The Milwaukee Bucks are among the best teams in the Eastern Conference, even if their performance last postseason fell low of their standards.
The team still boasts a mighty starting lineup that includes Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard and Khris Middleton. While injuries have hurt their chances of making a stern Finals appearance, it’s also true that the roster wasn’t as complete as many fans expected when they acquired Lillard from the Portland Trail Blazers last summer.
All Bucks fans hope that the team will do better in the upcoming season as this is the second year of the Giannis-Dame experiment. The Bucks need to perform well in the upcoming season as teams wait for Giannis to become disillusioned with the franchise.
One analyst points to one aspect of the squad as a factor in the team’s success in the 2024-2025 campaign.
The analyst points to coaching continuity as a key asset for the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2024-25 season
Kurt Helin of NBC Sports wrote an article about the Bucks’ title window with Antetokounmpo and Lillard. While there are many factors that go into shortening the championship window, he points to one factor that could make or break a team’s campaign:
Continuity, not drama – especially the lack of coaching changes mid-season. Regardless of what anyone thinks of Adrian Griffin’s firing or whether it was deserved, the entire situation was devastating. Whatever anyone thinks of Doc Rivers, he is a solid NBA coach with a system and an ability to soothe egos. Having it all season long does the trick.
The change of coaching staff had an impact on the team’s play last season. Doc Rivers replaced Adrian Griffin around the All-Star break, and Greek Freak described the coaching carousel the Bucks have been through over the past two seasons as “exhausting”.
Now that Rivers has a full offseason to refine the Bucks’ game plan in his image, the entire squad will be under enormous pressure to perform on the biggest stage. If they don’t make it to the finals by June 2025, their summer will be confused.
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