Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 7:00 pm EST

PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) -- Andrew Bogut's long road to the NBA will reach its final destination Tuesday.

The No. 1 overall pick in the 2005 draft, Bogut makes his regular season debut for the Milwaukee Bucks when they open play with a visit to Philadelphia, which will welcome back Maurice Cheeks in his coaching debut with the 76ers.

The 20-year-old Bogut, who hails from Australia, left Utah after two stellar seasons as one of the nation's top collegiate centers. A 7-foot, 245-pounder, Bogut was a key acquisition for the Bucks, who have lacked an inside presence in recent seasons.

Bogut impressed as the preseason passed, capping it with a 17-point, seven-rebound effort in Wednesday's loss to Denver.

Other stars of that game for Milwaukee were Michael Redd, who led the team in scoring last season with a 23.0 average, and guard T.J. Ford, who will make his first appearance Tuesday since the 2003-04 season.

Ford suffered a spinal cord bruise during his rookie season, causing him to miss all of the 2004-05 campaign. The Bucks still rewarded the point guard by exercising their 2006-07 option on him Friday.

Also making their debuts for the Bucks, who finished 30-52 last season, are new coach Terry Stotts and former All-Star center Jamaal Magloire. Stotts was hired in July in place of the fired Terry Porter and Magloire was acquired Wednesday from New Orleans in exchange for swingman Desmond Mason and a conditional first-round pick.

Stotts was 52-85 from 2003-04 with the Atlanta Hawks.

Milwaukee's new additions will contend with a Philadelphia squad hoping to build on last season's 43-39 record under Cheeks, who starred with the 76ers from 1979-89 and coached the last four seasons in Portland.

A defensive stalwart in his playing days, Cheeks inherits a squad missing its top shot blocker in Samuel Dalembert, who may miss up to two weeks after suffering a strained right quadriceps in practice Thursday.

Coming off a stellar campaign in which he averaged 30.7 points and a career-high 7.9 assists, Allen Iverson again will be the focus of everything the Sixers do. He showed little rust in preseason by averaging 29.0 points in four games but has been bothered by a right knee condition.

Iverson owned the Bucks last season with averages of 45.3 points and 8.8 assists in four games, all wins. Philadelphia has won the last five meetings between the teams.