1996–97 Milwaukee Bucks season

The 1996-97 NBA season was the Bucks' 29th season in the NBA.^[1] In the 1996 NBA Draft, the Bucks selected Stephon Marbury with their fourth pick, but soon traded him to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Ray Allen. Under new head coach Chris Ford, the Bucks appeared to be on their way, breaking out of the gate with a 15-11 start. However, they couldn't maintain that momentum and missed the playoffs again by finishing seventh in the Central Division with a 33-49 record. Following the season, Vin Baker was traded to the Seattle Supersonics in an offseason three team trade.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	4	Stephon Marbury	PG	United States	Georgia Tech
2	33	Moochie Norris	PG	United States	West Florida
2	53	Jeff Nordgaard	SF	United States	Wisconsin-Green Bay

Roster

Milwaukee Bucks roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From 2.0 !SG 34 USA ! Allen, Ray 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Connecticut 4.5 !PF 42 USA ! Baker, Vin 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 232 lb (105 kg) Hartford 3.0 !SF 52 USA ! Brown, Chucky 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 214 lb (97 kg) North Carolina State 1.0 !PG 20 USA ! Douglas, Sherman 7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Syracuse 4.5 !PF 55 USA ! Earl, Acie 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Iowa 4.5 !PF 10 USA ! Gilliam, Armen 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) UNLV 6.0 !C 28 USA ! Lang, Andrew 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Arkansas 2.0 !SG 21 USA ! Martin, Cuonzo 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 213 lb (97 kg) Purdue 2.0 !SG 22 USA ! Newman, Johnny 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Richmond 1.0 !PG 5 USA ! Perry, Elliot 7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Memphis 3.0 !SF 13 USA ! Robinson, Glenn 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Purdue 6.0 !C 23 USA ! Wolf, Joe 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) North Carolina 4.5 !PF 7 USA ! Wood, David 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 227 lb (103 kg) Nevada	Head coach Chris Ford Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Season standings

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

Player statistics

Awards and records

• Vin Baker, All-NBA Third Team
• Ray Allen, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team

Transactions

• June 26, 1996: Traded Stephon Marbury to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Ray Allen and a 1998 1st Round draft pick.
• August 6, 1996: Signed Armen Gilliam as a free agent.
• September 3, 1996: Signed Joe Wolf as a free agent.
• August 6, 1996: Traded Marty Conlon and a 1999 1st Round draft pick to the Phoenix Suns for Elliot Perry.
• October 3, 1996: Signed Darrin Hancock as a free agent.
• October 3, 1996: Signed Stacey King as a free agent.
• October 3, 1996: Signed Keith Tower as a free agent.
• October 3, 1996: Signed David Wood as a free agent.
• November 27, 1996: Waived Keith Tower.
• December 4, 1996: Traded Darrin Hancock and a 1997 2nd Round draft pick to the Phoenix Suns for Chucky Brown. The 2nd Round draft pick traded to Phoenix was conditional and was not exercised.^[2]
• February 20, 1997: Traded Shawn Respert to the Toronto Raptors for Acie Earl.
• February 21, 1997: Signed Cuonzo Martin to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• March 13, 1997: Signed Jimmy Carruth to the first of two 10-day contracts.
• March 30, 1997: Waived Jimmy Carruth.

References

See also

• 1996-97 NBA season