Milwaukee Bucks: Top 10 NBA Draft picks in franchise history

4. Marques Johnson (SG/SF) – No. 3 pick in 1977 NBA Draft

Career stats (with the Bucks):  524 GP, 21.0 PPG, 7.5 RPG, 3.7 APG, 1.3 SPG, 0.8 BPG, 2.4 TOV, 53.0 FG%, 73.6 FT%

Marques Johnson is one of the more underrated players in Milwaukee Bucks history, but deserves to receive his due for his franchise contributions. Taken third in the 1977 NBA Draft, Johnson was part of the replacement plan for Oscar Robertson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. A national champion at UCLA, Johnson won multiple Player of the Year awards his senior season before entering the NBA.

Johnson played seven seasons for the Bucks, starring alongside Sidney Moncrief and Paul Pressey on a team that made the playoffs six of those seven years. Twice the Bucks pushed to the Eastern Conference Finals, but were unable to get over a hump thanks to stacked competition featuring Larry Bird, Julius Erving and Isiah Thomas.

Although he was part of a deep stockpile of wings who could score and pass, Johnson was perhaps the best of all of them at simply scoring the basketball. He put up 21 points per game in Milwaukee, fourth in franchise history. He also commanded the glass about as well as any wing did in that era, eventually amassing 1,468 offensive rebounds – the most in Bucks history.

Johnson was decorated for his accomplishments, making four All-Star appearances while in Milwaukee. He was a first-team All-Rookie selection in 1978, then in his next three seasons received All-NBA honors. In 1981 he finished sixth in MVP voting, in the mix with a number of future Hall-of-Famers, including former Buck Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.