should we have drafted Darko?

RRT · Post #1 » by **RRT** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:53 am

Say, in 2003 we haven't won the lottery, cause that's only way pretty much you pass up on LeBron.

Grizzlies won the lottery and Detroit drafts LeBron. We do what Detroit did and draft Darko.

7 years later.

Detroit wins, 3-4 titles, easily.

Shaq/Kobe split doesn't happen, cause they know they're not going to win individually.

Darko actually has room to grow in Cleveland, ends up being an all star, and we build around him, eventually becoming top 4 team in the east. No division or conference titles, but, 1000x better off.

Or would you have it the way we did?

MMyhre · Post #2 » by **MMyhre** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:08 pm

Or you could draft the superstar Dwyane Wade or the perennial all stars Melo and Bosh... but hey Darko rocks! He got his career high in points last night - 25 points!! The same amount of points LeBron got in his first NBA game ever.....

RRT · Post #3 » by **RRT** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:22 pm

MMyhre wrote:Or you could draft the superstar Dwyane Wade or the perennial all stars Melo and Bosh... but hey Darko rocks! He got his career high in points last night - 25 points!! The same amount of points LeBron got in his first NBA game ever.....

it's like marrying a really hot girl that leaves you after 7 years of marriage. (like a supermodel, imagine a hottest damn girl in the world)

or... you have a girl that was young, she was hot but she was young, could of been great but it was a gamble, and had potential, but she went with some other dude who turned her into a meth head, then later on, she is trying to get her life together, and is showing some potential. Nevertheless, misused. but you know damn fell if you married her life would of been alot better.

but, at least you had 7 good years of lebron vagina.

something like that?

tundraknight · Post #4 » by **tundraknight** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:46 pm

No we should not have drafted Darko lmao.

Where's that Joker "Not Sure if Serious pic" when you need it?

Lebron was the right pic. He's the best player in the league.

Lebron's best teamate in his entire 7 years in cleveland was Jamison or Mo.

So blame Cavs management for that. Not for drafting Lebron.

You can look back in the past and say we woulda, shoulda, could've done a lot of things differently.

Like we should not have signed Larry Hughes.

We should not have wasted the 8th Overall Pick on Luke F'ing Jackson.

tidho · Post #5 » by **tidho** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 1:31 pm

I don't think Darko was the 2nd best prospect in the draft. At the time I thought it was Melo, LeBron, Darko. Obviously the Cavaliers didn't have a choice, they had to draft LeBron for P.R. purposes and it turned out to be the right move anyway.

Darko has been given ample opportunity to become a star...he's just not. The Cavaliers made the right move, and even in hindsight I'd do the same thing. Especialy with Melo looking to follow in LeBron's footsteps.

RRT · Post #6 » by **RRT** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 3:51 pm

tundraknight wrote:No we should not have drafted Darko lmao.

Where's that Joker "Not Sure if Serious pic" when you need it?

Lebron was the right pic. He's the best player in the league.

Lebron's best teamate in his entire 7 years in cleveland was Jamison or Mo.

So blame Cavs management for that. Not for drafting Lebron.

You can look back in the past and say we woulda, shoulda, could've done a lot of things differently.

Like we should not have signed Larry Hughes.

We should not have wasted the 8th Overall Pick on Luke F'ing Jackson.

yeah i don't agree... for example, boozer? av? z?

we obviously haven't had much luck in the draft, who would of known wagner (or diop) would turn out way they did, or that boozer is a scumbag, but we still lucked out on some 2nd round and the av pick..

obviously could of done much better but, draft isn't always the way to go, look at teams like warriors, memphis, and clippers, who are damn near every day on very top of the lottery, yet, they never build a decent team. It's really a lottery just like the word says. All pure luck.

mcfly1204 · Post #7 » by **mcfly1204** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 4:23 pm

We should have drafted Michael Sweetney... obviously.

RRT · Post #8 » by **RRT** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 6:27 pm

mcfly1204 wrote:We should have drafted Michael Sweetney... obviously.

I'd rather have it. Would of been better off now.

mcfly1204 · Post #9 » by **mcfly1204** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 6:58 pm

RRT wrote:
mcfly1204 wrote:We should have drafted Michael Sweetney... obviously.

I'd rather have it. Would of been better off now.

Would we? That is like saying we should have forfeited our first 2003 pick. Stop thinking about pointless scenarios and get over it.

Roger Murdock · Post #10 » by **Roger Murdock** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 7:22 pm

We would have killed ourselves 5 years ago when LeBron was winning MVPs and mass championships in detroit and we were stuck with an **** big man who couldnt crack the rotation on our **** team.

CarMalone · Post #11 » by **CarMalone** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 8:29 pm

RRT wrote:Say, in 2003 we haven't won the lottery, cause that's only way pretty much you pass up on LeBron.

Grizzlies won the lottery and Detroit drafts LeBron. We do what Detroit did and draft Darko.

7 years later.

Detroit wins, 3-4 titles, easily.

Detroit would not have had the 1st overall pick in the 2003 draft. The pick originally belonged to the Grizzlies as part of the Otis Thorpe trade and was protected for the 1st overall pick. The pick would have returned to the Grizzlies had it been the top pick.

throwd · Post #12 » by **throwd** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 6:25 am

we didnt draft andy, we got him with drew gooden for tony battie and couple 2nd rounders...

probably one of our better trades in recent years...

captaincrunk · Post #13 » by **captaincrunk** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 9:56 am

RRT wrote:
MMyhre wrote:Or you could draft the superstar Dwyane Wade or the perennial all stars Melo and Bosh... but hey Darko rocks! He got his career high in points last night - 25 points!! The same amount of points LeBron got in his first NBA game ever.....

it's like marrying a really hot girl that leaves you after 7 years of marriage. (like a supermodel, imagine a hottest damn girl in the world)

Except you don't get to have sex with her, unless you get her a ring. But you can't find a jewelry store anywhere! God it's like a bad dream...

Baseline Runner · Post #14 » by **Baseline Runner** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:36 am

I thoroughly enjoyed the Lebron years and competing in the playoffs, so no.

PolakFury · Post #15 » by **PolakFury** » Mon Dec 20, 2010 10:49 pm

Lol Damn Its puts Cavs in a bad place thats for sure

MC dhaos · Post #16 » by **MC dhaos** » Fri Jan 7, 2011 5:55 am

This is the saddest thread I've ever read.......................

The Penguin · Post #17 » by **The Penguin** » Fri Jan 7, 2011 12:30 pm

You do realize there would likely not currently be professional basketball in Cleveland had the Cavs drafted Darko.....

BigLos2010 · Post #18 » by **BigLos2010** » Sat Jan 8, 2011 7:45 pm

You should have drafted Wade, then he could have coerced LeBron and Bosh to join you guys.

gflem · Post #19 » by **gflem** » Sun Jan 9, 2011 7:02 pm

Should we have locked this thread by now?

kenneth9265 · Post #20 » by **kenneth9265** » Sun Jan 9, 2011 9:35 pm

No, I know how much Lebron is hated on this board, but I did enjoyed the 7 yrs that he was with the cavs. Drafting darko would not of brought the cavs close to the success Lebron brought to the cavs....