1993–94 Milwaukee Bucks season

The 1993–94 NBA season was the Bucks' 26th season in the National Basketball Association.^[1] In the 1993 NBA draft, the Bucks selected Vin Baker from the University of Hartford with the eighth overall pick.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} During the off-season, the team signed free agent Ken Norman.^[7][8][9] However, the Bucks struggled all season long posting a 10-game losing streak early into the season, and held a 14–34 record at the All-Star break.^[10] At midseason, Frank Brickowski was traded to the Charlotte Hornets, while second-year forward Anthony Avent was dealt to the Orlando Magic, and Danny Schayes was sold to the Los Angeles Lakers.^{[11][12][13][14]} The Bucks went on to lose 22 of their final 25 games, including a nine-game losing streak in April, finishing last place in the Central Division with a franchise worst record of 20–62,^[15] a record that stood for 20 years until the 2013–14 team posted a 15–67 record during the first year of the future Bucks' superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo era.

1993–94 Milwaukee Bucks season
Head coach	Mike Dunleavy
General manager	Mike Dunleavy
Owner(s)	Herb Kohl
Arena	Bradley Center
Results
Record	20–62 (.244)
Place	Division: 7th (Central) Conference: 13th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WCGV-TV Prime Sports Upper Midwest (Jim Paschke, Jon McGlocklin)
Radio	WTMJ
< 1992–93 1994–95 >

Eric Murdock led the team with 15.3 points, 6.7 assists and 2.4 steals per game, while Baker averaged 13.5 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. Second-year guard Todd Day provided the team with 12.7 points and 1.4 steals per game, while Norman provided with 11.9 points and 6.1 rebounds per game, and Blue Edwards contributed 11.6 points per game.^[16] Following the season, Norman was traded to the Atlanta Hawks,^[17][18] while Edwards and Derek Strong were both dealt to the Boston Celtics,^[19][20] and Brad Lohaus signed as a free agent with the Miami Heat.^[21]

For the season, the Bucks changed their primary logo, which showed a more regal looking buck, ditching their previous logo of a cartoonish buck spinning a basketball.^[22] The team also added new uniforms with side panels on their shorts, plus adding purple to their color scheme of dark green.^[23][24] The new logo remained in use until 2006, while the uniforms lasted until 2001, where they added purple, and green side panels to the side of their home and road jerseys respectively.

Draft picks

Main article: 1993 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	8	Vin Baker	PF/C	United States	Hartford

Roster

1993–94 Milwaukee Bucks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From F/C 42 Baker, Vin 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 232 lb (105 kg) 1971–11–23 Hartford G 17 Barry, Jon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1969–07–25 Georgia Tech F 00 Cook, Anthony 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1967–03–19 Arizona F 40 Courtney, Joe 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1969–10–17 Southern Miss G 10 Day, Todd 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1970–01–07 Arkansas G 30 Edwards, Blue 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1965–10–31 East Carolina C 43 Gminski, Mike 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1959–08–03 Duke F 54 Lohaus, Brad 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1964–09–29 Iowa G 11 Mayberry, Lee 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 1970–06–12 Arkansas G 5 Murdock, Eric 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1968–06–14 Providence F 3 Norman, Ken 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1964–09–05 Illinois F 20 Strong, Derek 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1968–02–09 Xavier

Head coach Mike Dunleavy, Sr. Assistant coach(es) Butch Carter Jim Eyen Frank Hamblen Larry Riley Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Atlanta Hawks	57	25	.695	–	36–5	21–20	21–7
x-Chicago Bulls	55	27	.671	2	31–10	24–17	21–7
x-Indiana Pacers	47	35	.573	10	29–12	18–23	15–13
x-Cleveland Cavaliers	47	35	.573	10	31–10	16–25	16–12
Charlotte Hornets	41	41	.500	16	28–13	13–28	12–16
Detroit Pistons	20	62	.244	37	10–31	10–31	4–24
Milwaukee Bucks	20	62	.244	37	11–30	9–32	9–19

#	Eastern Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Atlanta Hawks	57	25	.695	–
2	y-New York Knicks	57	25	.695	–
3	x-Chicago Bulls	55	27	.671	2
4	x-Orlando Magic	50	32	.610	7
5	x-Indiana Pacers	47	35	.573	10
6	x-Cleveland Cavaliers	47	35	.573	10
7	x-New Jersey Nets	45	37	.549	12
8	x-Miami Heat	42	40	.512	15
9	Charlotte Hornets	41	41	.500	16
10	Boston Celtics	32	50	.390	25
11	Philadelphia 76ers	25	57	.305	32
12	Washington Bullets	24	58	.293	33
13t	Milwaukee Bucks	20	62	.244	37
13t	Detroit Pistons	20	62	.244	37

z – clinched division title

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1993–94 NBA records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	–	4–0	4–1	2–3	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	5–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0
Boston	0–4	–	0–4	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–1	1–1	1–4	0–4	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–2
Charlotte	1–4	4–0	–	1–4	1–4	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–2
Chicago	3–2	2–2	4–1	–	1–3	2–0	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–0
Cleveland	1–3	3–1	4–1	3–1	–	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	2–3	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–2	0–4	2–2	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Dallas	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	–	1–4	1–1	0–4	1–4	0–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	5–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	2–2	0–5	0–4	0–5	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	–	2–0	1–3	3–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–4	2–2	1–4	1–1
Detroit	0–4	1–3	0–4	0–5	2–3	1–1	0–2	–	0–2	0–2	1–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–4	2–0	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2
Golden State	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	4–0	3–1	2–0	–	0–4	1–1	4–1	5–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	4–1	2–2	1–4	3–1	2–0
Houston	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	2–3	2–0	4–0	–	1–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	4–0	2–3	2–2	3–3	1–1
Indiana	2–3	4–0	2–2	1–4	3–2	2–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	–	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–4	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
L.A. Clippers	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	4–0	1–3	1–1	1–4	0–4	0–2	–	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–5	2–3	3–2	1–3	1–4	1–3	1–1
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–3	2–0	0–5	1–3	2–0	3–2	–	1–1	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–5	1–4	0–4	0–5	2–2	1–1
Miami	1–3	3–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	–	4–0	2–0	2–3	2–2	2–3	4–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1
Milwaukee	0–5	1–3	2–3	0–4	2–3	2–0	0–2	4–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–4	–	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3
Minnesota	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–5	1–4	0–2	2–2	1–4	0–2	3–1	1–3	0–2	2–0	–	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–4	0–4	2–2	1–4	0–4	1–4	0–2
New Jersey	3–1	4–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	–	4–1	0–5	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1
New York	2–2	4–0	1–3	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	0–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	1–4	–	3–2	3–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	5–0
Orlando	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–2	3–1	1–1	5–0	2–3	–	4–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–1
Philadelphia	0–4	1–4	1–3	1–3	0–4	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–4	3–1	0–2	1–3	2–3	0–4	–	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–3
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	1–1	5–0	2–3	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	–	3–2	4–1	3–1	2–3	2–2	2–0
Portland	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–3	0–4	1–1	3–2	5–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–3	–	4–1	1–3	1–4	1–3	2–0
Sacramento	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–4	0–4	0–2	2–3	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–4	1–4	–	1–3	0–5	1–3	2–0
San Antonio	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–0	4–2	1–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	3–1	–	0–4	0–5	2–0
Seattle	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	4–1	2–2	1–1	4–1	5–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	5–0	4–0	–	3–1	2–0
Utah	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	5–0	4–1	2–0	1–3	3–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	5–0	1–3	–	2–0
Washington	0–4	2–3	2–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–0	1–3	0–5	1–4	3–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	—

Game log

1993–94 game log Total: 20–62 (Home: 2–6; Road: 2–0)
November: 2–12 (home: 1–5; road: 1–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 November 5, 1993 @ Cleveland W 94–91 Ken Norman (24) Coliseum at Richfield 17,102 1–0 2 November 6, 1993 Charlotte L 103–120 Ken Norman (28) Anthony Avent (17) Eric Murdock, Ken Norman (7) Bradley Center 18,633 1–1 3 November 8, 1993 @ Boston L 100–108 Boston Garden 14,890 1–2 4 November 10, 1993 Chicago L 90–91 Bradley Center 18,633 1–3 5 November 11, 1993 @ Miami L 103–116 Miami Arena 15,010 1–4 6 November 13, 1993 @ New York L 86–99 Madison Square Garden 19,763 1–5 7 November 16, 1993 Minnesota L 98–102 Bradley Center 13,871 1–6 8 November 17, 1993 @ Washington L 104–117 US Airways Arena 6,817 1–7 9 November 20, 1993 San Antonio L 97–101 Bradley Center 16,365 1–8 10 November 24, 1993 Atlanta L 85—89 Bradley Center 14,801 1–9 11 November 26, 1993 @ Charlotte L 99—110 Charlotte Coliseum 23,698 1–10 11 November 27, 1993 Boston W 89–85 Bradley Center 15,127 2–10 12 November 29, 1993 @ San Antonio L 95–102 Alamodome 15,401 2–11 13 November 30, 1993 @ Houston L 91–102 The Summit 14,186 2–12
December: 4–4 (home: 1–3; road: 3–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 15 December 3, 1993 @ Dallas W 107–106 Reunion Arena 11,690 3–12 16 December 5, 1993 Phoenix L 98–117 Bradley Center 18,255 3–13 17 December 8, 1993 L. A. Clippers L 97–100 Bradley Center 13,287 3–14 18 December 10, 1993 @ Detroit W 90–88 The Palace of Auburn Hills 21,454 4–14 19 December 11, 1993 Philadelphia L 86–99 Bradley Center 16,627 4–15 20 December 13, 1993 @ Phoenix L 104–112 America West Arena 19,023 4–16 21 December 15, 1993 @ Sacramento W 96–95 ARCO Arena 17,317 5–16 22 December 17, 1993 @ Seattle L 97–127 Seattle Center Coliseum 14,258 5–17 23 December 19, 1993 @ Portland L 81–93 Memorial Coliseum 14,258 5–18 24 December 20, 1993 @ L. A. Clippers W 105–92 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 9,553 6–18 25 December 22, 1993 Dallas W 96–86 Bradley Center 15,032 7–18
January: 0–3 (home: 0–3; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 31 January 8, 1994 New Jersey L 87–90 Bradley Center 15,196 9–22 32 January 11, 1994 Indiana L 76–82 Bradley Center 13,364 9–24 33 January 13, 1994 Utah L 83–101 Bradley Center 13,864 9–24
February: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
March: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
April: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record
1993–94 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
Anthony Avent	33	20	21.1	40.4%	0.0%	77.2%	4.7	1.0	0.5	0.6	7.4
Vin Baker	82	63	31.2	50.1%	20%	56.9%	7.6	2.0	0.7	1.4	13.5
Jon Barry	72	7	17.3	41.4%	27.8%	79.5%	2.0	2.3	1.4	0.2	6.2
Frank Brickowski	43	40	33.5	48.2%	16.7%	77.5%	6.5	3.8	1.2	0.4	15.2
Anthony Cook	23	0	8.7	49.1%	0.0%	40.0%	2.4	0.2	0.1	0.5	2.7
Joe Courtney	19	0	9.3	38.6%	66.7%	60.0%	1.5	0.3	0.4	0.3	3.4
Todd Day	76	39	28.0	41.5%	22.3%	69.8%	4.1	1.8	1.4	0.7	12.7
Blue Edwards	82	64	28.3	47.8%	35.8%	79.9%	4.0	2.1	1.0	0.3	11.6
Greg Foster	3	0	6.3	57.1%	0.0%	100%	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	3.3
Mike Gminski	8	1	6.8	20.8%	0.0%	75.0%	1.9	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.6
Brad Lohaus	67	2	14.4	36.3%	34.3%	69.0%	2.2	0.9	0.4	0.8	4.0
Lee Mayberry	82	6	18.0	41.5%	34.5%	69.0%	1.2	2.6	0.6	0.0	5.3
Eric Murdock	82	76	30.9	46.8%	41.1%	81.3%	3.2	6.7	2.4	0.1	15.3
Ken Norman	82	75	31.0	44.8%	33.3%	50.3%	6.1	2.7	0.7	0.6	11.9
Danny Schayes	23	6	10.0	30.4%	0.0%	95.5%	2.0	0.2	0.2	0.3	2.1
Derek Strong	67	11	16.9	41.3%	23.1%	77.2%	4.2	0.7	0.6	0.2	6.6

Awards and records

• Vin Baker, NBA All-Rookie First Team

Transactions

Trades

January 15, 1994	To Milwaukee Bucks---- Anthony Cook	To Orlando Magic---- Anthony Avent
February 24, 1994	To Milwaukee Bucks---- Mike Gminski	To Charlotte Hornets---- Frank Brickowski

Free agents

Player	Signed	Former team
Ken Norman	July 7, 1993	Los Angeles Clippers

Player Transactions Citation:^[25]

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See also

• 1993–94 NBA season