Absence makes the heart grow fonder, they say. In the case of the Milwaukee Bucks and their unceremonious second-round loss last postseason, it’s fair to say that fans developed a bittersweet fondness for Khris Middleton, who earned second place in our annual exercise of which Buck would be most important for postseason success. That this poll wasn’t 100-0 is...something, but the result is still overwhelmingly aligned with our expectations of this team’s hierarchy.
The 2nd most important player to Milwaukee’s postseason success is...
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Middleton, perhaps infamously, injured his MCL during the first round of the playoffs and ended up missing all of Milwaukee’s remaining postseason action.