NBA Finals: Two Hoosiers Were Drafted Before Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo In 2013

Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks won the NBA Championship on Tuesday evening by defeating the Phoenix Suns 105-98 in Game 6 in Wisconsin.

The Bucks won the series 4-2, and after losing the first two games, they won four straight to bring home a title to Milwaukee for the first time in 50-years.

Antetokounmpo scored 50 points in Game 6 and won Finals MVP.

For the series, he averaged 35.2 points, 13.2 rebounds and 5.0 assists (via StatMuse).

Antetokounmpo was the 15th overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft by the Bucks, and two Indiana Hoosiers stars were drafted ahead of him.

With the 15th overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, the Milwaukee Bucks select Giannis Antetokounmpo pic.twitter.com/u6paP97JzI
— Bajoos (@Bajoos_) July 21, 2021

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.

I mean, just look at this entire list. pic.twitter.com/R74VlKcMhb
— Sam Amico (@AmicoHoops) July 21, 2021

The Orlando Magic selected Victor Oladipo No. 2 overall, and the Charlotte Hornets took Cody Zeller with the fourth overall pick.

#TBT

Victor Oladipo, 2013 NBA Draft
2nd Pick By The Orlando Magic#DraftDay // #NBADraft // #Feathery #IUBB pic.twitter.com/Nrjr3N8ahp
— Indiana Basketball (@IndianaMBB) June 26, 2015

Slideshow of Bobcats top pick Cody Zeller, draft night and beyond. http://t.co/8eogQ8LzCY pic.twitter.com/PcJdOQ5OWM
— Mike Persinger (@mikepersinger) June 28, 2013

While Oladipo and Zeller have been far from busts, they are also not the two-time MVP and NBA champion that Antetokounmpo is.

Oladipo is a two-time NBA All-Star and has career averages of 17.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game.

Meanwhile, Zeller just finished his eighth consecutive season in Charlotte and has been a serviceable center with career averages of 8.7 points and 6.0 rebounds per game.

Both players are free agents this offseason.

The 2013 NBA Draft is one of the more exciting drafts in the history of the NBA.

The Milwaukee Bucks were 4.5-point favorites in Game 6 of the NBA Finals against the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night, according to FanDuel.