1974–75 Milwaukee Bucks season

The 1974–75 NBA season was the Bucks' seventh season in the NBA.[1] For the first time since 1969-70 season, Oscar Robertson was not on the opening day roster. This would be Kareem Abdul Jabbar's last season in Milwaukee before being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers following the season.

1974–75 Milwaukee Bucks season
Head coachLarry Costello
General managerWayne Embry
PresidentJohn Steinmiller (vice)
OwnersMilwaukee Professional Sports and Services, Inc. (Milwaukee Pro)
ArenaMECCA Arena
Results
Record38–44 (.463)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Midwest)
Conference: 7th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Just before the start of the regular season, Kareem had privately requested a trade on October 3, 1974 at a dinner meeting in Downtown Milwaukee. His preferred trade destinations were the New York Knicks and the Los Angeles Lakers. General manager Wayne Embry later stated in 1987, "We asked Kareem if there was dissatisfaction with us and he said, 'no'. He just wanted to be traded from Milwaukee. He said his life style and the life style in Milwaukee were not compatible." With the Knicks failing to trade for Kareem in the 1975 offseason, the Lakers then traded for Kareem on June 16, 1975 in a trade that also sent Walt Wesley to the Lakers and Junior Bridgeman, Dave Meyers, Elmore Smith, and Brian Winters to the Bucks.[2][3]

Draft picks
Main article: 1974 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
118Gary BrokawSG United StatesNotre Dame
354Greg McDougald United StatesOral Roberts
472Lionel BillingyF/C United StatesDuquesne
590John JohnsonSF United StatesDenver
6108Larry Williams United StatesKansas State
7126Bob Hornstein United StatesWest Virginia
8144Ralph Palamar United StatesCameron
9161Mike Deane United StatesSUNY Potsdam
10178Bruce Featherston United StatesTexas State

Roster
Milwaukee Bucks roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
C 33 Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1947–04–16 UCLA
G 25 Brokaw, Gary 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 1954–01–11 Notre Dame
F 10 Dandridge, Bob 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1947–11–15 Norfolk State
G 20 Davis, Mickey 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1950–06–16 Duquesne
F 11 Kuberski, Steve 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1947–11–06 Bradley
G 14 McGlocklin, Jon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1943–06–10 Indiana
G 15 Price, Jim Injured 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1949–11–27 Louisville
F 18 Restani, Kevin 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1951–12–23 San Francisco
G 24 Thompson, George 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1947–11–29 Marquette
C 35 Warner, Cornell 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1948–08–12 Jackson State
C 21 Wesley, Walt 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1945–01–25 Kansas
G 12 Williams, Ron 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1944–09–24 West Virginia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

With the retirement of Oscar Robertson, the Bucks started the season 1-13 before slowly coming back and after 48 games they were 24-24 and were poised for their 6th straight trip to the postseason, but the Bucks faded down the stretch and missed the playoffs for the first time since their inaugural season in 1968-69.

Season standings
Midwest Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Chicago Bulls 4735.573–29–1218–2311–15
x-Kansas City–Omaha Kings 4438.537329–1215–2617–9
x-Detroit Pistons 4042.488726–1514–2710–16
Milwaukee Bucks 3844.463925–1613–2814–12
#
Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Golden State Warriors4834.585–
2 y-Chicago Bulls4735.5731
3 x-Kansas City–Omaha Kings4438.5374
4 x-Seattle SuperSonics4339.5245
5 x-Detroit Pistons4042.4888
6 Portland Trail Blazers3844.46310
6 Milwaukee Bucks3844.46310
8 Phoenix Suns3250.39016
9 Los Angeles Lakers3052.36618
z – clinched division title
y – clinched division title
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1974–75 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS BUF CHI CLE DET GSW HOU KCO LAL MIL NOJ NYK PHI PHO POR SEA WAS
Atlanta —0–41–30–43–42–21–32–52–22–22–23–50–42–24–01–33–13–5
Boston 4–0—5–43–13–13–11–34–02–24–04–04–07–25–33–14–02–22–2
Buffalo 3–14–5—1–33–12–23–12–21–34–01–34–05–36–33–12–23–12–2
Chicago 4–01–33–1—2–24–53–12–24–53–13–54–03–12–22–22–24–01–3
Cleveland 4–31–31–32–2—2–22–24–42–22–21–36–11–33–12–22–22–23–5
Detroit 2–21–32–25–42–2—1–32–22–63–13–64–02–23–12–23–12–21–3
Golden State 3–13–11–31–32–23–1—2–22–25–23–12–23–13–15–35–34–31–3
Houston 5–20–42–22–24–42–22–2—4–02–23–15–31–32–22–22–21–32–5
Kansas City-Omaha 2–22–23–15–42–26–22–20–4—3–16–32–22–21–33–13–11–31–3
Los Angeles 2–20–40–41–32–21–32–52–21–3—4–03–10–43–14–42–52–61–3
Milwaukee 2–20–43–15–33–16–31–31–33–60–4—3–13–13–12–22–21–30–4
New Orleans 5–30–40–40–41–60–42–23–52–21–31–3—2–22–21–32–21–30–7
New York 4–02–73–51–33–12–21–33–12–24–01–32–2—4–53–12–22–21–3
Philadelphia 2–23–53–62–21–31–31–32–23–11–31–32–25–4—2–22–22–21–3
Phoenix 0–41–31–32–22–22–23–52–21–34–42–23–11–32–2—1–64–31–3
Portland 3–10–42–22–22–21–33–52–21–35–22–22–22–22–26–1—2–61–3
Seattle 1–32–21–30–42–22–23–43–13–16–23–13–12–22–23–46–2—1–3
Washington 5–32–22–23–15–33–13–15–23–13–14–07–03–13–13–13–13–1—

Game log
1974–75 game log
Total: 38–44 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)
October: 0–2 (home: 0–2; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1October 18, 1974Houston L 101–106 MECCA Arena 0–1
4October 22, 1974Washington L 96–111 MECCA Arena 1–3
November: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
December: 1–0 (home: 1–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
30December 22, 1974New Orleans W 96–76 MECCA Arena 12–18
January: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
February: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
March: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
April: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1974–75 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 Statistics[4]
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 6542.3 51.3 76.3 14.04.11.0 3.3 30.0
Bob Dandridge 80 37.9 47.380.56.93.01.50.619.9
Lucius Allen 1034.241.583.83.15.31.40.116.7
Jim Price 4137.344.085.93.85.42.20.514.9
George Thompson 7327.244.378.52.53.10.90.110.7
Jon McGlocklin 7923.549.687.51.53.20.60.19.0
Gary Brokaw 7322.545.568.52.03.00.40.28.1
Cornell Warner 7931.945.868.410.31.60.60.77.6
Mickey Davis 7514.447.988.63.21.10.40.15.7
Kevin Restani 7623.144.071.45.31.60.50.35.4
Ron Williams 4611.437.682.80.91.50.50.03.2
Steve Kuberski 598.839.078.62.10.60.20.12.8
Walt Wesley 415.244.060.91.30.30.20.12.1
Terry Driscoll 114.723.150.01.50.30.10.00.6
Bob Rule 111.00.00.00.02.00.00.00.0
Dick Cunningham 2 4.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades
October 8, 1974
 To Milwaukee Bucks---- To New Orleans Jazz----
November 8, 1974
 To Milwaukee Bucks---- To Los Angeles Lakers----

Free agents
PlayerSignedFormer team
Bob Rule July 7, 1974 Cleveland Cavaliers
Walt Wesley November 27, 1974 Washington Bullets
Subtractions
Player Date signed New team
Curtis Perry Expansion Draft May 20, 1974 New Orleans Jazz
Terry Driscoll November 27, 1974 N/A

References
  1. 1974–75 Milwaukee Bucks
  2. Thomas Bonk (December 25, 1987). "JUNE 16, 1975: A BANNER DAY FOR LAKERS : KAREEM TAKES HIS POST : 4 Players Bucks Got in Trade Gone, but He's Still on Job". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  3. Kelly Dwyer (June 18, 2019). "When Kareem wanted out". The Second Arrangement. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  4. "1974-75 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
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