Are the San Antonio Spurs copying the Milwaukee Bucks when it comes to building a contender around a transcendent talent? The Bucks stuck to a very rigid model under former head coach Mike Budenholzer that they have struggled to abandon since. But given the players and play style having delivered an NBA title, it’s understandably something some teams might want to emulate.
And that is the case that the folks behind the “Backyard Buckets” YouTube channel explore in a recent video put together exploring the parallels between the Spurs’ current rebuild around Victor Wembanyama and the Bucks with Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Are the rebuilds really a mirror image of one another? Or is there more going on than a copycat league leaning into a model that hasn’t worked for a few seasons now? Take a look at the clip embedded below to hear what they had to say about how they are the same (and also very much not).
[lawrence-auto-related count=5]