The combination of a 60-win season and a second Coach of the Year win made for very close to a perfect first season for Mike Budenholzer as head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks.
Of course, four consecutive losses to the Toronto Raptors in the Eastern Conference Finals spoiled the party somewhat, and undoubtedly left a lot for Budenholzer and his coaching staff to look to build upon.
That defeat in the Conference Finals may well have exposed some deficiencies in the Bucks’ approach, or at least flagged up a need to add further contingencies, but on the whole there can be almost nothing but positivity about how Milwaukee adapted to its new coach’s principles in year one.