The first few games of a new NBA season always offer up their unique set of peculiarities and sources of intrigue, and the opening of the Milwaukee Bucks’ 2019-20 campaign is no exception to that rule.
In particular, there’s always an ongoing challenge in trying to account for what could be evidence of real change versus what may ultimately be proven as little more than amplified small sample noise.
I took a closer look at one such source of early fascination for the Bucks on Tuesday, as I fixed the spotlight on the relentless pace Milwaukee has implemented to start the season, and why they’d be best advised to rein it in somewhat.