Does it all really boil down to a single season? For Damian Lillard and the Milwaukee Bucks, the answer may be yes.
We can be honest about last year: relative to expectations, it was a disappointment. That seems irresponsible to say given the still-great averages of 24.3 points (.424/.354/.920), 7.0 assists, and 4.4 rebounds, but a trade of a player for his magnitude sets the bar almost impossibly high. A shame that neither he nor his team ever really got close to said bar.
An optimistic and supportive reading of the situation says that no player, no matter how skilled, would have overcome the organizational dysfunction that plagued almost the entire campaign.