Milwaukee Bucks: 5 bold predictions for 2017-18 NBA season

The Milwaukee Bucks are primed for an ascent this season. As the excitement builds, what are five bold predictions for the 2017-18 NBA season?

Last season the Milwaukee Bucks were counted out from the start, with an injury to Khris Middleton smashing hopes for a successful season. But the Bucks ignored the doubters and roared into the postseason, taking their place as one of the league’s up-and-coming teams.

The season to come approaches with every bit of optimism that last preseason lacked. Fresh off an All-NBA campaign, Giannis Antetokounmpo looks like the next superstar. Can he build on his momentum to turn in yet another improved season?

Elsewhere the roster has other star talent, even if injuries and a lack of consistent team success have kept their names from the height of recognition. Is Khris Middleton equipped to step up as the second banana on a good team? Will Jabari Parker return as the same explosive offensive player he was before his second major knee surgery?

Around those players are a number of young Bucks hoping to take the next step in their career. Does Milwaukee have the roster necessary to rise in the Eastern Conference and take its shot at advancing in the postseason?

Looking ahead to the upcoming season, it is easy to go overboard in excitement for a team. But that doesn’t mean that exciting things are not to come, and this team has more reason than most to be optimistic. As such, here are 5 bold predictions for the 2017-18 NBA season for fans of the Bucks and basketball as a whole can be excited for.