The rise of Giannis Antetokounmpo to the top of the league's individual hierarchy will always be the overarching narrative of the Milwaukee Bucks' breakout season, and rightfully so. Antetokounmpo produced at historic levels on both ends of the floor in 2018-19, and his impact as a one-man battering ram with court vision on one end and an all-encompassing destroyer on the other is even more accurately conveyed by Milwaukee's status as the league's clear-cut best team during the regular season. He's a basketball monster, and at 24-years-old with such clear areas of growth to come, is a long, long way from his peak.

But the well-deserved fawning over Antetokounmpo almost sells the Bucks' supporting cast short. Milwaukee ranked top-four in both offense and defense this season, with basketball's top net rating by a wide margin, and the team simply wasn't much worse statistically when Antetokounmpo was off the floor. The Bucks lack world-beaters next to their best player, but are still a very talented team.

Case in point: Point guard Eric Bledsoe joining Antetokounmpo on this season's All-Defensive First-Team. They're Milwaukee's second pair of teammates in history to earn the honor in the same season; Sidney Moncrief and Paul Pressey pulled off that feat back-to-back years in 1985 and 1986, per the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Still, Antetokounmpo and Bledsoe didn't lead the Bucks to the league's top-ranked defense alone. Also receiving All-Defense votes for Milwaukee this season? Malcolm Brogdon, Khris Middleton, and Brook Lopez, each of whom play key roles offensively, too.

Antetokounmpo, indeed, makes the Bucks go. But with several stellar two-way complementary players next to him, Antetokounmpo certainly isn't challenging for a championship all by his lonesome.