It’s no secret that the Milwaukee Bucks have never managed to reel in one of the NBA’s truly big fish in free agency.
While there are a handful of franchises and cities that can be deemed to be destinations around the league, mostly due to climate, history, or even tax rates, the reality is the playing field is much more even for the rest of the NBA.
Still, in that conversation there are tiers, and a franchise’s placing in that group can prove decisive in whether a team has their pick of solid starters who may still have room to improve, or whether they’re caught playing a market filled merely with role players and bench pieces.