1968–69 Milwaukee Bucks season

The 1968–69 NBA season was the Bucks' inaugural season in the NBA.[1][2]

1968–69 Milwaukee Bucks season
Head coachLarry Costello
General managerJohn E. Erickson
OwnersMilwaukee Professional Sports and Services, Inc. (Milwaukee Pro)
ArenaMilwaukee Arena
Results
Record27–55 (.329)
PlaceDivision: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Expansion Draft
Player Position Team
Len Chappell Forward Detroit Pistons
Larry Costello Guard Philadelphia 76ers
Johnny Egan Guard Baltimore Bullets
Wayne Embry Center Boston Celtics
Dave Gambee Forward San Diego Rockets
Gary Gray Guard Cincinnati Royals
Fred Hetzel Forward San Francisco Warriors
Johnny Jones Forward Boston Celtics
Bob Love Forward Cincinnati Royals
Jon McGlocklin Guard San Diego Rockets
Jay Miller Guard Atlanta Hawks
Bud Olsen Forward Seattle SuperSonics
George Patterson Center Detroit Pistons
Jim Reid Forward Philadelphia 76ers
Guy Rodgers Guard Cincinnati Royals
Tom Thacker Guard Boston Celtics
Bob Warlick Guard San Francisco Warriors
Bob Weiss Guard Seattle SuperSonics

Draft picks
Main article: 1968 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
17Charlie PaulkForward United StatesNortheastern State
222Gene Moore United StatesSaint Louis
335Sam Williams United StatesIowa
450Greg Smith United StatesWestern Kentucky
563Joe Franklin United StatesWisconsin
678Fred Smith United StatesHawaii
791Tom Kondla United StatesMinnesota
8106Elbert Miller United StatesNevada-Las Vegas
9119Cliff Berger United StatesKentucky
10134Eugene Jones United StatesMissouri
11146Brad Luchini United StatesMarquette
12159Dave Miller United StatesFlorida

Roster
1968–69 Milwaukee Bucks roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F 50 Chappell, Len 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1941–01–31 Wake Forest
C 19 Cunningham, Dick 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1946–07–11 Murray State
C 15 Embry, Wayne 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1937–03–26 Miami (OH)
G 14 McGlocklin, Jon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1943–06–10 Indiana
C 27 Niemann, Rich 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1946–07–02 Saint Louis
G 21 Robinson, Flynn 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1941–04–28 Wyoming
G 5 Rodgers, Guy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1935–09–31 Temple
C 16 Smith, Don 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1946–04–07 Iowa State
F 4 Smith, Greg 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1947–01–28 Western Kentucky
G 3 Williams, Sam 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1945–01–22 Iowa
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: January 31, 1969

Regular season

Season standings
Eastern Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Baltimore Bullets 5725.695–29–924–154–126–14
x-Philadelphia 76ers 5527.671226–824–165–323–17
x-New York Knicks 5428.659330–719–205–126–14
x-Boston Celtics 4834.585924–1221–193–323–17
Cincinnati Royals 4141.5001615-1316–2110–720–20
Detroit Pistons 3250.3902521–177–304–313–27
Milwaukee Bucks 2755.3293015–198–274–97–29
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1968-69 NBA Records
Team ATL BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL MIL NYK PHI PHO SDR SFW SEA
Atlanta –2–43–36–14–26–03–44–22–41–56–03–44–34–2
Baltimore 4–2–5–26–04–37–03–35–13–42–46–05–13–34–2
Boston 3–32–5–4–25–25–12–45–11–65–26–04–23–33–3
Chicago 1–60–62–4–1–53–33–45–12–41–54–23–34–34–3
Cincinnati 2–43–42–55–1–3–42–45–14–23–44–22–43–33–3
Detroit 0–60–71–53–34–3–3–32–43–43–44–23–32–44–2
Los Angeles 4–33–34–24–34–23–3–5–15–11–56–07–04–35–1
Milwaukee 2–41–51–51–51–54–21–5–0–60–66–24–23–33–5
New York 4–24–36–14–22–44–31–56–0–4–35–13–35–16–0
Philadelphia 5–14–22–55–14–34–35–16–03–4–5–14–22–46–0
Phoenix 0–60–60–62–42–42–40–62–61–51–5–1–72–43–3
San Diego 4–31–52–43–34–23–30–72–43–32–47–1–3–33–3
San Francisco 3–43–33–33–43–34–23–43–31–54–24–23–3–4–3
Seattle 2–42–43–33–43–32–41–55–30–60–63–33–33–4—

Game log
1968–69 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 16Chicago89–84Guy Rodgers (16)0–1
2October 19@ Atlanta107–125Guy Rodgers (25)0–2
3October 23New York114–112Wayne Embry (26)0–3
4October 26@ Boston89–102Wayne Embry (20)0–4
5October 29Baltimore129–112Hetzel, McGlocklin (21)0–5
6October 31Detroit118–134Wayne Embry (30)1–5
7November 1@ Cincinnati114–132Dave Gambee (21)1–6
8November 2San Francisco101–102Dave Gambee (20)2–6
9November 6N Los Angeles115–128Wayne Embry (30)2–7
10November 9Boston98–97Embry, Hetzel (16)2–8
11November 12Seattle114–127Dave Gambee (29)3–8
12November 15@ Baltimore102–129Wayne Embry (24)3–9
13November 16@ Philadelphia92–136Jon McGlocklin (19)3–10
14November 19Atlanta98–119Guy Rodgers (26)4–10
15November 21@ Chicago111–120Guy Rodgers (29)4–11
16November 23Phoenix112–115Fred Hetzel (28)5–11
17November 24@ Seattle120–141Wayne Embry (29)5–12
18November 25N Seattle123–113Jon McGlocklin (25)5–13
19November 28@ Seattle103–115Wayne Embry (27)5–14
20November 29@ San Francisco119–140Fred Hetzel (29)5–15
21November 30@ San Francisco107–101Fred Hetzel (22)6–15
22December 1@ Los Angeles112–119Fred Hetzel (25)6–16
23December 3Boston137–115Wayne Embry (29)6–17
24December 4@ Boston99–101McGlocklin, Rodgers (20)6–18
25December 6Philadelphia121–112Guy Rodgers (24)6–19
26December 7@ New York113–119Jon McGlocklin (24)6–20
27December 8N Philadelphia122–117Len Chappell (28)6–21
28December 10Cincinnati107–96Jon McGlocklin (20)6–22
29December 11N San Francisco96–106Flynn Robinson (24)7–22
30December 13San Diego96–101Guy Rodgers (20)8–22
31December 14@ Cincinnati115–121Wayne Embry (23)8–23
32December 18@ Atlanta116–122Chappell, McGlocklin (23)8–24
33December 19@ Chicago111–113Len Chappell (35)8–25
34December 20Seattle92–100Flynn Robinson (28)9–25
35December 22Phoenix116–127Fred Hetzel (31)10–25
36December 25Detroit119–113Guy Rodgers (24)10–26
37December 26@ Boston106–139McGlocklin, Robinson (17)10–27
38December 27@ Baltimore122–136Hetzel, Robinson (25)10–28
39December 29Chicago102–97Jon McGlocklin (24)10–29
40December 31Philadelphia128–107Len Chappell (22)10–30
41January 2N Cincinnati109–113Jon McGlocklin (26)10–31
42January 3Phoenix104–121Len Chappell (33)11–31
43January 7@ Cincinnati116–101Len Chappell (30)12–31
44January 8New York115–101Jon McGlocklin (23)12–32
45January 10Seattle104–115McGlocklin, Robinson (24)13–32
46January 12Boston110–114Flynn Robinson (26)14–32
47January 17@ Detroit108–123Flynn Robinson (23)14–33
48January 18N New York117–109Flynn Robinson (22)14–34
49January 20N Detroit102–101Jon McGlocklin (38)15–34
50January 21Los Angeles122–105Jon McGlocklin (33)15–35
51January 25@ New York96–113Jon McGlocklin (26)15–36
52January 27N Seattle128–107Embry, Hetzel (20)15–37
53January 29N Phoenix111–107Chappell, Hetzel (27)15–38
54January 31@ Los Angeles104–105Flynn Robinson (43)15–39
55February 1@ San Diego95–101Flynn Robinson (22)15–40
56February 2@ Phoenix121–122Len Chappell (32)15–41
57February 4@ Chicago107–98Flynn Robinson (22)16–41
58February 5New York111–102Flynn Robinson (35)16–42
59February 7Baltimore114–107Jon McGlocklin (22)16–43
60February 9San Diego109–117Len Chappell (23)17–43
61February 12Atlanta113–106Len Chappell (26)17–44
62February 14@ Baltimore122–132Jon McGlocklin (37)17–45
63February 16Los Angeles97–106Flynn Robinson (41)18–45
64February 17N Atlanta123–111Flynn Robinson (43)19–45
65February 22@ Detroit108–107Flynn Robinson (45)20–45
66February 23N Phoenix103–107Len Chappell (24)21–45
67February 25San Diego112–114Len Chappell (26)22–45
68February 27Baltimore117–126Flynn Robinson (35)23–45
69February 28N Philadelphia123–102Jon McGlocklin (27)23–46
70March 2@ Atlanta108–112Flynn Robinson (28)23–47
71March 3Philadelphia143–132Flynn Robinson (34)23–48
72March 5Chicago124–108Jon McGlocklin (38)23–49
73March 6Cincinnati112–110Flynn Robinson (39)23–50
74March 9@ Detroit126–121McGlocklin, Robinson (21)24–50
75March 10San Francisco123–106Jon McGlocklin (31)24–51
76March 13N Seattle141–118Flynn Robinson (27)24–52
77March 14@ Los Angeles103–111Jon McGlocklin (32)24–53
78March 18@ San Diego108–128McGlocklin, Robinson (25)24–54
79March 19@ Phoenix117–110Jon McGlocklin (26)25–54
80March 21@ San Francisco100–103Flynn Robinson (20)25–55
81March 22@ San Diego120–106Flynn Robinson (28)26–55
82March 23@ Phoenix128–118Flynn Robinson (33)27–55

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
Player GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
Zaid Abdul-Aziz 2928.9 .363 .642 13.0 1.1 11.0
Len Chappell 8027.6 .454 .737 8.0 1.2 14.6
Dick Cunningham 7716.1 .425 .651 5.7 0.8 4.6
Wayne Embry 7830.2 .427 .664 8.6 1.9 13.1
Dave Gambee 3418.4 .464 .827 5.3 0.9 12.1
Fred Hetzel 5330.0 .416 .837 8.9 1.6 15.9
Bob Love 1416.2 .368 .763 4.6 0.2 7.9
Jon McGlocklin 8036.1 .487 .842 4.3 3.9 19.6
Jay Miller 39.0 .200 .714 0.7 0.0 3.0
Rich Niemann 188.3 .407 .733 3.3 0.4 3.3
Charlie Paulk 1712.8 .226 .565 4.6 0.2 3.0
Flynn Robinson 6531.8 .436 .841 3.6 4.9 20.3
Guy Rodgers 8126.6 .377 .793 2.8 6.9 10.3
Greg Smith 7927.9 .450 .587 10.2 1.7 8.1
Bob Warlick 37.3 .125 .800 0.3 0.3 2.0
Bob Weiss 1516.1 .316 .794 1.8 1. 8 6.6
Sam Williams 5511.4 .342 .537 2.0 1.1 4.1

Transactions

Trades
November 23, 1968 To Milwaukee Bucks---- To Chicago Bulls----
January 1, 1969 To Milwaukee Bucks---- To Detroit Pistons----
January 31, 1969 To Milwaukee Bucks---- To Cincinnati Royals----

References
  1. 1968–69 Milwaukee Bucks
  2. "New N. B. A. Milwaukee Team Is Looking Good, Commercially". The New York Times. October 24, 1968.
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