On March 6, 1982, the Bucks were defeated by the San Antonio Spurs in a 171-166 triple-overtime thriller--the highest scoring game in NBA history.

With the 12th overall pick in the 1972 draft, Milwaukee selected Julius Erving. The Bucks had a dynamic duo in Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson, who had just propelled the Bucks to an NBA championship. A Big Three of Abdul-Jabbar, Robertson and Dr. J would have been among the best trio of players to ever step on the court. But it wasn't meant to be. Despite being drafted by the Bucks, Erving signed a contract with the Atlanta Hawks for the 1972-73 season. The Hawks were fined $25,000 per game that Dr. J appeared in due to Milwaukee holding his rights.

Charlie Paulk was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the 1968 NBA draft. That same year, he was drafted by the Army. In his first season, he played just 17 games, scoring three points per game and averaging 4.6 rebounds. He sat out the 1969-70 season due to military service, serving a tour of duty in Vietnam. In 1970, the Bucks traded him along with Flynn Robinson to the Cincinnati Royals for Oscar Robertson.

On October 18, 1977, Abdul-Jabbar, playing with the Lakers, punched Bucks rookie Kent Benson during a game. Abdul-Jabbar broke his hand in the process. Benson had been aggressive under the boards and Abdul-Jabbar, a martial arts blackbelt, snapped. Abdul-Jabbar was fined $5,000 by the NBA and missed the next 20 games. Meanwhile, Benson never played as aggressively again and the Bucks traded him to the Detroit Pistons in 1980 for veteran center Bob Lanier.

Dell Curry only played one season for the Bucks (1998-99), but he made it count, shooting .476 from the three-point line.

Sidney Moncrief was a five-time NBA All-Star and won the first two NBA Defensive Player of the Year awards in 1983 and 1984.

Robertson v. National Basketball Association, a landmark antitrust suit filed in 1970 while Oscar Robertson was the president of the NBA Players' Association, led to an extensive reform of the league's strict free agency and draft rules and, subsequently, to higher salaries for all players.

On July 31, 2013, Jennings was traded to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Brandon Knight, Khris Middleton and Viacheslav Kravtsov. Although Kravtsov was traded before the start of the season, Knight would become only the second player in franchise history to lead the team in scoring (1,291 points) and assists (352) during his first season with the team, and Middleton would eventually grow into an All-Star.

The Bucks signed free agent Moses Malone in 1991 and made him their starting center for the 1991-92 season. Malone played in all 82 games that season, averaged 15.6 points, and set a franchise record with 320 offensive rebounds.

In 1999-00, after coming over in a trade from the New Jersey Nets, Sam Cassell established a new franchise record with 729 assists.