Greek Reports: Bucks interested in Papagiannis

[Apollo64]

Barring any surprises, it seems that he'll land in the 20-30 range.

[imithanos]

Barring any surprises, it seems that he'll land in the 20-30 range.

I mentioned here 1-2 weeks ago, that he would remain in the draft if his agent got a promise to be a 1st rounder. At that moment Philly was considered to be a candidate to pick him.

[Aaron It Out]

Tell me why hed be worse than the likes of Poeltl or Davis and why we shouldn't just pick him at #10? This draft is weak aside from a select handful.

[Mirotic12]

Whoever said he moves incredibly well is overstating it quite a bit. I saw him play a few years ago when people were whispering about him but after watching Diamond Stone simply destroyed his soul I just laughed about the whispers. Unless he completely transformed his feet he doesn't have the athleticism to play in the NBA and I want to part of him at 36/38 much less trading up to get him. He is a plodder in a game that is increasingly picking on guys like that.

I saw that game. Stone did not destroy him. He simply had leak outs in the first half, because Greece's coach opted to play that way. In the 2nd half he had Papagainnis play him straight up, and Papagiannis basically outplayed him on both ends of the floor the entire time.

You can look the game up on YouTube. In fact, the times they matched directly with each other, Papagiannis was clearly winning the majority of the time.

[HaroldinGMinor]

Goes 13th. Wow.

[Magic Giannison]

Tell me why hed be worse than the likes of Poeltl or Davis and why we shouldn't just pick him at #10? This draft is weak aside from a select handful.

And he did **** on Davis . picked 13th like the guy in the article predicted that could happen.

[Diggr14]

I'd rather have picked this guy at 10 than Maker.

You know he is the age he says he is.. and probably a better player. Hard to say without seeing them much... but at least this guy succeeded against pro's instead of being ok in High School as a 23 y/o.

[Magic Giannison]

This info comes from a very reputable NBA Hellas ( official NBA site for Greece) Nikos papaioanou.

here is the article in Greek, if you guys need more info i can translate more.
http://www.sport24.gr/Basket/USA/anavei-fwties-sto-draft-o-papagiannhs.4131993.html

No offence but i cant take seriously a reporter who claims Papagiannis could be into the Draft's Top 10. This shows the reporter doesnt even respect his own readers.

Dont get me wrong. I like Papagiannis and i believe he has potential. But this claim is totally ridiculous.

Well he got pretty close no ?