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#2 Giannis Antetokounmpo - 6.7 points per game
It's not exactly breaking news that the Greek Freak is as deadly a transition player as they come. There are a plethora of domains that emerged from Giannis' performance last season that are untouched. And the one which is fairly cogent is his transition game.
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His highlight plays often underline Milwaukee's fastbreak opportunities on both ends of the floor. He drew around 22% of his offence from transition plays last season, pulling 5.6 transition possessions per game (second in the league).
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With precision passing added to his arsenal, the Bucks' go-to man stands out as the most obvious factor in the Bucks’ positive play in transition. Even when he wasn't as skilled a passer as he is now, he was still a terror on fast breaks. His propensity to jump over people and/or take long euro steps on his way to the bucket makes him self-reliant when he's running ahead of the pack in transition.
The only thing that held back his team last year was pace, and coach Mike Budenholzer is hell-bent on eliminating that anomaly this season.
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