THE GIANNIS DRAFT Ep. 1: Who is Giannis?

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4.6 • 722 Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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He was a Greek teen of Nigerian descent, hawking trinkets on the streets of Athens. And when he started playing basketball, few people knew what to make of Giannis Antetokounmpo. The only thing the scouts could see was that he was all arms and legs. The only thing Giannis could envision was an opportunity for his family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The WojPod is brought to you by Goodyear, helping you discover the road ahead.
0:04.9	Good year, more driven.
0:09.4	Good evening, and thank you for that enthusiastic Brooklyn welcome.
0:15.6	And also welcome to the 2013 NBA draft.
0:19.9	The 2013 NBA draft, the Barclay Center, and the Brooklyn Borough of New York City,
0:26.4	an annual assemblage and right of passage for the world's best basketball prospects.
0:32.0	For losing franchises, these players represent a most precious commodity, hope.
0:38.0	Draft Night is born of millions of man hours of preparation, rental car trips through blizzards,
0:44.1	flights the far-flung corners of the planet.
0:46.9	And the league's chase for the next big thing, this is the final examination.
0:51.7	The Spurs will not bow.
0:54.1	Final seconds.
0:55.8	What a finish.
0:57.7	It's back-to-back titles for the heat.
1:00.2	The 2013 NBA Championship resides once again in Miami.
1:05.0	Just days earlier, LeBron James had won his second straight NBA Finals MVP.
1:10.5	Ten years earlier, James had been an unimpeachable number one overall pick.
1:16.4	Sometimes the next big thing is far easier to ascertain than acquire.
1:21.8	This grinding pursuit commands ingenuity and industry and imagination.
1:32.0	And almost always, luck. On the night of June 27, 2013, it demanded something else too. The conviction to believe your eyes. With the first pick
1:40.7	in the 2013 NBA draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers select.
1:48.3	For the final time in his historic tenure, David Stern lorded over the evening ceremony.
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