Bucks must embrace radical identity shift in future trades

With limited trade assets to make a playoff push, the Bucks should prioritize improving their strengths over covering their flaws.

Minnesota Timberwolves v Milwaukee Bucks | Patrick McDermott/GettyImagesSitting in 11th place and outside the Play-In picture in the Eastern Conference, the Milwaukee Bucks find themselves lagging far behind in the NBA's latest arms race towards supremacy in crashing the offensive glass.

In a desperate search for an on-court identity and with few avenues to improve the roster ahead of this season's trade deadline, Milwaukee's front office can buck the league-wide trend in future moves by emulating the framework employed by the defending champion, the Oklahoma City…