If you speak with people who work for NBA teams, you’ll discover that many of them are just as fascinated by the upcoming Eastern Conference finals between the Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Bucks as the rest of us are.
Just how far will Atlanta’s Trae Young and Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo take their teams? To answer that question, The Athletic asked a scout, a coach and an executive who work for other franchises to offer their unfiltered opinions, and we granted them anonymity so they could be brutally honest.
“There’s a lot more pressure on Giannis than Trae Young,” the scout said. “Giannis is a two-time MVP. He hasn’t gotten very far (in the playoffs before). This is crunch time for him.
