If Pistons Still Had Darko

[DuncanInYourFace]

They'd have the le this year, no doubt about it.

[snowboarder]

funny

[strangeweather]

Indeed. How can you have a victory with no victory cigar?

[DuncanInYourFace]

Pistons were wise to draft Darko over D Wade, they knew the league would be too stacked otherwise

[clubalien]

didn't they also have an opportunity to get carmelo but decided nto to because they had prince? talk about the stupidest draft ever

[JamStone]

didn't they also have an opportunity to get carmelo but decided nto to because they had prince? talk about the stupidest draft ever

Drafting Darko = bad pick

Not drafting Carmelo Anthony = the right call

Not drafting Chris Bosh = probably the one real missed opportunity

Not drafting Dwyane Wade = no one expected Wade to be this good, certainly not Denver or Toronto either

[Vinnie_Johnson]

We should of taken Bosh.

[ShoogarBear]

If they had drafted Bosh, would they still have traded for Rasheed?

[snowboarder]

foreigners are bad luck in top picks

[JamStone]

foreigners are bad luck in top picks

Pau Gasol.


Most of the time, but not an absolute.

[Vinnie_Johnson]

If they had drafted Bosh, would they still have traded for Rasheed?

Yes because Bosh was a project not ready to play big spurts.

[JamStone]

If they had drafted Bosh, would they still have traded for Rasheed?

Odds are probably, because Larry Brown would have likely not played Chris Bosh either.

The thing about that is the Atlanta Hawks may have insisted that the Pistons include Chris Bosh in the trade for Rasheed Wallace, seeing how he was a college star at Georgia Tech and a young, talented big man. Now, would Joe Dumars had relented and given up Bosh as well? Interesting questions.

[Spurologist]

This is to all who thought Darko was just a human victory cigar and couldn't help the pistons

[snowboarder]

Pau Gasol.


Most of the time, but not an absolute.

1 out of 2346236

[ShoogarBear]

Odds are probably, because Larry Brown would have likely not played Chris Bosh either.

The thing about that is the Atlanta Hawks may have insisted that the Pistons include Chris Bosh in the trade for Rasheed Wallace, seeing how he was a college star at Georgia Tech and a young, talented big man. Now, would Joe Dumars had relented and given up Bosh as well? Interesting questions.

Remind me again, who did the Pistons give up for Rasheed?

[Vinnie_Johnson]

Draft pick Chucky atkins and Hunter.

[Vinnie_Johnson]

I think that was all it was a three way with Boston as the third team.

[ShoogarBear]

So, basically, just the draft pick. Larceny.

[strangeweather]

Draft pick Chucky atkins and Hunter.

So basically, a warm 6 pack of Keystone and some pretzels.

[ShoogarBear]

Well, they got Hunter back.

They coulda at least thrown in some vintage Bad Boy T-shirts or something.

[ducks]

drafting foreignors is wise
they stay out of trouble
manu and tp worked out quite well
how old is darko again
the development league would have been aweome for him if it was alround when he drafted

[Bob Lanier]

drafting foreignors is wise
they stay out of trouble

Technically, the Pistons gave up Chucky Atkins, Lindsey Hunter, Bob Sura, Zeljko Rebraca, and a #1 pick for Rasheed Wallace, Mike James. And they got Hunter back.

[Vinnie_Johnson]

Damn forgot all about the great Sura.

[Duncanoypi]

^Mr. triple double Sura...

[RON ARTEST]

We should of taken Bosh.

no because it would have been the same situation as darko.