Milwaukee Bucks: 3 goals for Giannis Antetokounmpo in 2018-19
By Owen Nelson
2. Make it to the NBA Finals
This seems like a wild goal, but you got to set your sights high if you want to be successful. Antetokounmpo obviously wants to be mentioned in the same sentence as LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant.
However, there’s one common denominator here: Those three players all have multiple NBA championships, whereas Antetokounmpo has never made it past the first round of the playoffs in three attempts.
With teams such as the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers seemingly having far better chances representing the East in the NBA Finals, it’s tough to imagine the Bucks taking them down. On a positive note, however, Milwaukee almost took the Celtics down in this past postseason. Then again, Boston didn’t have Kyrie Irving or Gordon Hayward.
Moreover, the Toronto Raptors are on the cusp of the conversation, slightly ahead of the Bucks. Despite this, if Antetokounmpo takes another leap like we expect, there’s no reason why he can’t lead the Bucks like LeBron lead them poor Cleveland Cavaliers teams a decade ago.