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In 1968, the first Milwaukee Bucks roster took the floor. That team went 27-55 and was awarded the first pick in the 1969 draft. That losing season may have been the best thing for the new franchise. With the first pick the Bucks selected the outstanding center from ULCA, Lew Alcindor. Alcindor, who the Bucks outbid an ABA franchise to get, made his impact felt immediately. The Bucks improved by 29 games to finish 56-26 and enter the playoffs in just their second year in existence. Bucks playoff tickets took Milwaukee past the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round before the New York Knicks ended their upstart postseason run.
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About The Milwaukee Bucks
In the offseason following the incredible Alcindor effect, Milwaukee acquired Oscar Robertson from the Cincinnati Royals. Robertson, also known as the Big O, was a tremendous all around player. Despite only being 6 foot 5, he was an amazing scoring machine, a great passer, and a terrific rebounder. Bucks tickets were suddenly available for one of the best one-two combos of NBA stars in history. Milwaukee went 66-16 and took to the postseason.
The Bucks easily beat the Warriors and the Lakers and met the Bullets in the NBA Finals. In just the franchise’s third season a great draft and great off season maneuvering had landed NBA Finals tickets for Milwaukee Bucks fans. The Bucks swept the Bullets and became one of the fastest teams to win the Finals after joining the league.
Milwaukee had two more great regular seasons, finishing with over 60 wins, but was not able to make it back to the title series. In 1974, the Bucks finished with “only” 59 wins, but returned to the NBA Finals. The Bucks would lose the series in a full seven game to the Boston Celtics. Bucks tickets to the 1974-75 season were disappointing. The team missed the playoffs altogether, and the front office decided that a drastic move was necessary.
That move was to trade Lew Alcindor, then Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, to the Lakers. The trade gave the Bucks Elmore Smith, Junior Bridgeman, Brian Winters, and David Meyers. The city and Bucks fans were appalled by the trade, and even part of the ownership eventually sold his part of the team because of the transaction. Bucks tickets were witness to a struggling team until the 1980s as a result.
The Milwaukee Bucks did not reach the NBA Finals, but they did return to contention in that decade. The Bucks actually had the third best record in the league during those ten years. Players like Sidney Moncrief, Jack Sikma, Ricky Pierce, and Terry Cummings drew fans, filling the seats with basketball fans with season tickets as the team made it to the Eastern Conference Finals three times, but could never get beyond the series.
The ‘90s became a poor period in the history for the Bucks. Despite drafting talented players like Glen Robinson and Ray Allen the team could not win enough to bring playoff tickets to the Bucks fans in Milwaukee. The hiring of George Karl as coach in 1998 helped change things around. He was able to corral the talents of Robinson and Allen and use players like Tim Thomas, Sam Cassell, and Anthony Mason to eventually build a conference leader. In the 2001-02 season, the Bucks were able to win 52 games over the course of the regular season schedule. Bucks tickets went beyond the first round for the first time in over a decade and Milwaukee reached the conference finals. Allen Iverson engaged in scoring duels with Robinson and Allen and came up the winner, along with his team.
Since the series, the Bucks tried to build a new team again. Michael Redd had been stuck behind Ray Allen on the roster, but became the primary scoring threat. T.J. Ford was drafted as the point guard of the future, but injury ended that plan quickly. Bucks tickets were available for seasons with a continual rebuilding effort. Talented players like Andrew Bogut, Desmond Mason, Charlie Villanueva, and Bobby Simmons came to the roster, but they had little impact on the record.
This season the rebuilding will continue. Michael Redd is still the number one option of offense, and Andrew Bogut is still being hyped for his potential (though not his athleticism). Bucks tickets will be worth it this season to see what a healthy Charlie Villanueva and newly acquired Richard Jefferson can bring to the Bradley Center. On paper the combination of Redd, Jefferson, and Villanueva is an offensive nightmare for other coaches.
All three players know how to score. The question is if they can work together. Luke Ridnour is a great choice for point guard on this club. He is a pass-first guard on a team that does not need another scorer in the starting lineup. Bogut is far from athletic, but he is an ok rebounder and a great passer out of the post. Fans with playoff tickets must realize that he will never be the number one draft pick he was framed to be. He is not a bad player though.
The bench in Milwaukee is thin. The regular season schedule is too long for this weakness not to be exploited. Charlie Bell is perhaps the best coming off the bench. Several players could make an impact though. Bucks tickets will interesting if Adrian Griffin can play his style of defense and if the rookie Joe Alexander is as athletic as advertised. Alexander could be a huge sensation, but he cannot be counted on in his first season to deliver, honestly.
