Ever since coming to the Milwaukee Bucks last summer, it was clear there were grand plans for Dragan Bender.
Certainly a change of scenery was a necessary move for the 22-year-old after his ups and downs as a member of the Phoenix Suns over the previous three seasons and talk of being a bust increasingly grew after being the fourth overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft.
And from the outset, Bender viewed the Bucks as the perfect landing spot for him to unlock his skill set and bring him out of his early career limbo, as he talked about during Media Day before the start of the 2019-20 season:
“It’s definitely a good match.