The Mount Rushmore of the Milwaukee Bucks
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Giannis Antetokounmpo
- Sidney Moncrief
- Oscar Robertson
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar makes his second appearance on this slideshow with the Milwaukee Bucks. Before he was the star of the Los Angeles Lakers, the UCLA Bruins legend led the Bucks to the first and only championship in franchise history.
Abdul-Jabbar won Finals MVP during the 1971 championship season, as well as league MVP in 1971, 1972, and 1974.
Next on the list is the player who co-starred when Abdul-Jabbar and the Bucks won it all: Oscar Robertson. Another player who could be on the NBA’s Mount Rushmore, Robertson played four seasons in Milwaukee and undoubtedly made his mark.
After years of being heralded as the best player to never win a title, Robertson fittingly scored a game-high 30 points to close out the Bucks’ first championship win.
Up next is two-time Defensive Player of the Year and recently inducted Hall of Famer Sidney Moncrief. Moncrief’s peak was brief due to injury, but he was an All-NBA, All-Star and All-Defensive Team member in five straight seasons.
Moncrief also led the Bucks past Larry Bird’s Celtics and Michael Jordan’s Bulls in playoff series during Milwaukee’s underrated string of success in the 1980s.
Ray Allen was previously the fourth member of this Mount Rushmore, but that honor has since gone to Giannis Antetokounmpo. Antetokounmpo joined Abdul-Jabbar as the only Bucks player to win MVP in 2018-19, and added a trip to the Conference Finals to his résumé that same year.
Antetokounmpo is still young and early in his career, but he’s already solidified his place as one of the four greatest players in Bucks history.
Next: The Measure of a Legend