1974–75 Milwaukee Bucks season

The 1974–75 NBA season was the Bucks' seventh season in the NBA.^[1] For the first time since 1970, 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.

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]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	18	Gary Brokaw	SG	United States	Notre Dame
3	54	Greg McDougald		United States	Oral Roberts
4	72	Lionel Billingy	F/C	United States	Duquesne
5	90	John Johnson	SF	United States	Denver
6	108	Larry Williams		United States	Kansas State
7	126	Bob Hornstein		United States	West Virginia
8	144	Ralph Palamar		United States	Cameron
9	161	Mike Deane		United States	SUNY Potsdam
10	178	Bruce Featherston		United States	Texas State

Milwaukee Bucks roster

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Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From 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  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 Larry Costello Assistant coach(es) Jack McKinney Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

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.

z – clinched division title

y – clinched division title

x – clinched playoff spot

• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBA All-Defensive First Team