Throughout an offseason that was primarily focused on retaining their free agents and making shrewd veteran pickups to shore up their collective depth, one free agent addition by the Milwaukee Bucks stood out above the fray for contrasting reasons.
No, it’s not the Bucks’ recent flyer on 21-year-old Croatian big man Dragan Bender, who comes to Milwaukee standing as a reclamation project and will have to impress in training camp and preseason, given the salary structure on his two-year, partially guaranteed deal.
Rather, it was the signing of Greek forward Thanasis Antetokounmpo, who’s returning to the NBA level after spending the last three seasons playing overseas, first in Spain and most recently in Greece.