I’ve spent the column space here each Monday since the season ended thinking about the possible futures of your Milwaukee Bucks. Those thoughts have led me to lament how bad the team’s coming free agent class is, restate my adherence to the Giannis-as-C theorem, and to find ideas on how the team can build if the recent Finals contenders are models to emulate.
Underlying all of this digital ink spillage, though, is the very real possibility that there is no change on the cards. For reasons of contractual, continuity, and chemistry reasons, the baseline expectations for the Bucks should be that they will enter the 2024-2025 season without Jae Crowder and with some other random veteran player in that slot.