Peering past the eclipse-level blinding amount of coverage about the Kyrie Irving to Boston blockbuster feels difficult at the moment. The trade shifts this year’s Eastern Conference race from a death march towards a bland playoff inevitability to an impending clash with enough potential pissing contests to fill a trough. Still, there’s plenty to glean about future of the Milwaukee Bucks and their place within the Eastern Conference from this transaction, namely that there’s still little reason to rush things.
We’ve discussed our myriad reactions to the Kyrie move in regards to Milwaukee, but the best point of reference for what this means still lies in what Ben Thompson laid out several months ago: planning for the future.