The Milwaukee Bucks Contend in the NBA's Age of Parity

The NBA is in a golden age of parity, and the Milwaukee Bucks have to keep up with an ever-changing landscape of contenders

When the Milwaukee Bucks made their rise from a franchise stuck in futility to a power to be reckoned with in the East, the NBA, as we now know it, was changing.

The power balance that had shifted towards the super teams that were built all throughout the 2010’s saw its logical end with the Golden State Warriors.

They built a superpower with the historical addition of Kevin Durant nearly eight summers ago, and battled the LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers for four straight NBA Finals. When the Warriors no longer had Cleveland to contend with, they battled amongst each other. Kevin Durant’s Achilles tear during the 2019 NBA Finals ended his time in the Bay Area, reverted the Warriors back to its original form, and changed the NBA landscape all over again.

As we all know, and lament in the years since, the Bucks could have been the ones to dethrone the Warriors in their quest for domination, and three straight NBA championships. Instead, the Toronto Raptors held that title after bucking Milwaukee for four straight wins in the 2019 Eastern Conference Finals after being down 2-0.