MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks are back. Well, at least one of them was.

Guard Beno Udrih (BAY’-noh OO’-drihk) showed up to work out and shoot around Thursday, the first day team facilities were reopened to players for voluntary workouts as the NBA lockout heads toward an apparent resolution. Former Marquette star Steve Novak, who most recently played for San Antonio, also was shooting at the Bucks’ facility.

If a tentative agreement between owners and players is ratified as expected, training camps could begin Dec. 9.

Restrictions on contact between team officials and players remain in place for now, but Bucks general manager John Hammond said teams are free to begin talking to agents.

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HOUSTON – Ray Patterson, who presided over one NBA title and four conference titles as president of the Milwaukee Bucks and Houston Rockets, has died at the age of 89.

Patterson’s son, former Rockets general manager Steve Patterson, says his father died Wednesday evening at home in the Houston suburb of Sugar Land after a long battle with heart and lung diseases. Funeral arrangements are pending.

KRIV-TV of Houston first reported Patterson’s death.

Patterson was the first president of the expansion Milwaukee Bucks, who won the 1971 NBA title in their third year after formation. The Houston Rockets hired him as their president and general manager after their first season in Houston in 1971-72. The Rockets went to the NBA finals twice under his management and hosted the 1989 All-Star game.

HOUSTON (AP) – Ray Patterson, who presided over one NBA title and four conference titles as president of the Milwaukee Bucks and Houston Rockets, has died at the age of 89.

Patterson’s son, former Rockets general manager Steve Patterson,
says his father died Wednesday evening at home in the Houston
suburb of Sugar Land after a long battle with heart and lung diseases. Funeral arrangements are pending.

KRIV-TV of Houston first reported Patterson’s death.

Patterson was the first president of the expansion Milwaukee Bucks, who won the 1971 NBA title in their third year after formation. The Houston Rockets hired him as their president and general manager after their first season in Houston in 1971-72. The Rockets went to the NBA finals twice under his management and hosted the 1989 All-Star game.

HOUSTON (AP)—Ray Patterson, who presided over one NBA title and four
conference titles as president of the Milwaukee Bucks and Houston Rockets, has
died at the age of 89.

Patterson’s son, former Rockets general manager Steve Patterson, says his
father died Wednesday evening at home in the Houston suburb of Sugar Land after
a long battle with heart and lung diseases. Funeral arrangements are pending.

KRIV-TV of Houston first reported Patterson’s death.

Patterson was the first president of the expansion Milwaukee Bucks, who won
the 1971 NBA title in their third year after formation. The Houston Rockets
hired him as their president and general manager after their first season in
Houston in 1971-72. The Rockets went to the NBA finals twice under his
management and hosted the 1989 All-Star game.