The Milwaukee Bucks stand at the precipice of the Playoffs. As someone who listens to far too many national NBA podcasts, every shifting take I hear rings a bit hollow knowing that the league’s narrative will be almost entirely dependent upon what happens in this year’s Playoffs. Before the title run last year, the Bucks were frauds, regular season dynamos whose superstar couldn’t get it done in the biggest moments with a coach who couldn’t get out of his own way. Now, they get every benefit of the doubt.
Case in point: The Jazz’s failures have relegated them to the point any regular season accomplishment is dismissed out of hand.