Which Pick Was Giannis?
It Was Hammond, the Current Orlando Magic General Manager Who Held the Same Role for the Bucks from 2008 to 2017, Who Drafted Giannis with the 15Th Overall...
It was Hammond, the current Orlando Magic general manager who held the same role for the Bucks from 2008 to 2017, who drafted Giannis with the 15th overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft. Back then, Giannis was a lanky unknown out of Greece.
Was Giannis first pick?
Antetokounmpo was the 15th overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft by the Bucks, and two Indiana Hoosiers stars were drafted ahead of him. A list of the first 25 players taken in the draft can be seen in a Tweet that is embedded below from Sam Amico of HoopsWire. The Orlando Magic selected Victor Oladipo No.
How old was Giannis when drafted?
He fulfilled his draft projections as a first-round pick by being selected 15th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks. On July 30, 2013, he signed his rookie scale contract with the Bucks. Antetokounmpo made his NBA debut on October 13, 2013, at the age of 18 years, 311 days, as one of the youngest NBA players ever.
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