How the Western Conference Play-In affects the Bucks’ 2024 draft

Photo by Layne Murdoch Jr./NBAE via Getty ImagesIt might seem early to talk about this, but since 2018, the Bucks have made only one selection in the first round of the NBA Draft: MarJon Beauchamp in 2022. That won’t be the case soon enough, as the Bucks will be making a selection in the 2024 NBA Draft. But where?

Some quick history: one of their picks since 2018 conveyed in 2020 as a result of the Eric Bledsoe trade way back in 2017. GM Jon Horst traded the rest as incentives for acquiring teams to take on bad contracts (John Henson, Matthew Dellavedova, Tony Snell) that his predecessor Jon Hammond signed, enabling Milwaukee to open up cap space ahead of summer 2019. He then used that room…