As training camp opens up ahead of the start of the 2018-19 season, by all accounts the Milwaukee Bucks are set to take a major stride forward into the modern NBA.
That sense of progress goes beyond a move from the creaking Bradley Center to the state-of-the-art Fiserv Forum, and even further beyond a certain shift from an outdated isolation-heavy offense to something much more grounded in motion and spacing.
In fact, it extends all the way to the overlooked area of the players’ health and conditioning, something which could certainly use improvement on Milwaukee’s part.
Between Jabari Parker, Khris Middleton and Malcolm Brogdon, the Bucks have had more than their share of lengthy and significant injuries over the past couple of seasons, while Middleton and Giannis Antetokounmpo‘s ever-present status among the league leaders in minutes played has been far from ideal too.