Pharaoh wrote:Assume we take Melo at #2.SamFlow wrote:Canadafan wrote:
God that whole chain of events really was a horrible time in pistons history lol
I don't blame Darko.... I BLAME OTIS THORPE! If he hadn't played well enough for us to get that trade.
shhhh, the one time we win the lottery we blow it. We all know who we got. I never looked at who we could have got if we would have just stayed lower... 8th or so?
nope 6th, Chris Kaman territory. Probably would have switch Darko with Zarko. PG heavy draft. Kyle Korver was a second rounder.
LB was a **** so doesn't start him, instead prefers Tayshaun until Melo buys in to playing defence....
Which he eventually does after we make the Sheed trade
BOOM - The five fingered fist becomes 6, we likely still destroy the Lakers in 04 and likely beat the Spurs in 05.
Might have even got another one as slowly Melo rises to true franchise player status (since he's a 2 way player) and carries us through as the guys age.
Melo and Chauncey did well in Denver together so there's no reason to think they couldn't have done well here.
Us v Cavs would have become the rivalry for us years.
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There’s also the part that Melo was hoping to get drafted by us so that he could compete with lebron each year and would’ve bought in with the vets if we had him. Thus him becoming a true two way player type star
It’s maddening in hindsight