Anyone looking to trace the Milwaukee Bucks’ journey for their outstanding 2018-19 season may be best served by going all the way back to an early summer breakfast as the real starting point.
As the Bucks and Mike Budenholzer went through the process of figuring out if they were the right match for each other, the team’s then prospective coach sat down for breakfast with Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton.
Antetokounmpo’s status as the franchise’s true superstar undoubtedly meant his opinion coming out of that meeting was most important, but it was also the first step in implementing a change in style that would see Middleton’s role change significantly over the course of the year.