"By all accounts, Stephen Jackson seems to be delighted to be a Milwaukee Buck.

Jackson, the veteran swingman whom the Bucks acquired from Charlotte in a three-team transaction last Thursday, sported a perpetual smile during a press conference with Wisconsin media Wednesday at the Bradley Center.

"I'm definitely happy to be here,'' said the extroverted Jackson, who entered the media room shouting "What's up, everybody?''

The same might be asked about Jackson. There was a tweet by a national NBA writer on draft day that Jackson was upset about being traded to Milwaukee.

Jackson acknowledged he was initially bothered by the news of him being sent to his seventh NBA team.

But he added that once the initial shock of the deal dissipated, he warmed up to the trade. He is eager for a fresh start and he is even more excited about the prospect of padding his bank account.

During his press conference, Jackson said he considered himself to be not only "underrated'' but "underpaid.''

After the press conference, Jackson candidly told me he hopes to change the latter. Jackson said he had lobbied for a contract extension with the Bobcats and that his insistence for additional years was "directly'' tied in him being traded to Milwaukee.

Jackson has two years left on his contract: $9.26 million this season and $10 million for the 2012-13 season."