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Bucks announce 2014 Summer League roster

July 4, 2014 By Bill Scott

The Milwaukee Bucks announced their 2014 NBA Summer League roster on Thursday. They’ll open Summer League action in Las Vegas a

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week from today against Cleveland.

Current Bucks players, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nate Wolters and Chris Wright will lead this year’s squad that is headlined by the second-overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, Jabari Parker.

One of Milwaukee’s second-round picks in this year’s draft, Johnny O’Bryant (38th overall) will also be on the team, along with former Badgers Ben Brust and Jordan Taylor.

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Next Friday’s Summer League opening matchup against Cleveland will feature a matchup of the top two picks in the draft, Andrew Wiggins and Jabari Parker.

The Bucks will continue their opening round with games against Phoenix on Sunday, July 13th and Utah on Monday, July 14th. Following the opening three games, the participating teams will be seeded for the single-elimination tournament that will culminate in a championship game on July 21. A consolation round will be held for teams failing to advance, ensuring that each team is guaranteed to play as least five games.

The Bucks will hold three days of practice, July 8, 9 and 10 before taking off for Las Vegas.

Bucks sign Chris Wright

April 16, 2014 By Bill Scott

The Milwaukee Bucks have signed forward Chris Wright to a multi-year contract.

Wright’s second 10-day contract expired on Monday. He appeared in seven games, averaging 6.0 points, 2.1 rebounds an 1.0 steals in just over 15-minutes per game.

Wright went undrafted out of Dayton in 2011.

The Bucks will close out their season at the BMO Harris Bradley Center tonight against the Atlanta Hawks.

Hot start lifts the Bucks to victory

April 12, 2014 By Bill Scott

Good starts have not been common place for the Milwaukee Bucks this season. But last night, they poured in 37 points in the first-quarter and held on to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 119-116 at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.

Reserves John Henson and Chris Wright scored 15 and 14 points respectively, and had a big hand in the big start for the Bucks. The two combined to hit 8 for 8 from the field and score 17 of the Bucks 37 first-quarter points.

The win is the second against the Cavaliers this season as the Bucks (15-64) moved within two games of Philadelphia (17-62) at the bottom of the NBA standings with three games left to play this season.

The Bucks will travel to Washington tonight, Toronto on Monday night and then return home for their final game of the season, against the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday.

Brandon Knight led the Bucks in scoring with 24 points and Ramon Sessions added 20 points and 7 assists.

Despite the fast start, the Bucks trailed by seven at halftime and made 6 of 8 free throws in the final two minutes to put the game away.