The Central Division is home to your Detroit Pistons, and also perhaps the franchise with one of the best NBA title odds (though there is plenty of competition), the hottest young, up and coming team, the franchise pivoting into full rebuild mode and another team that is stuck in neutral and might be doing a hard reset sooner than they’d like. It might not be the division with the most talent in the NBA, but it might have the biggest collection of interesting storylines for franchises on divergent paths. Let’s dig in.
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Offseason in 5 Words or Less
Big 3 not big enough
Big Changes
Giannis Antetokounmpo’s star might shine the brightest in the NBA, but for the cap strapped aging core of the Milwaukee Bucks, it’s hard to look at the roster as a whole and place them firmly ahead of the likes of the Philadelphia 76ers, Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors, Brooklyn Nets, Miami Heat, or the ascending Cleveland Cavaliers.