Ultimate 5: The best Bucks lineup since '95

While hoops remain on hiatus, theScore's NBA editors will be compiling ultimate starting lineups for each team in the association. The catch: Only players who've been in the league since the 1995-96 season can be included.

The Milwaukee Bucks may boast just one NBA championship (1971) in their 52-year history, but some of the game's greatest stars began their professional careers in the Cream City, such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sidney Moncrief, and Marques Johnson. Others, like Oscar Robertson, arrived in Milwaukee later in their NBA journeys.

The Bucks' best days may be generations ago, but the franchise has had its share of incredible talent within the last 25 seasons, including arguably the most unstoppable player in the game today.

Guard

Sam Cassell

Younger hoop heads may faintly recognize Cassell's name thanks to his invention of the NBA's most risque on-court celebration, but he carved out a distinguished 15-year career with eight different teams. He spent the most time in Milwaukee, suiting up for 313 games for the Bucks between 1999 and 2003 and averaging 19 points, 7.2 assists, and four rebounds.

Cassell's nine assists per game and 729 total dimes in 1999-2000 remain the team's best single-season marks. In 2001, he nearly led the Bucks to The Finals, but they were thwarted by the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Guard

Ray Allen

Before becoming one of the most revered 3-point specialists of his era, Allen made a name for himself in Milwaukee. Drafted fifth overall in 1996 by the Minnesota Timberwolves, he was shipped nearly instantly to the Bucks in exchange for the rights to No. 4 pick Stephon Marbury. Allen spent his first six-and-a-half seasons in Wisconsin, registering 19.6 points per contest and shooting over 40% from long range.

While he's probably best remembered for his stints with the Seattle SuperSonics and Boston Celtics, Allen was already a three-time All-Star when the Bucks traded him in 2002.

Forward

Glenn Robinson

Otherwise known as "Big Dog," Robinson rounded out the Bucks' Big Three at the turn of the millennium with Cassell and Allen.

Months after he was named the consensus college player of the year following two incredible seasons at Purdue, the Bucks drafted Robinson first overall in 1994. Though he may not have lived up to the near-impossible expectations he created in college, Robinson carved out a stellar eight-year stint in Milwaukee. He averaged 21.1 points and 6.2 rebounds and was twice named an All-Star, and he remains the franchise's second-leading scorer with 12,010 points.

Forward

Giannis Antetokounmpo

When all is said and done, Antetokounmpo may stand alone as the greatest Bucks player ever. That sounds sacrilegious considering the legends who have suited up for the franchise, but the Greek Freak stands a legitimate chance ... if he sticks around.

Still only 25, Antetokounmpo is a four-time All-Star. He's also a strong candidate to win back-to-back MVP awards. Despite being a late bloomer, he already ranks within the top 10 of numerous franchise categories, including points (seventh, 10,435), field goals (10th, 3,811), rebounds (second, 4,627), assists (sixth, 2,250), and blocks (third, 684).

Center

Vin Baker

Baker wasn't just one of the best young big men in the league toward the end of the '90s - he was also an iron man, playing nearly 41 minutes per game on average between 1994 and 1997. Baker was a 20-and-10 machine, too. He recorded 58 such games in 1995-96 and 1996-97 combined, the seventh-highest such tally in the NBA during that span.

Though the Bucks never eclipsed 34 wins during Baker's four-year tenure, the franchise still recognizes his contributions from over two decades ago. He now serves as an assistant on Mike Budenholzer's coaching staff.

Just Missed

Michael Redd

For about half a decade, Redd was the Bucks. Sure, his best stretch from 2003-04 to 2008-09 didn't exactly align with great Bucks rosters, but Redd was individually fantastic, scoring 23.5 points per game on 36.9% shooting from deep during that stretch. Unfortunately, multiple knee injuries ultimately derailed his career.

Khris Middleton

Middleton probably doesn't get enough credit for his role in the Bucks' current success. However, the 28-year-old would need a few more seasons like his last three to edge Robinson as Milwaukee's best small forward of the last quarter-century.