing the last two games, they reignited Milwaukee's largely latent NBA fan support ...
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