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Milwaukee Bucks: A Decade Of Bad NBA Draft Picks In The 1980s

The Milwaukee Bucks had 15 first and second round picks in NBA Drafts from 1980 to 1989. Out of those 15 players taken, just one has a career box plus-minus of higher than 0.

Paul Pressey was taken by the Bucks in the 1982 NBA Draft, and was unquestionably the best Buck selected in the 80s. Pressey is a Bucks legend and still leads the Bucks in franchise assist totals.

The second-best player the Bucks picked up in the 1980s was Alton Lister. The drop there is tremendous. Lister failed to ever score ten points per game in a season with Milwaukee.