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Moncrief, Sikma ready to enter basketball Hall

September 6, 2019 By Bill Scott

Former Bucks greats Sidney Moncrief and Jack Sikma will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday night.

They’re joined by Paul Westphal, Al Attles, Bobby Jones, Vlade Divacs, Carl Braun, Chuck Cooper, Bill Fitch and the WNBA’s Teresa Weatherspoon. Also entering the Hall are a pair of college teams: the Tennessee A & I men from 1957-59, the first to win three straight titles; and the Wayland Baptist women’s teams that won 131 straight games from 1953-58.

Moncrief ranks third on the Bucks all-time list in points (11,594), second in games played (695), first in free throws made (3,505), second in assists (2,689) and third in steals (874).

Sikma was originally drafted by Seattle out of Illinois Wesleyan in 1977. He averaged 15.6 points, 9.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 14 NBA seasons with the Super Sonics and the Bucks. Sikma is also the only center to lead the NBA in free throw percentage for a season, shooting 92% from the line in 1987-88.

Big month of march lands Bucks monthly honors

April 3, 2017 By Bill Scott

Jason Kidd and Giannis Antetokounmpo – Photo Courtesy of the Milwaukee Bucks

After the Milwaukee Bucks won an NBA-best 14 games (14-4) in the month of March, the NBA has rewarded them with a pair of monthly honors.

The NBA named head coach Jason Kidd the Eastern Conference Coach of the Month and forward Giannis Antetokounmpo the Eastern Conference Player of the Month.

Kidd is the sixth head coach in franchise history to win the Coach of the Month award and the first since Scott Skiles in February of 2010.

The Player of the Month award is the first of Antetokounmpo’s career and the first for a Bucks player since Michael Redd won the award in January of 2004. Antetokounmpo joins Redd, Terry Cummings and Sidney Moncrief as the only four bucks players to be named Eastern Conference Player of the Month. [Read more…]

Ryan, Moncrief named finalists for basketball Hall of Fame

February 20, 2017 By Bill Scott

Bo Ryan – (Photo by David Stluka)

Former Milwaukee Bucks star Sidney Moncrief and former Wisconsin men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan were named finalists for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

The announcement came in New Orleans during the NBA all-star weekend. Moncrief was named a finalist for the first time. It’s the third time for Ryan.

Moncrief was a two-time NBA defensive player of the year with the Bucks and five-time all-star. He was the Bucks first round draft pick in 1979 and played 10 seasons.

Ryan spent 32 seasons as a collegiate head coach before retiring in December 2015. He finished his career 26th on the NCAA’s all-time victory list with 747. He went 364-130 in 14-plus seasons at Wisconsin.

Moncrief and Ryan are among 14 finalists named for consideration in the 2017 class. The final class will be announced April 3, before the NCAA Championship game.

Antetokounmpo scored 30 in all-star debut

February 20, 2017 By Bill Scott

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo scored a team-high 30 points, 22 of them coming on dunks, but the Eastern Conference fell to the Western Conference 192-182 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.

Pelicans forward Anthony Davis set an NBA All-Star game record with 52 points to lead the West. The previous record of 42 points was set by Wilt Chamberlain in 1962.

The 30-points for Antetokounmpo is the most points scored by a Bucks player in an NBA All-Star game.

Lebron James added 23 points and Kyrie Irving had 22 for the East.

It’s the first time the All-Star game has had a Bucks player in it in 13 years. Antetokounmpo is the first Bucks player to start since 1986 when Sidney Moncrief did it.

Antetokounmpo hit 14 of 17 field goal attempts. He also added six rebounds, three steals and one assist.

McGlocklin and Moncrief to split Bucks TV telecasts

September 17, 2013 By Bill Scott

Long time Milwaukee Bucks television broadcaster Jon McGlocklin, is cutting back on his schedule as he enters his 38th season as the color analyst on Bucks broadcasts on Fox Sports Wisconsin.

FSW will broadcast 72 Bucks games during the regular season and McGlocklin plans to work 36 of them. Moncrief, the former Bucks star and assistant coach, will work about 36 games as well.

Jim Paschke, who is in his 28th season with the team, will continue in his role as the TV play-by-play voice of the Bucks.

Bucks’ Sanders named to USA Basketball national team camp

June 12, 2013 By Bill Scott

Milwaukee Bucks center Larry Sanders was named today (Wednesday) as one of 27 NBA players invited to USA Basketball’s national team camp, July 22 to 25 in Las Vegas.

The camp will give U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski a chance to evaluate some of the rising talent in the league as he prepares for the 2014 World Cup in Spain and the 2016 Olympics in Brazil.

Bucks dismiss assistants

The Milwaukee Bucks informed their assistant coaches that their contracts would not be renewed.

New Bucks coach Larry Drew is in the process of putting together his own staff. Gone are assistants Sidney Moncrief, Joe Wolf, Chris Gilmartin, Anthony Goldwire and Bill Peterson.