Good news for Milwaukee Bucks fans: After another early playoff exit, the team has an opportunity to turn the page and look to the future with the two-day 2025 NBA Draft set to begin June 25.

Bad news: The Bucks currently lack a Day 1 draft pick, with Milwaukee’s lone selection residing in the second and final round at No. 47 overall.

Luckily for fans, the Bucks front office has a knack for spotting talent in the second round. Milwaukee is the only franchise since the NBA/ABA merger in 1976 to select the eventual Rookie of the Year using a second-round draft pick.

So, in anticipation of the upcoming Day 2 selection, let's revisit a couple of late-round gems the organization has unearthed throughout franchise history.

Malcolm Brogdon was a second-round draft pick out of Virginia.

Malcolm Brogdon

Bucks general manager Jon Horst was on staff as the director of basketball operations in 2016 when the team drafted Malcolm Brogdon. The No. 36 pick out of Virginia, Brogdon surprised many with his immediate impact, as he went on to earn Rookie of the Year honors.

During his three seasons in Milwaukee before being sent to the Indiana Pacers in a sign-and-trade deal for a first-round pick and two second-rounders, the guard asserted himself as a historically efficient scorer.

Brogdon’s 2018-19 season etched him in the history books as the seventh member of the 50/40/90 club – shooters who make at least 50% from the field, 40% from three-point range and 90% from the free throw line – and placed his shooting efficiency alongside legends such as Larry Bird, Kevin Durant and Steph Curry.

Among the now eight members of the efficient fraternity, Brogdon is the lone player who never has received All-NBA or All-Star team honors, though he did win the Sixth Man of the Year award later in his career.

Michael Redd was a second-round draft pick out of Ohio State.

Michael Redd

Despite Brogdon’s historic shooting splits, his status as the best second-rounder in franchise history is up for debate thanks largely to former All-Star Michael Redd.

Taken No. 43 overall in 2000 and hailing from Ohio State, shooting guard Redd proved himself to be an offensive focal point for the Bucks during his 11 seasons with the team in the early 2000s.

In 2006-07, Redd had the NBA's sixth-highest points-per-game average at 26.7, behind players like Kobe Bryant and LeBron James but ahead of league MVP Dirk Nowitzki by more than 2 points. Somehow, though, Milwaukee’s small-market star was the only man not named as an All-Star out of the top 11 per-game scorers.

As a member of Bucks for more than a decade, “Redd Hot” averaged 20 points per game, but earned All-Star and All-NBA recognition only once in his career.

After finishing second in Sixth Man of the Year voting in 2002-03, Redd came back even more dominant the following season, becoming an All-Star and a third-team All-NBA member in 2003-04.

While his cabinets may not be adorned with NBA trophies or honors, Redd did earn a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics as a member of the “Redeem Team.” For more than a decade, Redd was the record holder for most threes in a quarter with eight, before Klay Thompson broke the record in 2015 with nine.

Milwaukee's former second-rounder also once held the franchise’s single-game scoring record over the likes of legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Redd scored 50-plus points twice for the Bucks, and his career high of 57 still ranks in the franchise’s top-three scoring games all-time, behind only Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Bob Dandridge

Also in the mix to be crowned as the greatest late-round draft steal is another wing in Bob Dandridge.

The lone Hall of Famer on this list, Dandridge played a major role in the Bucks' first NBA championship in 1971.

Although drafted 45th overall in the 1969 NBA Draft, Dandridge wasn’t a second-round pick; he was a fourth-round pick prior to the NBA/ABA merger when the league consisted of 14 teams.

Still, Dandridge was a force playing alongside fellow draft classmate Abdul-Jabbar. “The Greyhound,” as he was known, flew across the court with speed that made him one of the top two-way players in the league during his prime and a three-time All-Star for the Bucks.

When discussing the top players in franchise history, it's impossible not to mention Dandridge, who ranks fifth in games played, third in minutes, third in field goals, third in rebounds, 10th in assists, 10th in steals per game, and seventh in points, despite playing before the three-point shot was introduced.

His speed may have been what helped make him a star in his heyday, but his stats have held up to the test of time as he remains near Antetokounmpo in many parts of the franchise record books.

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