Milwaukee will look nothing like itself when next season tips off.
The Bucks hired Taylor Jenkins as head coach in April, traded Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis Jr. to Miami in July, and built the return around Tyler Herro, Kel'el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kasparas Jakucionis and rookie forward Nate Ament.
That is a full reset after a 32-50 season, with jobs open all over the rotation.
General manager Jon Horst said of the new arrivals, "Each brings talent, versatility, competitiveness and a team-first mentality that builds our culture and identity."
Herro will lead the offense, but three other names stand out as players ready for much larger roles.
The center spot is the clearest opening on the roster.
Ware arrives as a 22-year-old who averaged 11.1 points, 9.0 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in just 22.1 minutes per game last season, while shooting 53.0 percent from the field and 39.5 percent from three.
He started 34 of his 77 games in Miami, and his outside shooting lets him share the floor with Myles Turner instead of sitting behind him.
A rebuilding team needs to find out what it has in a young center like that, so Jenkins should hand Ware a starting job and heavy minutes from the first night of camp.
Jaquez was one of the best bench players in the league last season, finishing as the runner-up for the Sixth Man of the Year award while averaging career highs of 15.4 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.7 assists on 50.7 percent shooting.
He started one of his 75 games with the Heat, and that part should change in Milwaukee.
The forward minutes that belonged to Antetokounmpo and Portis are gone, and while Kyle Kuzma remains on the roster, a 25-year-old coming off that season has earned the first shot at a starting job.
Jaquez has proven he can carry a second unit, so the next step is doing the same work against starting lineups every night.
Jakucionis is the quietest bet of the three.
The 20-year-old guard played 53 games as a rookie in Miami and averaged 6.2 points in 17.8 minutes per game while hitting 42.3 percent of his threes, and he never had a steady role in a crowded backcourt.
Milwaukee's guard rotation just opened up, since Andre Jackson Jr., who spent his first three NBA seasons with the Bucks, agreed to a training camp deal with Toronto this week, according to HoopsHype's Michael Scotto.
That leaves real backup minutes behind Herro and Ryan Rollins up for grabs, and a second-year guard who shoots like Jakucionis should take them.
None of this promises a winning season, and one recent look at the roster projected the Bucks to win around 23 games .
Still, there is a fair argument that the trade left Milwaukee in a better spot than expected , given how young the core is and how much room it has to grow.
Herro has already embraced the move home , and if Ware, Jaquez and Jakucionis take the larger roles sitting in front of them, this rebuild will move faster than most people expect.
