A lot of great things happened for the Milwaukee Bucks on the court during the 1980s. One very important matter that did not involve actual basketball was also taken care of.
Jim Fitzgerald owned a majority stake in the Bucks for some great years from 1976 to 1985, but then decided he was done owning the team. He sold it in ’85 to Herb Kohl, who spent the tidy sum of $18 million on the Bucks.
Although the Milwaukee Bucks may have struggled to find success during much of Kohl’s tenure as owner, he deserves to be lauded for several reasons, not the least of which is that Milwaukee never embraced the tank.