1968–69 Milwaukee Bucks season

1968–69 Milwaukee Bucks season
Head coach Larry Costello
Arena Milwaukee Arena
Results
Record 27–55 (.329)
Place Division: 7th (Eastern)
Playoff finish DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

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

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

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
17Charlie Paulk 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

Milwaukee Bucks roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
PF 50 Chappell, Len 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Wake Forest
C 19 Cunningham, Dick 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Murray State
C 15 Embry, Wayne 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Miami (OH)
SG 14 McGlocklin, Jon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Indiana
C 27 Niemann, Rich 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Saint Louis
PG 21 Robinson, Flynn 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Wyoming
PG 5 Rodgers, Guy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Temple
F 16 Smith, Don 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Iowa State
PF 4 Smith, Greg 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Western Kentucky
G 3 Williams, Sam 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Iowa
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

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
Total: 27–55 (Home: 3–6; Road: 0–4)
October: 1–5 (Home: 1–3; Road: 0–2)
November: 5–10 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–8)
December: 0–5 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–3)
January: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
February: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
March: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
1968–69 schedule

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 GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Zaid Abdul-Aziz 2911.0
Len Chappell 8014.6
Dick Cunningham 774.6
Wayne Embry 7813.1
Dave Gambee 3412.1
Fred Hetzel 5315.9
Bob Love 147.9
Jon McGlocklin 8019.6
Jay Miller 33.0
Rich Niemann 183.3
Charlie Paulk 173.0
Flynn Robinson 6520.3
Guy Rodgers 8110.3
Greg Smith 798.1
Bob Warlick 32.0
Bob Weiss 156.6
Sam Williams 554.1

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". New York Times. October 24, 1968.
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