`Feb 20, 2015; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) reaches for the ball held by Denver Nuggets center Jusuf Nurkic (23) during the third quarter at BMO Harris Bradley Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
Over the past ten days or so you’d have been forgiven for forgetting that the Milwaukee Bucks are in the middle of a pretty impressive season.
It’s not that something happened to discredit that, more that so much happened unrelated to actual on-court NBA basketball that you almost couldn’t remember what we were doing here in the first place.
Between the Rising Stars game, Skills Challenge and Dunk Contest, the Bucks got their fair share of attention during All-Star weekend. That attention was then followed by further scrutiny as Milwaukee played their part in perhaps the most surprising deal of the trade deadline.
Milwaukee’s starting point guard and leading scorer Brandon Knight was traded to Phoenix, and in exchange, the Bucks now find themselves with more young talent to build around in the form of Michael Carter-Williams, Miles Plumlee and Tyler Ennis.
The first test for the post-Brandon Knight Bucks came in the form of the Denver Nuggets.
So, why not take a look at our Milwaukee Bucks grades and reactions from the team’s 89-81 win over the Nuggets?
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