How Giannis Antetokounmpo fell to the Bucks in the 2013 NBA draft | The Woj Pod | ESPN
2020 ж. 15 Қар.
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Adrian Wojnarowski sits down with Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo and talks about the 2013 NBA draft, including all of the players taken before Giannis on The Woj Pod.
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Love how thanasis has been supporting him every step of the way and won a ring with him
without doing anything
@@dtmt502 They're literally brothers...
@@dtmt502 stfu. Why can you just appreciate brothers love. Maybe you dont felt it lmao.
@@dtmt502 remind me what you have done for the antetokoumpo family?
I would support little bro too especially if his talent helped the whole family come up. Thanasis is getting a NBA bag just because his brother is Giannis
Who’s here after he won the finals and finals mvp ?
Who’s here after they took giannis ring away and make it a game 7.
@@jayus2033 seethe
Me. Just recently discovered him.
@@jayus2033 cry
Little did OJ Mayo know that his biggest moment in the spotlight would be Giannis comment of "whos OJ Mayo'
giannis's voice is like his 2013 version of body.
Raw
Went from being a bench player to MVP, this dude took his time to put the work in him
IDK why everyone on the Cavs' front office wasn't fired when they didn't know who they were gonna pick 3 minutes before their draft pick
Fr? No research?
With such INEPTITUDE , yal wonder why lebron wanted OUT ??? ...
@@onlytruth777 I'm all for Lebron man. He my 2nd favorite player ever. He did the right thing by leaving
not to mention they had an offer to move out of the spot down to 5 giving them more time to figure it out and picked up another pick at 30!
Idk y u would believe that story, why would he share who they're targeting to possibly share Intel to other teams?
OJ Mayo's reaction and attitude is precisely why he's not in the league anymore. Lol
I'm pretty sure it was the cocaine...
yup!
Facts.
OJ who?
Love the unintentional diss by Giannis. "When I watch nba I only watch highlights". Shouldve had more highlights OJ.
He was seen as an extremely raw, high ceiling player that needed a lot of work. It was a boom or bust pick at the time to be honest.
He also wasn't expected to grow 3"
Draft is 70% luck 30% skill
15th pick isn't really a bust
@@johnsmith-zh1iv He's saying no one picked him higher because it would be boom or bust.
@@michaele.918 Read it again
I love the mentality of Gianni. Focus on yourself on becoming better
I wouldn’t say he fell. I think he was drafted right where he probably should have been at the time. Giannis was very raw.
Players like him are getting picked much higher now. Players like him meaning they are raw and athletic. This has led to multiple busts though
Raw players get drafted much higher all the time, even before Giannis. Westbrook was drafted 4th and he wasn’t even a starter in college, he was drafted because of his ceiling due to his athleticism. Imo the scouts and executives do deserve a bit of an L for not being able to see the crazy ceiling in Giannis and allowing him to drop out of the lottery. Drafting a multiple time MVP outside of the lottery is insane. I’m not gonna act like I know more about basketball than scouts but it I don’t make a living off of identifying basketball talent. If I get paid a living to do that I better be able to identify a player like Giannis’s ceiling. He should have been at least in the top 10, that draft class was pretty weak
@@dathunderman4 i didnt know that about westbrook not a starter in college... now the bulls took patrick williams in 4th and he was not a starter too but considered having a very high potential
Yes, but the 2013 draft was weak so he should have been higher
It should have been Toronto
Gianni's story will never get old to me...I just watched Rise and it gave me a better understanding of what he and his family went through
My man Giannis just won his first finals and first finals mvp tonight. To see where he started to where he is today is incredible
"I only watch NBA highlights" (and you don't have any). Lmao at Giannis with the lowkey OJ Mayo shade.
I think it was better to be said "I only watch NBA highlights" , of the Bucks. you weren't there!
lol true
@@gjinro743 mayo played a few years with the bucks. Crazy too think they where on the same team for a while.
For the record he could only watch highlights and it was not a choice. Only those were available to him in Greek tv. For full games, he should have had cable/paid tv and he could not afford it.
Who ever say they called Giannis to be a future 2x MVP back in 2013 will be lying to you.
Yup. I always thought he'd be an All-Star but I never thought dude was gonna be this good. This is beyond anything I could have seen him doing.
Facts
And now an finals and finals mvp champion
yeah they would. i think i'm the only one that called it
@@rshawn4303 Former Bucks GM John Hammond is the guy that called it. Hammond was also the 2010 NBA Executive of the year. He was the guy that scouted Giannis, he is the guy that saw the potential talent, he is the one that took the risk for the Bucks organization. He got it right, and you recently saw the results of what a quality GM can do for a professional sports franchise.
Who’s here when he’s about to win the finals mvp😤
Movie “Rise” was awesome What a story
I remember the Raptors thought they could dig up some of that Giannis gold when they drafted Bruno Caboclo.
They were tryna move up to draft him actually
Masai has ties w the family, he wanted to draft him apparently. That’s also why they wanna make a run at him in 2021 FA
Ngl, Bruno Caboclo can work on his post to be a somewhat decent player.
I hope he win a championship 🏆 out of everybody he Definitely deserve it 💯 & I got a feeling he will If not this year definitely in the future One of favorite Top players in the league
Man i was hoping he would become the superstar for us in the NBA, sadly it didn't work out
And now he’s a champ. Puzzle completed ✅
Giannis and his brothers bring that flag everywhere they go!!!
They need to Rep the Nigerian Flag 🙌💯
@@Zo_1987 ?
@@Zo_1987 ?
@@Zo_1987 ?
@@Zo_1987 ?
lmaoo David Stern was looking at giannis' name like "lord this will be the end of me"
I love how giannis said “who the blip is OJ?
Most people here in the States, still don't know who OJ Mayo is.
This video is more about how Cleveland screwed up rather than how Giannis went 15th 😂
They had the 1st pick no way anyone predicted his road, I feel more like Mavs were the biggest screw ups here because they considered him, imagine Luka Giannis and KP, might still happen though
@@MrAcedelux make no sense, if dallas picked Giannis what make you think they would have been able to draft Luka? They wouldn’t have that high of a pick
@@MrAcedelux Dirk would have been a great mentor for Giannis. Vince Carter was also on that team. If he was in Dallas, he would be a better shooter than now.
CLE should've been safe got Rudy Gobert.
It’s not their fault there were not any good prospects besides Giannis CJ Mcollum and Gobery and none of them would not go 1
Cleveland Cavaliers biggest bust pick ever, waist of money on that pick
Waste’
@@defiantking7777 Thanks man
As a cavs fan it was a shity pick but Giannis was so unknown I give them a pass for not drafting him and we did flip Bennett for love so he didn’t impact us too bad
40” waist
@@-.TS.- Lmao
Most important success is his stance in life He is in the air on the court while he stands stable on the ground in life Congratulation to his family I feel proud that a person from my country is. a person to look up in order to become better
NBA has different playstyle compare to Euroleague. NBA is more of a ego players trying to showcase highlights, and in Euroleague its like football, playing the gameplan to score a goal or a points in the basket.
And much physical..
It's great to see that Thanisis haven't changed since day one, he's been Giannis #1 fan.
Imagine if he were American. The hype around him would have been huge and he d have been the biggest no 1 since Lebron. Sure he grew a lot but even then he was 6’8” with huge hands and wingspan
This should exactly be the situation for Deni Avdija. There still needs to be a lot of work done for his game. This class is very weak and also the Luka Effect putting him no 4
I would say the porzingus effect ever since then teams are picking euro players much higher. Luka just finalize that idea
Spurs or Raptors would be the absolute best situations for a player like Avdija.
True, I mean it's just crazy, back then, it was Hakeem, then Arvydas Sabonis for a short time, then Dirk, Ginobili and Tony Parker, and then it just exploded. Embiid Giannis Jokic Gobert And even the 1st ranked rookie in 2023 is french Victor Wembanyama
@@h.cheema7818 and nba started to be a playground for non-american players last 4 mvps were european and maybe the most likely mvp candidates for next year are ante, jokic, embiid and doncic. I dunno what causes this but in 10 years or so nba might be dominated by non americans (not by player number but effect on the league)
Even David Stern wanted to laugh before he announced that number 1 pick.
Bucks did a great job in developing him. Especially because he was never meant to be the man on the Bucks. That man was supposed to be Jabari Parker who came the following year.
Except when they ruined his shooting form. If youre interested, watch bball breakdown's video on Giannis. Very sad to watch
@@LacedUpAce yeah...but Giannis is working on his shooting!
@@respectmyyellows5574 changing his shot form back to how it was when he first got into the league would help. His shot form right now is really uncomfortable, straining, and awkward. Idk how much he can improve with that shot form holding him back
@@LacedUpAce yeah he needs a former or current nba player to help him with his shot maybe yao Ming?
@@respectmyyellows5574 bet
If Portland had drafted Giannis (not to say he necessarily would've blossomed into the same player but assuming he does), Dame might just have a chip rn, no cap
He wouldnt develop in Portland while aldridge is there.
@@abigailparaan9093 or, maybe he would have developed an actually nuanced post game, like Aldridge's, which would make him more of a threat in the playoffs. We'll never actually know, but it's fun to think about
@@abigailparaan9093 Giannis could play SF
Legends are not born legends are made
This has always been the thing for players outside the US
15th pick and now Back2back MVP
As a life long buck fan I hope giannis never leaves. He’s a good honest guy who came from NOTHING and just wants to play basketball. That’s it. 😀
And now a CHAMPION, not just a FREAK!!!
Love Bucks ❤️
The best part of this is Bill Simmons saying “WOAH” on the broadcast right as the Bennett pick is announced.
Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success. 🤩🔥🔥
You see, people in the United States didn't know who he was, didn't know about his potential. But here in Greece he was already a hero and everybody knew who he was and we were really proud of him and his achievement
I dont think so, if that was the case the big teams of Greece PAO, PAOK, ARIS, OLYMPIAKOS would have been all over him, instead he was playing for a second tier team Philathletikos. no one knew him
The truth is in Greece only agents and people that watch second league knew him. He had already an agreement with Zaragoza in Spain that only few knew. But saying he was already a hero and everbody knew who he was... is 200% wrong!
He had one year in the Greek 2nd Div, with average numbers. The Bucks scouting team saw something in him, and they're lucky they did.
Giannis is why Dallas has Luka Only time Cuban overrode Donnie Nelson and came to regret it immensely. So when Nelson came to Cuban a full year ahead of the 2018 draft and said it was time to tank for this Euro star Cuban did it without hesitation
Lmao everyone now who’s OJ Mayo!
So let me get this straight We have the fourteen players picked ahead of a future 2 time MVP, defensive player of the year, most improved and finals MVP. 5 time all ⭐ 1. Anthony Bennett- Bust 2. Victor Oladipo- Ok but injury prone 3. Otto Porter Jr- Journeyman 4. Cody Zeller- Role Player 5. Alex Len- Bust 6. Neurlens Noel- Bust 7. Ben McLemore- Bust 8. Kentavius Caldwell Pope- Bust 9. Trey Burke- Journeyman 10. CJ McCollum- Good Player 11. Michael Carter Williams- Bust 12. Steven Adams- Journeyman 13. Kelly Olynyk- Bust 14. Shabazz Muhammad- Bust Only 1 all star came from the pack (Oladipo) and only two (McCollum and Zeller) are still with the team that drafted team. Everybody else on at least 3 teams or more. Giannis Antetokounmpo is clearly the best player from this draft and it's best bargain as well.
Yeah, but Giannis was too raw at the time, I'm honestly surprised as to how he was picked 1st round
Hard work beats talent when talent don’t work hard. Giannis had the raw talent and his work ethic and will to be the best made him a monster.
J w I really hope he wins at least one chip next few years.
I wanted Giannis in that draft... as a C's fan it killed me that we took two left feet Olynyk over him and Giannis has been killing us ever since.
The scout seriously needs to change their approach in valuing young talents. They just need to see 2-3 games of young prospects. After that, they need to spend 24 hours with them. Visit their house, attend their practice, talk with parents, talk with coaches. Try to understand the young prospects mentality is far more important than to be able understand their basketball game/skill.
Giannis's communication skills in his second (third?) language is honestly much better than 99% of native-english athletes. Impossible not to like.
like american-born baseball players you mean, of course. Or american-born NHL players you mean, of course.
He spoke Nigerian at home and Greek at school. Learning another language is that much easier for him.
haha I love that Stern asked him how to pronounce his name
amazing story
If giannis doesn't go to the bucks its not guaranteed hes given the room to grow into one of the most dominant players of all time
the raptors wanted to draft him and tried to trade up in 2012 but every team they wanted to trade with said that they were keeping their pick in 2013
no cap g been a fan since the
Love how you can see David Stern smile when he first recognizes Giannis’ name on the card.
Stern made sure to ask Giannis how to pronounce his last name. That is how he got it right.
Great pick
I love these stories, # 1 pick was Anthony Bennett & as of now we don't know what happened to him, so whats always been so amazing about the NBA draft or any draft is the #48 pick can turn out to be an all star & a hall of fame, but boy did Yanis work out or what.
Giannis is the fruit of the crop of Bucks. I'm glad the Bucks management believe on Giannis capabilities and they did not give up on him.
“For the first 18 years of his life, Adetokunbo could not travel outside the country and was effectively stateless, having no papers from Greece or Nigeria. He was eventually issued Greek citizenship on May 9, 2013,less than two months before the 2013 NBA Draft.” Wikipedia
He literally sat in the crowd with the fans unlike them high profile college players.
Yeah he was a risky pick. Only team tried trade up get him was the raptors.
when the immigration guys saw him on TV they probably rushed him through to get a greek passport asap ;-)
@@checkanr138 France did that many times!
@easter worshipper So what your saying is that all blacks in america aren't americans right?
He didn’t fall the bucks reached super hard and far to get him and at the time he wasn’t that great he turned himself into what he is today by working out and working on shot religiously until he had no energy left and then he would get up and do the same thing the next day.
LOL what? THe Raptors and Hawks literally tried to trade up to get him. GTHO with that reach nonsense.
He came a long way
A guy who has the right mindset and 100 % determination to make it not for himself but for his family .
kobe sees something about giannis. remember its kobe that invited giannis so he could train him. and kobe didnt dissapointed the kid won MVP and Championship.
I’m thinking about doing a documentary on Giannis, I started a KZhead channel a few months ago, either Khabib or Giannis. Their stories are so inspirational.
Why not both?
Do Giannis
both
@@andrebailey4169 I got y’all. I’m going to do both. I have covid right now, so it will be at least a month before they are out. I’ll post link under some sports channels. I’m going to start with Khabib first. Their stories are so inspirational.
I can't be mad at the Cavs. I thought McLemore was gonna be great lol
doesn't everyone think that that's why these players get picked so high because the people who covers them in college makes them out to be superstars in the nba and it obviously doesn't always work out that way now hes become nothing more than just a good 3 point shooter off the bench and hasn't lived up to his draft spot
picking draft players is a little bit like predicting the future. it is not easy to see how a guy will develop in a few years in the NBA - some players might have personal problems or injuries that hinder their development. some players might not be as hungry and willing to put in the work to excel like other players do. it is certainly not easy to pick the best possible draft pick. these teams have capable experts and sometimes do not get it right, so it is easy to say they got it wrong in hindsight, but put yourselves into their shoes each year and predict the best players, i am sure you will make a few big misjudgements as well.
No lie, Stern said his name the best out of them all. I'm Greek and he was like 95% correct
Are Greeks better at pronouncing Nigerian names?😅
Michael J Hopgood right
antetokounmpo isn't a greek name lmaooo
@@mjhopgoodswe Dude has a greek accent and his first name is greek. At least we are better at pronouncing than any American
@@mjhopgoodswe Its not being Nigerian. Greeks pronounce the 'nt' as one one letter that sounds like 'd'. Most Americans pronounce his name as 'Antetokounmpo'. Stern said it correct, he pronounced the 'nt' as a d. Go listen at it again. He said 'Adetokounmpo'. That is the right way to say it.
That was the greatest steel for the 2013 and he is 2 MVP and defensive player of the year
Amazing reminiscent!!! Like if it was yesterday!
Bill Simmons' "WHOA!" when the Cavs select Anthony Bennett gets me every time lmao 😂
no mock draft had him going first. they had him going 6th or 7th. so yeah was a bit of a shock.
Lol Stern's face at the beginning - 'I gotta read that?'
Great story
I went back in time to tell the Cavs management that Giannis guy will be MIP, 2x MVP, DPOY, 5x All Star, All Star MVP, and Finals MVP by 2021. All within 8 seasons. “Was he Rookie of the Year”? “No” They chased me away.
🤣 you crazy lol. That's funny. U should've told them about Bennett and maybe they would've picked mcw
Championnnnnnnn
The two scouts that scouted him knew he was going to be something special.
It's funny how the moment Stern saw Giannis' name he forgot how to say "selects" 🤣🤣🤣
Look over here, look over there, good luck with your journey.
Hes a NBA CHAMPION NOW 🦌🦌🔥🔥🔥
Imagine Kyrie and gainnis together, with hungry lbj on his way to join the team... 5 year dynasty right there
Giannis won't improve in Cavs organization. Also, he would've been traded immediately because they would of course be focusing on winning that time. Giannis is pretty raw, they won't wait for him to improve.
@@lenirish exactly, young players never improve playing with lbj anyway, who dominates the ball and you wait for his pass
@@nassiglutt6587 facts. LBJ always trades away players and lieks to cherry picked developed players and even superstars....
He wouldn't have developed if he started of by playing with LBJ
I’m surprised they didn’t mention how badly Toronto wanted him. They didn’t have a first rounder in the draft and talked to three teams that were ahead of Milwaukee two of them were okc and philly and they both ended up staying put with their picks otherwise he might’ve ended up in Toronto cause Masai loved him
@cute dar bs Dont forget Atlanta was aiming for Giannis way before the pick but ended up taking Dennis Schorder cuz Giannis was stolen before their pick
Because Tornoto came nowhere close to a deal.
@@cuongquoc5877 Giannis wasn't stolen. The Bucks wanted him.
Giannis owes A LOT to the Bucks organization for developing and taking a chance on him. People shouldn't be shocked if he stays with the organization.
They took their sweet time with him. Most franchises would have definitely bailed a year or two too early
@@_gamepoint_ He was an All-Star while he was still on his rookie contract at age 22, not sure what you’re talking about.
@@Blunder03 in his fourth year. I can think of at least four all stars and guys who put up all star numbers now who didn't see their fourth full year on the team that drafted them. This isn't meant to be a bad thing either. A lot of teams get too impatient with some young guys.
Imagine if Dallas took Giannis instead of trading for Dwight Howard, Luka+Giannis plus they're young, that would have been amazing
They would have never been in the position to get Luka if Giannis was there. Now they can potentially get Giannis
Nah. You weren't listening on the video. Mavs wouldn't have the chance to get Luka if that happened.
They also didn't trade for Dwight Howard. They tried to get him in free agency. And despite all their efforts, not taking Giannis in the draft to save money, meeting with him and his reps, they still didn't get Dwight (thank goodness).
The way stern pronounced his name is how to do it. ADETOKUNBO.
No that’s how white people say it
@@bottledwater8429 NO Adetokunbo is how Nigerians say it. It's a Nigerian name.
Garuba Usman of Real Madrid is next superstar in 2021 draft Watch him Real Madrid he just turned 18 this year and Nigerian decent but play for Spain
He was 6ft 7 at the time, next offseason he grew another 4 inches. The game was over.
he was 6 foot 9 at the time dude
0 ring though, 0 nba final appearance. You are correct it's really over!
@@jrkoka2617 sounds about like what MJ had at this point in his career, and Bron got swept in his.
@@jrkoka2617 bucks on there way now we might sweep ATL
@@jrkoka2617 In the finals dropping back to back to back 40 and 10 games. All star MVP, all nba first team, all defensive first team. Yeah the game is over
Look at David Stern trying so hard no to screw up the pronunciation
i think the way Giannis story developed, Bucks was probably the best scenario
Giannis worked extremely Hard to be where he’s at. 🇳🇬
He is champion now
World Champion
Dallas Likes Giannis , thank God it didn’t happen cos A Giannis Luka combo down the road would’ve been deadly
Well, in the scenario where the Mavs had Giannis they probably wouldn't have been a 24-win team in 2018 and in position to draft Luka (they only traded up two spots).
Anyone notice the future GOAT Rudy Gobert sitting right behind Giannis when his name was announced
I know that woah from 2k14 after bennet goes #1
Jason kid did a great job with Giannis
Crazy Rudy Gobert is sitting behind him. Arguably the two best players in the draft
The bucks knew the raptors were gona choose him and considering how great the raps are at drafting...they didn't wana lose on this opportunity and took Giannis.
Would love to see him win a championship
One more baby and he'll have his ring pretty pretty soon!
came here after watching RISE!!!
Long Live David Stern
Lol am I the only one who noticed that even David stern was surprised by the cavaliers pick and even encouraged the crowd to boo louder🤣
The Greek legend now.
“ What am I doing here? Who are these guys? Do you know these guys? I don’t know these guys? Why am I here?” - Giannis 2020
I remember there was an article about Giannis still gaining height even in his NBA days.
0:18 and gobert was behind him waiting to call his name