Milwaukee Bucks
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The Milwaukee Bucks are a National Basketball Association team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The current franchise owner is U.S. Senator Herb Kohl.

Founded: 1968

Formerly known as:

Home Arena: Bradley Center

Uniform colors: Purple green and silver

Logo design: The head and shoulders of an eight-point white-tail buck on a triangular background atop stylized "Milwaukee Bucks" lettering

NBA Championships: 1972

Franchise history

Players of note

Basketball Hall of Famers:

• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
• Dave Cowens
• Wayne Embry (Inducted as a contributor; see Coaches and others section for more details.)
• Alex English
• Bob Lanier
• Oscar Robertson

Not to be forgotten:

Retired numbers:

• 1 Oscar Robertson
• 2 Junior Bridgeman
• 4 Sidney Moncrief
• 14 Jon McGlocklin
• 16 Bob Lanier
• 32 Brian Winters
• 33 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Current stars:

• Ray Allen
• Greg Foster
• Dan Gadzuric
• Toni Kukoc
• Michael Redd
• Keith Van Horn

Coaches and others:

Basketball Hall of Famers:

• Wayne Embry (Former general manager; inducted as a contributor. When he became GM of the Bucks in 1971, he was the first African-American to serve in that position in the NBA. He would later go on to be the NBA's first African-American team president with the Cleveland Cavaliers.)
• K. C. Jones (Former assistant; inducted for his playing career with the Boston Celtics.)

External Link

Milwaukee Bucks official web site

Official Milwaukee Bucks Summer Pro League practice web site

Other NBA Links

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