The Milwaukee Bucks currently stand as the cream of the crop in the NBA, even in spite of the coronavirus pandemic pausing play to the 2019-20 season.
But before they climbed to the top of the league as they have done the last two seasons, before they had a promising core headlined by superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, All-Star forward Khris Middleton as well as Eric Bledsoe and Brook Lopez, the Bucks were stuck in the middle.
The Bucks of the early 2010s operated as if they had no future and constantly played for the present.