# 1993–94 Milwaukee Bucks season

The 1993–94 NBA season was the Bucks' 26th season in the National Basketball Association. In the 1993 NBA draft, the Bucks selected Vin Baker from the University of Hartford with the eighth overall pick. During the off-season, the team signed free agent Ken Norman. 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. 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. 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, 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.
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. Following the season, Norman was traded to the Atlanta Hawks, while Edwards and Derek Strong were both dealt to the Boston Celtics, and Brad Lohaus signed as a free agent with the Miami Heat.
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. The team also added new uniforms with side panels on their shorts, plus adding purple to their color scheme of dark green. 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, and the basic design of the logo remained until 2015.

## Draft picks

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

## Regular season
### Season standings

| Central Divisionvte | 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 Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte | Eastern Conferencevte |
| # | 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1November 5, 1993@ Cleveland
W 94–91
Ken Norman (24)
Coliseum at Richfield 17,102
1–0
2November 6, 1993Charlotte
L 103–120
Ken Norman (28)
Anthony Avent (17)
Eric Murdock, Ken Norman (7)
Bradley Center 18,633
1–1
3November 8, 1993@ Boston
L 100–108
Boston Garden 14,890
1–2
4November 10, 1993Chicago
L 90–91
Bradley Center 18,633
1–3
5November 11, 1993@ Miami
L 103–116
Miami Arena 15,010
1–4
6November 13, 1993@ New York
L 86–99
Madison Square Garden 19,763
1–5
7November 16, 1993Minnesota
L 98–102
Bradley Center 13,871
1–6
8November 17, 1993@ Washington
L 104–117
US Airways Arena 6,817
1–7
9November 20, 1993San Antonio
L 97–101
Bradley Center 16,365
1–8
10November 24, 1993Atlanta
L 85—89
Bradley Center 14,801
1–9
11November 26, 1993@ Charlotte
L 99—110
Charlotte Coliseum 23,698
1–10
11November 27, 1993Boston
W 89–85
Bradley Center 15,127
2–10
12November 29, 1993@ San Antonio
L 95–102
Alamodome 15,401
2–11
13November 30, 1993@ Houston
L 91–102
The Summit 14,186
2–12 :
December: 4–4 (home: 1–3; road: 3–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
15December 3, 1993@ Dallas
W 107–106
Reunion Arena 11,690
3–12
16December 5, 1993Phoenix
L 98–117
Bradley Center 18,255
3–13
17December 8, 1993L. A. Clippers
L 97–100
Bradley Center 13,287
3–14
18December 10, 1993@ Detroit
W 90–88
The Palace of Auburn Hills 21,454
4–14
19December 11, 1993Philadelphia
L 86–99
Bradley Center 16,627
4–15
20December 13, 1993@ Phoenix
L 104–112
America West Arena 19,023
4–16
21December 15, 1993@ Sacramento
W 96–95
ARCO Arena 17,317
5–16
22December 17, 1993@ Seattle
L 97–127
Seattle Center Coliseum 14,258
5–17
23December 19, 1993@ Portland
L 81–93
Memorial Coliseum 14,258
5–18
24December 20, 1993@ L. A. Clippers
W 105–92
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 9,553
6–18
25December 22, 1993Dallas
W 96–86
Bradley Center 15,032
7–18 :
January: 0–3 (home: 0–3; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
31January 8, 1994New Jersey
L 87–90
Bradley Center 15,196
9–22
32January 11, 1994Indiana
L 76–82
Bradley Center 13,364
9–24
33January 13, 1994Utah
L 83–101
Bradley Center 13,864
9–24 :
February: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord :
March: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord :
April: 0–0 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord :
1993–94 schedule :

## Player statistics

| 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: