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Former Marquette star Tyler Kolek returned to Milwaukee for a game against the Bucks as a second-year player for the New York Knicks.

Kolek is seeing more playing time this season under new coach Mike Brown, who replaced Tom Thibodeau.

The retirement of Malcolm Brogdon helped secure Kolek's role as a backup point guard to Jalen Brunson.

Tyler Kolek was on the court warming up for the New York Knicks about two hours before taking on the Milwaukee Bucks on Oct. 28 at Fiserv Forum.

High above him were the retired jerseys of former Marquette men’s basketball stars , and Kolek’s No. 11 uniform will likely hang alongside them in a few years.

For now, Kolek is in his second season in the NBA , and there is little time in an 82-game, regular-season grind to stop

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