Milwaukee Bucks: 2010s All-Decade team by position

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PF: Giannis Antetokounmpo, 2014 – 2019

The easiest decision for the entire team was slotting Giannis Antetokounmpo in at power forward. The great discussion would be whether he is already the greatest power forward in Bucks franchise history, a discussion that would go in his favor based on his peak because of his MVP-level play the past few seasons.

In the context of just the past ten years, he blows away the competition at every position. Only four players have logged more than 275 games played for the Bucks since New Year’s Day of 2010, and no one comes within 40 games of Antetokounmpo’s franchise-leading 496.

Simply by way of volume, he leads the Bucks in total minutes, points, rebounds, assists and blocks, and trails Khris Middleton by three steals.

Game-to-game Antetokounmpo also leads the way, and his roughly 59.3 percent true shooting percentage blows away the competition.

Among Milwaukee players with at least 3,000 minutes played in the past decade, he leads the way in win shares per 48 and his 59.4 total win shares nearly double up second-place Ersan Ilyasova’s 33.4.

Antetokounmpo has earned his place on this list by a landslide, but power forward may have been one of the Bucks’ best positions over the past decade. The aforementioned Ilyasova has racked up stats over multiple terms with the team, a serviceable starter who has stayed useful as a bench option.

Jabari Parker was inconsistent before leaving the team but looked like a special offensive player before the knee injuries stacked up. John Henson and Greg Monroe both started at power forward before moving to center.