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re: Great Piece on Giannis Antetokounmpo
Posted on 3/18/14 at 10:22 am to ATLTiger
Posted on 3/18/14 at 10:22 am to ATLTiger
and this part hurt:
the Hawks did end up taking foreign players with the next 2 picks after Giannis, man I wish he had been there instead.
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Eventually, most league executives believed they had to get ahead of Atlanta with the 17th overall pick to select Giannis.
What's more, most NBA teams believed the Hawks had assured that spot to Saratsis as a ground floor on draft night that Giannis would never fall below.
the Hawks did end up taking foreign players with the next 2 picks after Giannis, man I wish he had been there instead.
Posted on 3/18/14 at 10:29 am to ATLTiger
yeah i read the other day that Ujiri was frantically trying to get Toronto inside the top 15 to pick Giannis
ETA: didn't realize that tidbit of info was taken from this article
ETA: didn't realize that tidbit of info was taken from this article
This post was edited on 3/18/14 at 11:12 am
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