On an early-January episode of his podcast, The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski had Milwaukee Bucks general manager John Hammond on as his guest. When the discussion turned to the Bucks right now, it understandably turned to Giannis Antetokounmpo, who will start in the all-star game this year.



Antetokounmpo, eligible for the 2013 Draft, was a curiosity for so many heading toward draft day.



“It was Jeff (Weltman, then Hammond’s assistant general manager) walking into my office, and saying ‘Hey, I think we should make a trip. We need to go over to Greece and see this player that is getting a lot of attention,’” Hammond said on the podcast. “That was really the start of it. We went together, as a matter of fact. Jeff and I went together. We sat down in that gym and it didn’t take us long to realize this guy had a chance to be a good player. I wish I could say he and I both saw something that nobody else saw. Look, the league...