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NBA Fact or Fiction: Sleeping on the Bucks, an unnecessary All-Star Game and Zach LaVine

Each week during the 2020-21 NBA season, we will take a deeper dive into three of the league’s biggest storylines in an attempt to determine whether the trends are based more in fact or fiction moving forward.

[Last week: 'Old heads' vs. the new guard, Jazz as contenders and De'Andre Hunter's upside]

During the NBA’s abbreviated offseason, Milwaukee was the hub of the league’s universe. With Giannis Antetokounmpo’s impending free agency looming over the organization, the Bucks moved heaven and earth to acquire one-time All-Star guard Jrue Holiday in a demonstration of their commitment to winning.