The 1993–94 Milwaukee Bucks season was the 26th season for the Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association.
Season summary
Off-season The Bucks received the eighth overall pick in the 1993 NBA draft, and selected power forward Vin Baker from the University of Hartford. During the off-season, the team signed free agent Ken Norman.
For the season, the Bucks redesigned their primary logo, replacing the color green with purple and silver to their color scheme of dark green and white. The team's primary logo featured a dark green buck with purple eyes in front of a purple triangle with a silver inline; below the buck featured the city name "Milwaukee" in silver letters on a purple rectangle, and the team name "Bucks" in silver letters with a purple outline in front of a dark green background. The team also redesigned their home and road uniforms, adding side panels to their shorts, their primary logo on the left leg, and the jersey number on the right leg. The white home uniforms featured a purple and dark green trim, and purple side panels with a dark green outline, while the road uniforms were changed from dark green to purple, and featured a dark green and white trim, and dark green side panels with a white outline.
The team's new primary logo would remain in use until 2006, while the new uniforms would last until 2001, where they would add purple, and green side panels to the sides of their home and road jerseys respectively; the basic design of the logo would remain in use until 2015.
Regular season Despite the addition of Baker and Norman, the Bucks struggled all season long by posting a 10-game losing streak early into the regular season, and held a 14–34 record at the All-Star break. At mid-season, the team traded Frank Brickowski 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. The Bucks lost 22 of their final 25 games of the season, including a nine-game losing streak in April, finishing tied in last place in the Central Division with a franchise worst record of 20–62, a record that stood for 20 years until the 2013–14 season, where they posted a 15–67 record.
Eric Murdock averaged 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, and second-year guard Todd Day provided the team with 12.7 points and 1.4 steals per game. In addition, Norman provided with 11.9 points and 6.1 rebounds per game, while Blue Edwards contributed 11.6 points per game. Off the bench, Derek Strong averaged 6.6 points and 4.2 rebounds per game, while second-year guard Jon Barry contributed 6.2 points per game, and second-year guard Lee Mayberry provided with 5.3 points and 2.6 assists per game.
During the NBA All-Star weekend at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Murdock participated in the NBA Three-Point Shootout; despite a stellar rookie season, and playing all 82 games during the regular season, Baker was not selected for the inaugural NBA Rookie Game. The Bucks finished 13th in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 634,047 at the Bradley Center during the regular season.
Aftermath Following the season, Norman was traded to the Atlanta Hawks, while Edwards and Strong were both traded to the Boston Celtics on draft day, and Brad Lohaus signed as a free agent with the Miami Heat.
Draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 8 Vin Baker PF/C Hartford
Roster
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Regular season
Season standings
z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot
Game log
|-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 || November 5, 1993 || @ Cleveland | W 94–91 |Ken Norman (24)
| Coliseum at Richfield17,102 | 1–0 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 2 || November 6, 1993 || Charlotte | L 103–120 |Ken Norman (28) |Anthony Avent (17) |Eric Murdock, Ken Norman (7) | Bradley Center18,633 | 1–1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 3 || November 8, 1993 || @ Boston | L 100–108
| Boston Garden14,890 | 1–2 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 4 || November 10, 1993 || Chicago | L 90–91
| Bradley Center18,633 | 1–3 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 5 || November 11, 1993 || @ Miami | L 103–116
| Miami Arena15,010 | 1–4 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 6 || November 13, 1993 || @ New York | L 86–99
| Madison Square Garden19,763 | 1–5 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 7 || November 16, 1993 || Minnesota | L 98–102
| Bradley Center13,871 | 1–6 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 8 || November 17, 1993 || @ Washington | L 104–117
| US Airways Arena6,817 | 1–7 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 9 || November 20, 1993 || San Antonio | L 97–101
| Bradley Center16,365 | 1–8 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 10 || November 24, 1993 || Atlanta | L 85—89
| Bradley Center14,801 | 1–9 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 11 || November 26, 1993 || @ Charlotte | L 99—110
| Charlotte Coliseum23,698 | 1–10 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 11 || November 27, 1993 || Boston | W 89–85
| Bradley Center15,127 | 2–10 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 12 || November 29, 1993 || @ San Antonio | L 95–102
| Alamodome15,401 | 2–11 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 13 || November 30, 1993 || @ Houston | L 91–102
| The Summit14,186 | 2–12
|-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 15 || December 3, 1993 || @ Dallas | W 107–106
| Reunion Arena11,690 | 3–12 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 16 || December 5, 1993 || Phoenix | L 98–117
| Bradley Center18,255 | 3–13 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 17 || December 8, 1993 || L. A. Clippers | L 97–100
| Bradley Center13,287 | 3–14 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 18 || December 10, 1993 || @ Detroit | W 90–88
| The Palace of Auburn Hills21,454 | 4–14 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 19 || December 11, 1993 || Philadelphia | L 86–99
| Bradley Center16,627 | 4–15 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 20 || December 13, 1993 || @ Phoenix | L 104–112
| America West Arena19,023 | 4–16 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 21 || December 15, 1993 || @ Sacramento | W 96–95
| ARCO Arena17,317 | 5–16 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 22 || December 17, 1993 || @ Seattle | L 97–127
| Seattle Center Coliseum14,258 | 5–17 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 23 || December 19, 1993 || @ Portland | L 81–93
| Memorial Coliseum14,258 | 5–18 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 24 || December 20, 1993 || @ L. A. Clippers | W 105–92
| Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena9,553 | 6–18 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 25 || December 22, 1993 || Dallas | W 96–86
| Bradley Center15,032 | 7–18
|-style="background:#fcc;" | 31 || January 8, 1994 || New Jersey | L 87–90
| Bradley Center15,196 | 9–22 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 32 || January 11, 1994 || Indiana | L 76–82
| Bradley Center13,364 | 9–24 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 33 || January 13, 1994 || Utah | L 83–101
| Bradley Center13,864 | 9–24
Player statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 33 20 21.1 40.4% 0.0% 77.2% 4.7 1.0 0.5 0.6 7.4 82 63 31.2 50.1% 20% 56.9% 7.6 2.0 0.7 1.4 13.5 72 7 17.3 41.4% 27.8% 79.5% 2.0 2.3 1.4 0.2 6.2 43 40 33.5 48.2% 16.7% 77.5% 6.5 3.8 1.2 0.4 15.2 23 0 8.7 49.1% 0.0% 40.0% 2.4 0.2 0.1 0.5 2.7 19 0 9.3 38.6% 66.7% 60.0% 1.5 0.3 0.4 0.3 3.4 76 39 28.0 41.5% 22.3% 69.8% 4.1 1.8 1.4 0.7 12.7 82 64 28.3 47.8% 35.8% 79.9% 4.0 2.1 1.0 0.3 11.6 3 0 6.3 57.1% 0.0% 100% 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 3.3 8 1 6.8 20.8% 0.0% 75.0% 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.6 67 2 14.4 36.3% 34.3% 69.0% 2.2 0.9 0.4 0.8 4.0 82 6 18.0 41.5% 34.5% 69.0% 1.2 2.6 0.6 0.0 5.3 82 76 30.9 46.8% 41.1% 81.3% 3.2 6.7 2.4 0.1 15.3 82 75 31.0 44.8% 33.3% 50.3% 6.1 2.7 0.7 0.6 11.9 23 6 10.0 30.4% 0.0% 95.5% 2.0 0.2 0.2 0.3 2.1 67 11 16.9 41.3% 23.1% 77.2% 4.2 0.7 0.6 0.2 6.6
Player statistics citation:
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 teamKen NormanJuly 7, 1993Los Angeles Clippers
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