The Milwaukee Bucks (14-59) are ahead of the Philadelphia 76ers (16-57) for the worst record in the NBA and the most lottery balls to receive the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft.

Larry Drew discussed his approach to try to win despite an injury-depleted lineup down the stretch, without Larry Sanders, Ersan Ilyasova, O.J. Mayo, Nate Wolters and Carlos Delfino.

"With all sincerity, I don't (react to that)," Drew said. "I go out and coach these games to try to win. I don't look at where we are or what our season is about right now. My job is to get these gentlemen ready to play every single night and to play hard. Given what our situation is, it's easy to play the season out.

"But we're not going to do that. We're going to try to step out on the floor and be competitive the whole time we're out there. Wherever we end up, that's where we end up. But we are not under any circumstance going to go out there and fold the tent.

"I know people are looking at the future, as far as the draft is concerned. They've already got their eyes pinpointed on players of the future. And that's normal. I don't fault them at all for that. But I just let it be known I don't pay too much attention to that. I just go out and try to coach this team, and wherever we end up, that's where we are."

Ersan Ilyasova will begin rehabilitation on his right ankle and is not expected to play for the remainder of the season, the Milwaukee Bucks announced Thursday.

Ilyasova underwent an examination on Tuesday and received a recommendation that he should immediately rest and rehab for a period of time instead of having surgery.

Ilyasova has averaged 11.2 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 26.9 minutes a game in 55 games this season.

Free agent guard D.J. Stephens will sign a 10-day contract with the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday, league sources told RealGM.

Stephens played collegiately at Memphis and had played professionally this season with Ilysiakos of Greece until early March.

A superb athlete at 6-foot-5, Stephens, 23, averaged 9.8 points, 8.9 rebounds and 2.2 blocks in 18 games in Greece.

HoopsHype reported approximately 10 days ago that Stephens would eventually sign with the Bucks.

Andrew Bogut signed a three-year, $36 million contact extension with the Golden State Warriors in October and he credits the coaching of Scott Skiles during his tenure with the Milwaukee Bucks.

"Thankfully playing under Scott one thing I learned was to really play defense as a big," Bogut said. "That's helped me get the contract I did here."

Bogut was the first overall pick by the Bucks in the 2005 NBA Draft.

Nate Wolters will likely miss the remainder of the season with a broken left hand.

The Milwaukee Bucks have just 13 games remaining.

Wolters has played well for the Bucks after being selected 38th overall in 2013.

Wolters has averaged 7.2 points, 3.2 assists and 2.6 rebounds while playing 22.6 minutes per game.

Larry Sanders confirmed that he will miss the remainder of the season due to eye surgery.

Sanders averaged 7.7 points and 7.2 rebounds this season and will begin a four-year contract extension next season.

Sanders anticipates a strong offseason in which he hopes to increase his strength to prepare against frontcourt players he will face.

"I want to put on a lot of weight," Sanders said. "At least 15 pounds. I want to get to 240, 245, a good running weight. I want to be really strong. I want to feel unmoveable out there.

"I just see it being the hardest working summer since back when I was in college, maybe when I was going out for the draft (in 2010). That will be the only one I could probably compare to this one."

The Toronto Raptors "tried frantically" to acquire a top-15 pick in last June's draft in order to select Giannis Antetokounmpo.

John Hammond had decided 72 hours before the draft that the Milwaukee Bucks would select Antetokounmpo if he fell to them at No. 15.

Many NBA executives believed that Antetokounmpo received a promise from the Atlanta Hawks with the 17th overall pick.

D.J. Stephens will sign with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Stephens has a 46-inch vertical leap and played for the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks in Summer League last July before signing in Greece.

Stephens played collegiately at Memphis.

The Milwaukee Bucks have signed free-agent forward Chris Wright (6-8, 225) to a 10-day contract.

Wright joins the Bucks from the D-League’s Maine Red Claws, where he’s appeared in 38 games this season and posted averages of 19.5 points (ranks 13th in D-League) and 8.1 rebounds per contest. He’s notched 13 double-doubles on the year, including six in his last eight appearances. Wright also played for the Red Claws during the 2012-13 season, when he average 18.1 points and 8.9 rebounds per game, and has been named to the D-League All-Star Game in both of his seasons in Maine.

O.J. Mayo has been suspended one game without pay for forcibly striking Greg Stiemsma in the throat in Friday's game between the Milwaukee Bucks and New Orleans Pelicans, the NBA announced Saturday.

Mayo will serve his suspension on Saturday when the Bucks host the Washington Wizards.