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Ex-MU trainer joins the BucksYet another new face was added to the Milwaukee Bucks' locker room Tuesday when the team announced that Steve Condon had been hired as new athletic trainer. Condon replaces Troy Wetzel, who retired after a 12-year career in the National Basketball Association. Wetzel had spent the last three seasons with the Bucks. Since the end of last season, when the Bucks posted a 42-40 record and were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the New Jersey Nets, the Bucks have undergone an almost total overhaul. They have replaced their general manager, head coach, two assistant coaches and now their trainer. Several new players have also been added to the roster. Condon joins the Bucks from Marquette University, where he spent the last two years as the school's head athletic trainer. With the Bucks, Condon will oversee the day-to-day prevention, evaluation and rehabilitation of injuries and will also coordinate the team's travel and hotel arrangements for away games. Via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Bucks hire Todd to fill dual roleThe Milwaukee Bucks have hired Jim Todd in an assistant coach / player development role, the club announced Thursday. Todd, 51, joins Mike Schuler and Sam Mitchell on new coach Terry Porter's staff, and Porter expects to name one more assistant to complete the staff. "Jim has taught the game of basketball on every level," Porter said in a statement. "He understands what it takes to win at this level, and I know he'll play an integral role on our staff." Todd served as a coaching consultant for the Bucks last season, and he was an assistant with Milwaukee under coach Chris Ford from 1996-'98. He followed Ford to the Clippers in 1998 and was named interim coach of the team on Feb. 3, 2000. Via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Ray Allen admits he "started despising" coach George KarlUSA team member Ray Allen admitted he "started despising" coach George Karl in Milwaukee before Allen was traded to Seattle from the Bucks. "George, when he first came to Milwaukee, he was every bit a players' coach. He listened, he responded to things we needed, things we wanted and everyone wanted to play hard for him," Allen said of Karl, who was fired last month. "If we were tired, he made us work harder. If we needed a day off, he made us practice. It always seemed like when something went wrong he'd bash us in the papers . . . I started despising him . . . I got tired of that after a while, and my hatred started growing." Oklahoma City, Milwaukee Bucks Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Bucks Aug 2003 Archive
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