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KYLE TERADA/USA TODAY SPORTS - Don Nelson won 1,335 games  as an NBA head coach with the Bucks, Warriors, Knicks and Mavericks. Nelson replaced a legend to become Bucks’ second head coach 11 Aug 2026 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel JR Radcliffe Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - USA TODAY NETWORK – WISCONSIN In 1971 the Milwaukee Bucks became NBA champions under the guidance of Larry Costello , who was the only head coach the organization had known since its 1968 inception. By 1976, however, the Bucks’ fortunes had turned, and Costello resigned under pressure after the Bucks lost 15 of their first 18 games in the 1976-77 season. In Costello’s place, the Bucks turned to new assistant Don Nelson. A Muskegon, Michigan, native, Nelson played basketball in an Illinois high school and then college ball at Iowa before getting drafted in 1962 by the Chicago Zephyrs (today the Washington Wizards). That kicked off a 14-year playing career that included a short stint with the Lakers and 11 seasons wit...

11 Feb 2025 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Ben Steele Milwaukee Journal Sentinel USA TODAY NETWORK – WISCONSIN Well after the Milwaukee Bucks had dispatched the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday, 91-year-old Hubie Brown was still in fine form on the sideline of Fiserv Forum. He had just taken off his headset for his last game as a TV broadcaster, and the throng was deep with fans and TV crew members who wanted a photo or to wish Brown well on his retirement. He accommodated everyone until it was time to walk off the court in an official capacity for the first time. Brown spent over five decades in the NBA, either coaching or breaking down the actions behind a microphone. He wanted to end that illustrious career in the place in which he started in the league. Brown was an assistant under head coach Larry Costello with the Bucks from 1972-74. “When I came here to the Milwaukee Bucks and Larry Costello, I received a master’s degree and a doctorate’s degree in basketball in two years,” Brown said...

ALLAN Y. SCOTT/MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL FILE  The players were the same, but they had switched uniforms when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, right, of the Los Angeles Lakers and Elmore Smith of the Milwaukee Bucks did battle early in the 1975-76 season. 9 Feb 2025 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel JR Radcliffe More than one media outlet invoked a famous 1975 trade involving the Milwaukee Bucks over the weekend as a point of comparison to a shocking blockbuster that sent Luka Dončić from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Anthony Davis (with other players involved on both sides). It’s been almost 50 years since the Bucks reluctantly parted with superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in a trade that made headlines across the sports landscape. Though a couple of the players Milwaukee received in return now find themselves represented in the rafters of Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee wouldn’t see another NBA Finals for 47 years. Abdul-Jabbar, meanwhile, went on to win consecutive MVP...

Hubie Brown started his pro basketball coaching  career  as an assistant with the Milwaukee Bucks.  FILE PHOTO https://eu.jsonline.com/story/sports/nba/bucks/2024/12/17/hubie-brown-final-nba-broadcast-feb-9-milwaukee-bucks-philadelphia-76ers/77060775007/ DRAKE BENTLEY   Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - December 17, 2024 Hubie Brown, basketball coach and legendary broadcaster, will call his final NBA game on Feb. 9 in Milwaukee, where he began his professional basketball coaching career. ESPN announced Tuesday that the 91-year-old will be celebrated on that Sunday as the Milwaukee Bucks play the Philadelphia 76ers at Fiserv Forum. The game airs on ABC and tipoff is 1 p.m. Brown was an assistant coach under Larry Costello for the Bucks from 1972 to 1974. He was part of the staff that made the NBA Finals in 1974 with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson, but fell in seven games to the Boston Celtics. Here are the Milwaukee Bucks, currently staging their drive for the NB...