After months of waiting, real NBA basketball will finally be played as a preseason contest between the Milwaukee Bucks and Chicago Bulls. It was a much different off-season for the Bucks compared to 2022, as Milwaukee fired former head coach Mike Budenholzer and replaced him with former Raptors assistant coach Adrian Griffin. The roster saw massive changes as well, with Jrue Holiday and Grayson Allen being shipped out for All-NBA guard Damian Lillard. Everyone had expected Lillard to be heading to South Beach and the Miami Heat when he made his request back at the start of the summer, yet here we are, with Lillard in Milwaukee.