3. Milwaukee Bucks
Had the Milwaukee Bucks kept Malcolm Brogdon, I would have had them higher in this list, but for now, they remain at 3.
Any team that has Giannis Antetokounmpo on their roster has a shot at winning the NBA championship pure and simple.
Not since LeBron James has the NBA seen a physically dominant and imposing player on both ends of the floor as Giannis Antetokounmpo. The things the Greek Freak can do at his size are borderline unnatural.
He can dominate from absolutely anywhere. Try and stop him in transition, good luck. Now try and physically stop him in the post, few can, and if you can somehow stop him down low, he has the passing ability to make the perfect pass to an open teammate. When you lead your team in scoring, rebounding, assists, steals, and blocks then you are going to give any team on any given night trouble.
While Giannis does have some solid teammates in Khris Middleton, Eric Bledsoe, Brook Lopez, and Nikola Mirotic, he simply doesn’t have that second superstar who is going to require a double team each time he is on the court. While Middleton is the closest Giannis has to that, he simply doesn’t command enough respect to be doubled every game.
If the Bucks can somehow swing a trade for another superstar caliber player to play alongside the Greek Freak, then the Bucks will jump to the top of this list.
Giannis is a force of nature and if the Bucks surround him with the right players he can bring Milwaukee its first championship since Lew Alcindor (now known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) did in 1971.