Charlie Villanueva bench role continues

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (Tom Enlund) reports (via blog): Bucks coach Scott Skiles again started rookie Luc Richard Mbah a Moute at power against Miami and Charlie Villanueva came off the bench to score 20 points. Malik Allen, who had been starting at power forward, missed his fourth game with a rib sprain and is listed on the team’s injury report as day to day. Skiles is still wrestling with how he wants to handle the position once Allen get healthy again. “You’ve got to give Charlie a lot of credit,” said Skiles. “He’s accepted that (reserve role) and has played well there. But I still wouldn’t put any permanence on it. Malik was just starting to fit into that role a little bit and unfortunately he got hurt. I’d like to put Mbah a Moute back on the bench, to be honest, just to have him available for different match ups when he comes in as a defender. So maybe when we get Malik back, we’ll go back to that. But I’m starting Luc at (power forward) and it’s kind of unfair to him because he’s always over-matched physically with a bigger player.”

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