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Source: Bucks Purchase NBA D-League Team To Play In Oshkosh, Wis.

The Bucks tomorrow will announce that they have bought an NBA D-League team to play in Oshkosh, Wis., a source familiar with the team confirmed. The new team will begin play next season, hosting games at a 3,500-seat arena to be built in Oshkosh. The Bucks have not yet named the franchise. It will be the D-League’s 25th club, 20 of which have direct affiliations with NBA teams.

The news comes on the heels of the T’Wolves late last month agreeing to purchase their own D-League team by buying the Iowa Energy from the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies then announced plans to own and operate an expansion D-League team in Southaven, Miss.

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