プレーオフ 寝台／地位 gives 残り／休憩（する） of NBA glimpse into Bucks' 未来
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Steel beams and 巨大（な） cranes tower over a lot next to the Bradley 中心, a busy construction 場所／位置 that will turn into the next home of the Milwaukee Bucks.
A new downtown 円形競技場 申し込む／申し出s the most 明白な 調印する of 進歩 for a franchise in 移行.
From the 出現 of Giannis Antetokounmpo as an NBA All-星／主役にする to a return to the プレーオフs, this has been an important season for the Bucks. They return home on Thursday to host the Toronto Raptors in Game 3 of a first-一連の会議、交渉／完成する series tied at 1-1.
FILE - In this March 16, 2017, とじ込み／提出する photo, the new 円形競技場 for the Milwaukee Bucks rises just to the north of the Bradley 中心 that opened in 1988. Steel beams and 巨大（な） cranes tower over a busy construction 場所／位置 next to the Bradley 中心 that will turn into the next home of the Bucks. The building of a new 円形競技場 isn't the only 調印する of 進歩 around the franchise. From the 出現 of Giannis Antetokounmpo as an NBA All-星／主役にする to a return to the プレーオフs, this has been an important season for Milwaukee. (Barry Adams/Wisconsin 明言する／公表する 定期刊行物 経由で AP)
"In a very real sense, we're in the 過程 of 実行するing the かかわり合い we made ... building the 円形競技場 and building in downtown Milwaukee," co-owner Wes Edens said. "Every time you go out there, you can see the 円形競技場 rising before your 注目する，もくろむs."
Edens was part of an 所有権 group that bought the franchise from former U.S. Sen. Herb コール墨 in 2014. The goals seemed lofty 支援する then: turning a 15-勝利，勝つ team 支援する into a 勝利者 while also building a new 円形競技場 that would keep the Bucks in town.
While the road to reaching both 的s hasn't always been smooth, the Bucks are brimming with 楽観主義.
On the 法廷，裁判所, Antetokounmpo blossomed into the team's first All-星／主役にする since 2004, and first All-星／主役にする starter since 1986. He's now in the 最高の，を越す 10 of NBA jersey sales, the first Bucks player on that 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） since Gary Payton's 簡潔な／要約する 任期 with the team in 2003.
A 6-foot-11 今後 with freakish athleticism, Antetokounmpo is a ３倍になる-二塁打 脅し every night.
"His length is unbelievable," Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. "He plays so hard, the kid plays so hard. He has a heart as big as this （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する."
A first-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 草案 選ぶ in 2013, the 22-year-old Antetokounmpo is part of a young group for the Bucks at 類似の points in their 開発, 含むing fifth-year 今後-guard Khris Middleton and third-year 今後 Jabari Parker. Middleton returned from a hamstring 傷害 that sidelined him for the season's first 50 games on Feb. 8, the same night that Parker was lost with a season-ending left 膝 傷害.
The Bucks still made the プレーオフs and finished above .500 for the first time since 2009-10 on the strength of tougher 弁護 and winning 接戦s in a 14-victory March.
"One of the things that I've learned is that no one feels sorry for you. At one point (we were) 22-30 and struggling," Edens said. "It starts with the very high play of Giannis. ... Khris （機の）カム 支援する and he's such a good basketball player, you see him 負かす／撃墜する the stretch 存在 so 効果的な.
"Look at the 記録，記録的な／記録する in 接戦s, were much better 負かす／撃墜する the stretch. More 概して, the team is a very 深い team," Edens 追加するd.
After the new 所有権 group took over, the Bucks began using the スローガン "Own the 未来." They've tweaked that スローガン on a 主要道路 billboard in 最近の days to read "Come See the 未来," a nod to the プレーオフs and the 円形競技場 事業／計画（する）.
"We have a two- to four-year 計画（する） to be an 極端に successful, 維持できる NBA franchise," team 大統領 Peter Feigin said. "You tell the 約束 and then you 配達する on it."
The $524 million 事業／計画（する） is 推定する／予想するd to be 完全にするd before the 2018-19 season. A public 財政／金融ing 計画（する） covered $250 million toward construction, with 現在の and former team owners having committed $250 million and 推定する／予想するd to cover any cost 侵略（する）／超過（する）s.
The Bucks are scheduled to move into a new 60,000 square-foot practice 施設 across the street from the new 円形競技場 this summer, what the team says will be a 明言する／公表する-of-the-art space that will be の中で the best in the league. It 約束s to be a big 昇格 over the 現在の 施設 just outside Milwaukee.
The new downtown 事業／計画（する） would be the 装飾／要点 of a multi-目的 entertainment 地区 on what was 30 acres of mostly 空いている land or parking lots. The goal is to turn the area into "a vibrant 近隣 活動させる／戦時編成するd by sports, entertainment, 居住の and office uses," the team has said.
A プレーオフ 寝台／地位 for the Bucks 許すs the 残り／休憩（する） of the NBA to also get a glimpse of the team's 未来.
"It means a lot for the franchise and the city of Milwaukee," Middleton said. "We've come a long way."
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FILE - In this March 31, 2017, とじ込み／提出する photo, Milwaukee Bucks 今後 Giannis Antetokounmpo, 権利, is defended by Detroit Pistons 中心 Andre Drummond during the second half of an NBA basketball game, in Milwaukee. Steel beams and 巨大（な） cranes tower over a busy construction 場所／位置 next to the Bradley 中心 that will turn into the next home of the Milwaukee Bucks. The building of a new 円形競技場 isn't the only 調印する of 進歩 around the franchise. From the 出現 of Giannis Antetokounmpo as an NBA All-星／主役にする to a return to the プレーオフs, this has been an important season for Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Darren Hauck, とじ込み／提出する)
