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Founded in 1968, the Milwaukee Bucks achieved notoriety in only their second season when the team drafted Lew Alcindor, the future Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, as their center. While Abdul-Jabbar was hard to miss on the court of Milwaukee Arena—in his...
Founded in 1968, the Milwaukee Bucks achieved notoriety in only their second season when the team drafted Lew Alcindor, the future Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, as their center. While Abdul-Jabbar was hard to miss on the court of Milwaukee Arena—in his six seasons with the Bucks, he averaged more than 30 points and 15 rebounds per game—he was also quite a sight around town. One Milwaukeean recalls spotting the 7-foot, 2-inch player in a local drug store, his head appearing to float above the top of a shelving unit that divided the store into aisles. Yes, he was that tall.
In 1970, the great Oscar Robertson was signed by the Bucks, and though the future Hall of Fame guard was past his glory days of the early 1960s, Robertson and Abdul-Jabbar would lead the team to an NBA Championship in 1971. The day after the last game of a four-game sweep over the Washington Bullets, Lew Alcindor, who'd been named the series MVP, changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
After Abdul-Jabbar left the Bucks for the Los Angeles Lakers in 1975, the team regrouped in a number of important ways. Perhaps most critically, former Boston Celtic Don Nelson was hired to coach the team, a job he'd hold down for more than a decade before decamping to the Golden State Warriors in 1988. Nelson was a colorful figure on the side of the court, but in 1977, the court itself became colorful when Pop artist Robert Indiana was hired to redesign the floor of the team's arena, which was renamed Mecca Arena.
For the next decade-plus, a parade of amazing players would call the Mecca home. Marques Johnson, another UCLA alum, arrived as a rookie in 1977, while another rookie who would have an enormous impact on the Bucks, Sidney Moncrief, put on a Bucks uniform in 1979. Together, they would lead the team to a half-dozen Division Titles in the 1980s, although higher rungs on the playoff ladder remained elusive.
After struggling in the 1990s and early 2000s, the team's fortunes changed again when, in 2013, they signed a 6-foot, 11-inch phenom named Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Greek son of Nigerian immigrants. During the 2018-2019 season, the Bucks had the best regular-season record in either conference of the NBA.
Continue readingFounded in 1968, the Milwaukee Bucks achieved notoriety in only their second season when the team drafted Lew Alcindor, the future Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, as their center. While Abdul-Jabbar was hard to miss on the court of Milwaukee Arena—in his six seasons with the Bucks, he averaged more than 30 points and 15 rebounds per game—he was also quite a sight around town. One Milwaukeean recalls spotting the 7-foot, 2-inch player in a local drug store, his head appearing to float above the top of a shelving unit that divided the store into aisles. Yes, he was that tall.
In 1970, the great Oscar Robertson was signed by the Bucks, and though the future Hall of Fame guard was past his glory days of the early 1960s, Robertson and Abdul-Jabbar would lead the team to an NBA Championship in 1971. The day after the last game of a four-game sweep over the Washington Bullets, Lew Alcindor, who'd been named the series MVP, changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
After Abdul-Jabbar left the Bucks for the Los Angeles Lakers in 1975, the team regrouped in a number of important ways. Perhaps most critically, former Boston Celtic Don Nelson was hired to coach the team, a job he'd hold down for more than a decade before decamping to the Golden State Warriors in 1988. Nelson was a colorful figure on the side of the court, but in 1977, the court itself became colorful when Pop artist Robert Indiana was hired to redesign the floor of the team's arena, which was renamed Mecca Arena.
For the next decade-plus, a parade of amazing players would call the Mecca home. Marques Johnson, another UCLA alum, arrived as a rookie in 1977, while another rookie who would have an enormous impact on the Bucks, Sidney Moncrief, put on a Bucks uniform in 1979. Together, they would lead the team to a half-dozen Division Titles in the 1980s, although higher rungs on the playoff ladder remained elusive.
After struggling in the 1990s and early 2000s, the team's fortunes changed again when, in 2013,...
Founded in 1968, the Milwaukee Bucks achieved notoriety in only their second season when the team drafted Lew Alcindor, the future Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, as their center. While Abdul-Jabbar was hard to miss on the court of Milwaukee Arena—in his six seasons with the Bucks, he averaged more than 30 points and 15 rebounds per game—he was also quite a sight around town. One Milwaukeean recalls spotting the 7-foot, 2-inch player in a local drug store, his head appearing to float above the top of a shelving unit that divided the store into aisles. Yes, he was that tall.
In 1970, the great Oscar Robertson was signed by the Bucks, and though the future Hall of Fame guard was past his glory days of the early 1960s, Robertson and Abdul-Jabbar would lead the team to an NBA Championship in 1971. The day after the last game of a four-game sweep over the Washington Bullets, Lew Alcindor, who'd been named the series MVP, changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
After Abdul-Jabbar left the Bucks for the Los Angeles Lakers in 1975, the team regrouped in a number of important ways. Perhaps most critically, former Boston Celtic Don Nelson was hired to coach the team, a job he'd hold down for more than a decade before decamping to the Golden State Warriors in 1988. Nelson was a colorful figure on the side of the court, but in 1977, the court itself became colorful when Pop artist Robert Indiana was hired to redesign the floor of the team's arena, which was renamed Mecca Arena.
For the next decade-plus, a parade of amazing players would call the Mecca home. Marques Johnson, another UCLA alum, arrived as a rookie in 1977, while another rookie who would have an enormous impact on the Bucks, Sidney Moncrief, put on a Bucks uniform in 1979. Together, they would lead the team to a half-dozen Division Titles in the 1980s, although higher rungs on the playoff ladder remained elusive.
After struggling in the 1990s and early 2000s, the team's fortunes changed again when, in 2013, they signed a 6-foot, 11-inch phenom named Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Greek son of Nigerian immigrants. During the 2018-2019 season, the Bucks had the best regular-season record in either conference of the NBA.
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