Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum, Portland Trail Blazers, Milwaukee Bucks (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)
The Portland Trail Blazers can certainly learn a lot from the 2020-2021 Milwaukee Bucks. Not only did Giannis Antetokounmpo make his team world champions, he also made them a champion of small-market teams in the league.
As the Blazers continue their most crucial off-season in a long time, they’ll look to mimic the way Milwaukee took advantage of their situation and built a squad ready for contention around the Greek Freak.
Here are three encouraging similarities from last year’s Portland team with the Milwaukee Bucks in the Giannis era.