When you look back at previous NBA drafts, you can’t believe how talented players are chosen among the 60 picks in the two rounds. Players are chosen mostly on the basis of their college records, potential, and buzz. When the Milwaukee Bucks selected Giannis Antetokounmpo with the 15th overall in 2013, they made a wise investment.

Other teams used their lower picks to draft more generational talent in the ensuing years. Joel Embiid, the third overall pick chosen by the Philadelphia 76ers, was one of the top picks in that year’s draft. Despite being dogged by injuries and having a lot of issues about his ability, he has shown his naysayers wrong.

This season, one of these three will stand out as our MVP. But did you know that if the Milwaukee Bucks had chosen differently, they might have been able to have Giannis, Jokic, and Embiid on the same squad?

Although it is terrible for building a roster, we would want to point out that the Bucks clearly wouldn’t select three big me𝚗 in two drafts, but that is precisely what they did. However, the Bucks chose to make some questionable decisions in retrospect rather than building a club around a twin-tower group of Jokic and Embiid, with Antetokounmpo as the go-to two-way forward.

The Bucks selected highly hyped talent Jabari Parker in the 2014 draft, selecting him ahead of the 76ers in the process. Given that Parker was a big man as well, the Bucks might have selected Embiid over Jabari because Giannis was still a small forward in the past.

Five spots ahead of where Jokic would ultimately wind up, the Bucks selected Johnny O’Bryant III, another center/forward, with their second-round pick.

Thinking of this Bucks lineup as a what-if is absurd. With three near-seven footers who can cover all the team requires, it would be an extremely interesting team, even though the players wouldn’t have progressed the way they have with their own clubs.