The Milwaukee Bucks aren't quite ready to give up their old court, but it'll happen soon enough. And when the new one is installed, the floor that is currently in use at the BMO Harris Bradley Center will be going to a great cause.
According to Grantland's Zach Lowe, Zaza Pachulia is waiting to snatch it up:
Pachulia plans to donate the old floor to the basketball academy Martve, in Tbilisi, Georgia, where Pachulia learned the game as a kid. (Toko Shengelia of the Nets also played there growing up.) Pachulia began playing there about 20 years ago...
Lowe continued by reporting that Pachulia was disappointed to learn the court he'd grown up on hadn't been repaired since he last saw it. Now in a state of disrepair, the old surface just doesn't help promote a love of basketball like the Georgian big man might want it to.
As NBC Sports' Kurt Helin wrote about the potential deal, "It needs to happen. Plus I love the idea of kids in Georgia playing on a Bucks NBA court, growing up to become Bucks fans."
Pachulia also told Lowe that, "It would be really exciting for me, and for t ...
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Bucks Player Will Buy Old Court When Team Is Done with It
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