ST. FRANCIS, Wis. -- With the first week of training camp winding down, the Milwaukee Bucks are becoming eager to get to playing games.
While they'll have to wait until next Wednesday to face an opponent wearing different colors, the Bucks will scrimmage in front of their fans Saturday at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
Milwaukee will practice prior to the doors of the arena opening to the public at 10 a.m. The Bucks will then split into teams of eight at 11 a.m. and begin a scrimmage that is expected to last for about an hour.
It will be the first chance fans have to see No. 2 overall draft pick Jabari Parker in person, as well as the rest of the new-look and young Bucks.
"It will be good to work with people walking in and out, handling distractions and people making noise," Bucks coach Jason Kidd said. "(It will be good) for us to learn our focus and what we need to take care of when coaches are talking or when teammates are talking for us to all listen and pay attention.
"I think the big thing for us is to play in front of people. We're on the big court, so it is another advantage for us to get on our home court and not just here at the practice (facility)."
The scrimmage will conclude Milwaukee's first week of camp under Kidd, a series of eight practices in five days. Thus far, the players have been pleased with the way things have gone.
"It has been very productive," Bucks forward John Henson said. "It has been an efficient training camp. There's been a lot of good stuff offensively and defensively. We're playing well together and passing the ball. It is refreshing.
"(The coaches) are very detailed. They don't let anything slip by. That's really what you need to do with a young team like us."
Following Saturday's scrimmage and fan fest, the Bucks will practice Monday and Tuesday before opening their exhibition schedule Wednesday at the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wis., against the Memphis Grizzlies.
It is unusual for a team to enter its exhibition slate with so many roles yet to be defined, as nearly every spot in Milwaukee's rotation is up for grabs.
"I'm excited to see what we look like next week in Green Bay," Henson said. "It is just exciting. New team, new owners, new coaches -- it is all new. It is going to be fun to see what happens."
Ring the bell: Kidd has made a few changes to the area around the practice court at the Cousins Center, including installing a giant bell on one of the side walls.
Why is the bell there?
If a player hits 20 of 25 3-point attempts during practice, he can run over and ring the bell. The coaching staff will keep track of who rings the bell the most throughout the season
"It is something that we took from Dallas," Kidd said. "It was a form of recognition of shooting the 3 well. It is about shooting the 3. Guys are ringing the bell a lot, so that's a good sign."
Another addition to the Cousins Center are the flags of Turkey (Ersan Ilyasova), Greece (Giannis Antetokounmpo), France (Damien Inglis) and Georgia (Zaza Pachulia) beneath the United States flag on the back wall of the practice gym.
Back in the swing: After missing the first two days of practice after having a medical procedure to remove a cyst, Bucks forward Khris Middleton returned Friday.
"He looked good," Kidd said. "He went through the whole practice with no problems."
Unlike last season, the Bucks are fairly healthy early on in training camp. Rookie Inglis, who is still recovering from a fractured right foot, was the only player not to participate Friday.
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