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Can't say that. He went to 2 finals won one and they were consistently good even after they went to the finals. Flip started the downfall
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I don't think you can say he got lucky. He got a little lucky with Sheed. But Billups, Wallace, Hamilton, he all got for peanuts considering their production. And drafting Prince as well. He looked like the smartest guy around for a minute there.
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Chauncey proved he was legit in his run with the T'Wolves.
Wallace was not a "throw in". He was productive with the Magic. They just got desperate enough for Hill to throw him in the trade.
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They were never traded for each other
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No it wasn't the right pick, never has never will be. Melo was a proven star even back in 2003, Darko was just tall and foreign at a time when everybody wanted the next Dirk. They foolishly chose Darko after the emergence of Tayshaun but would have been better drafting Mel to start and bringing Tayshaun off the bench, they needed more scoring.
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That's why MJ is the GOAT
Adam Morrison has more rings than both of them tho
Nah.
Horry is.
7 rings > 6 rings
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Bosh would've been the right pick.
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Yeah, Joe goofed on that Darko pick. Every GM wanted to be the genius to discover the next European star and he whiffed on it. Everyone then was saying Melo should have been #2
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Hindsight is 20/20.
Even Kiki Vandeweghe (Nuggets GM) said if he held the #2 pick, he would've gone with Darko over Melo too.
Even Kiki Vandeweghe (Nuggets GM) said if he held the #2 pick, he would've gone with Darko over Melo too.
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No way. Everyone was saying Darko was a better prospect. Plus he was a Center. It wasn't just the Euro thing, it was the "young, skilled big man" thing. As was said, Denver was planning on taking Darko over Melo if they had the choice.
In all seriousness anyway, shouldn't we be talking about Dumars taking Darko over Wade anyway? Re-do that draft and Wade goes #2 by a mile.
I meant MJ as GM for seeing Adam Morrison's championship potential.
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Nevermind. That was Ben.
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True, but like @PMatic said, hindsight is 20/20
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darko was the right pick at that time. the pistons were in position to have their rookie sit and learn. larry brown wouldve kept melo on the bench as well.
losing to the spurs was the downfall. if the corpse of bob horry didnt rise in gm 5, the pistons were in position to repeat as champs.
also, the rise of lebron. his fourth qtr takeover was the beginning of the end for the pistons. from that series on, cleveland was not intimidated of detroit
losing to the spurs was the downfall. if the corpse of bob horry didnt rise in gm 5, the pistons were in position to repeat as champs.
also, the rise of lebron. his fourth qtr takeover was the beginning of the end for the pistons. from that series on, cleveland was not intimidated of detroit
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No way. The Darko pick is not being discussed in here agian 
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I literally said this is morning to someone, this guy is the best in game dunker in the league to me.
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They talk about this pick almost every week.No way. The Darko pick is not being discussed in here agian
Talking like they knew he was gonna be a bust. 
Arm chair gms
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What is Green`s vertical? Must be over 40 inches.
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HUH?
were you even old enough to watch TV and understand?
Darko was consensus #2 100%. No Lebron, hes got #1 without a doubt...
Pistons needed a bigman as well which is why it made sense. he was 18 years old and looked very good.
yall are crazy
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Just looked it up and some website said 48
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Did you even read? I agreed with Pmatic when he said hindsight is 20/20. I forgot about that detail of the '03 draft. I'm so sorry Mr. NBA encyclopedia for missing such a detail. I'll never make that fatal mistake again with my limited NBA knowledge.
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I saw 46, but either way it's high.
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Got this from another website
Here are the free agents Dumars has signed in the decade since Rip Hamilton fled the Wizards for Motown, in reverse order: Josh Smith, Vernon Hamilton, Ike Diogu, washed-up Tracy McGrady, Chucky Atkins, Maceo Baston, washed-up Ben Wallace, Chris Wilcox, Ben Gordon, Charlie Villanueva, old Antonio McDyess, Kwame Brown, Will Bynum, washed-up Theo Ratliff, Gerald Fitch, Jarvis Hayes, deceased Chris Webber, Nazr Mohammed, Flip Murray, Ronald Dupree, Maurice Evans, the carcass of Dale Davis, mummified Elden Campbell, Nigel Dixon, Smush Parker, Terrance Shannon, Ronald Dupree, Antonio McDyess, Derrick Zimmerman, Ronald Dupree (yep, three times), Chris Garner, Rod Grizzard, A.J. Guyton, Justin Hamilton, Tang Hamilton and Darvin Ham.
Here are the free agents Dumars has signed in the decade since Rip Hamilton fled the Wizards for Motown, in reverse order: Josh Smith, Vernon Hamilton, Ike Diogu, washed-up Tracy McGrady, Chucky Atkins, Maceo Baston, washed-up Ben Wallace, Chris Wilcox, Ben Gordon, Charlie Villanueva, old Antonio McDyess, Kwame Brown, Will Bynum, washed-up Theo Ratliff, Gerald Fitch, Jarvis Hayes, deceased Chris Webber, Nazr Mohammed, Flip Murray, Ronald Dupree, Maurice Evans, the carcass of Dale Davis, mummified Elden Campbell, Nigel Dixon, Smush Parker, Terrance Shannon, Ronald Dupree, Antonio McDyess, Derrick Zimmerman, Ronald Dupree (yep, three times), Chris Garner, Rod Grizzard, A.J. Guyton, Justin Hamilton, Tang Hamilton and Darvin Ham.
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Yikes. He was in love with Super Dupe huh?
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