@@josecarranza7555 not sure how the Detroit rosters would have changed from 2003-2005 in that alternate universe but he would of been an incredible asset to that team. He would not of been an iso scorer on that team like how he developed on the nuggets. Could of even been an insane 6th man for that gritty pistons championship team. Still would of been a hall of famer most likely just too offensively gifted
People forget how some thought Melo should have been rookie of the year that year. I would put it this way, Darko did nothing for the pistons championship run that year or the years after. Melo would have help pistons go 4-0 against the Lakers. He was that good as a rookie. They probably would have beaten the Spurs the next year. That series went 7 and was a hard fought one and pistons had a few games where they didn't get over like 75 points. Pistons had a great D but struggled on offense. With Melo that wouldn't had happen as often. For sure 6th man off the bench probably his first 2 years.
@@MakeUDawn oh I think they did. Maybe not against worse teams, but they did against teams like pacers, spurs, heat and Cavs. I think melo changes the tide and they probably come home with at least one more chip. They had stretches in games where they couldn't buy a bucket. Melo fixes that to some extent.
Lebron James 24:10 Darko Milicic 29:40 Carmelo Anthony 34:50 Chris Bosh 40:25 Dwyane Wade 44:08 Chris Kaman 49:34 Kirk Hinrich 53:56 TJ Ford 58:22 Michael Sweetney 1:02:04 Jarvis Hayes 1:05:48
As a Pistons fan this has to be one of the worst moments in franchise history. We pick Darko ahead of Melo, Wade, and Bosh. Then we go on to win the 04 championship. Just think how many more Rings the Pistons would've got with those other guys.
Why did your piston never give Darko a shot to even play was he that bad that he only deserved to play 6 minutes a game back then. Never really watched him play.
People keep ignoring the fact that drafting Melo likely means they would have never traded for Rasheed Wallace. And without Rasheed, that Pistons team wasn't a historically great defense. Yeah sure, draft Melo, but then your defense never pans out to be as elite as it could have been.
2 of them got in their way in 06 and 07 and they almost repeated without them in 05 lol...got to a game 7 of the finals without a 2005 d wade who was a top 8 player in the league and melo was like top 16 lol
eatcheesekobe I'm a Pistons fan and i can care less that Dumars passed on Melo or Wade because both of them would have the same fate as Darko considering the fact that Brown absolutely HATED subbing in rookies. So his fate would been the same as Darko as a benchwarmer. Also we won the finals the following year so i'm not mad lol.
pistons, not pistons fans. as in the organization, because they passed on a future HoF for darko (although the fans should be pissed too that their head office made such a decision). and since you mentioned it, who's to say they wouldn't have won more if they had made a better pick? melo at the 4 with sheed at the 5 after they traded big ben wouldve worked out pretty good, or bosh for that matter. even wade couldve worked out with them having prince as a versatile forward who can play multiple positions. if i remember correctly, they lost in the finals, then conference finals over and over again the few following years. who's to say wade, bosh, or anthony couldn't have helped them over the top? and just for that, the organization would be mad for years.
eatcheesekobe I doubt the organization is beating themselves up for something that happened almost 13 years ago. There was no need for melo, we had prince who was drafted the pervious year at SF an he was peeking as a potential star. Big Ben was great back then when he had won the defensive player of the Year. I agree that wade or melo would have been a great asset to us, but look at the denver when they had melo, they were always 3rd round exists. I think pistons kept loosing in the playoffs because of lack of leadership and lebron who was great back then.
melo lost because he had no one around him. an immature jr smith, anthony carter and a 5'5 boykins as your point guard, and he carried them to playoffs his first year, on the west too. yea ben was good, but he was traded what, 05? he gave like 3 good solid years, maybe 4, that's nothing compared to what any of the 3 picks would've given the pistons in the next 10 years after the draft
@@night6724 literally said the nuggets couldn’t win more than 20 games their past 3 seasons and melo took them to the playoffs his ROOKIE year while averaging over 21 points and 6 boards while starting every game. Possibly the greatest rookie season of all time but it’s overshadowed by lebrons hype when he didn’t improve the cavs much at ALL
yup, the culture has really changed for the worse. Gotta have people freakin out and causing drama cause thats what the people want to see... not me at least
Nick Jasper Yep. Detroit would have definitely won back to back Championships in 2004 & 2005 instead of losing to the Spurs in 2005. Plus they probably would have made it back to the Finals in 2007
He also said that T.J. Ford was more "special" than Lebron. He said he didn't want to hear about Lebron, that people were talking too much about his body and that this was basketball, not track. So yeah... Wouldn't talk about how prescient he was. I could have told you Darko was a bad pick.
Imagine the Pistons with either Wade or Melo PG - Billups SG - RIP SF - Prince PF - R Wallace C - B Wallace 6th man - Wade/Melo My God... They dropped the ball on this one
makomaro Maybe now with Wade injured..., but prime Wade is way better than Melo , Wade has 3 rings, and has a finals MVP. Melo was never in the Finals, wade's best season is better than Melo's best season,Wade is the 3rd best sg all time ,Melo is a nobody that still has to prove himself in the playoffs So yes wade is the second best player of the draft
makomaro Nope wade is better individually also,go look up the stats boy Wade has the best finals performance in history in 06'. even better than Jordan, not to mention that prime Wade would wipe the floor with Melo. Wade's best season>Melo's best season Wade's best playoff performance>Melo's best performance
makomaro Pff Wade was also cheated out in 09' and his season was way better than Melo,I dont know why Im arguing with you, everybody knows that Wade is better than Melo, you obviosly dont know much about the NBA so I will stop responding
@@NewEraNoah absolutely, and he was great for my Raptors after his run and first big injury with the Bucks. He and Bosh helped lead the Raptors to their first ever division title. Then yet another injury against Al Horford and he was never the same. Guy was a baller
People call Sam Bowie a bust. Bowie had a nice and long NBA career. And even turned down a contract with the Lakers when he retired. And Bowie didn't turn out an All Star ONLY because he broke his leg. Darko just SUCKED. Biggest draft bust in history. Bowie would have been All NBA if healthy.
Good to read smart comments bro, you are absolutely right, people don't know what they are talking about when they qualify Bowie as a bust, Sam Bowie just got hurt....
Milorad Cukavac I understand where u coming from bro, you probably have ties with Darko, because if you would not have any ties you would admit that he SUCKS nba speaking.... Sorry
François Mérieux its not that he sucks. He had a point where in 10 games he was averaging 25 points once. Its just that he didnt care about basketball. He never went to practice etc. He didnt give a fuck. He stopped playing bball and now does kickboxing
I feel you bro, but by you saying that he didn't care about basketball as an NBA player you're proving my point.... NBA is too great for even talented players not being focus...and those end up out of the league... But you are right on the money when you say he didn't care enough, because i have to admit that talent and skills weren't the issue with Darko, it was just the lack of interrest because he had the potential to be great.... Like so many....
16:03-16:35 this fucking guy say Darko is a freak and he is going to be great and he will been the first round pick in the next ten years and be the first round pick in the last ten years and he is better than everyone else in the draft except from Lebron James. This fucking guy sucks
I feel like Darko was ahead of his time. He gives off those modern big man vibes. All that pressure from being selected that high in the draft and being forced to always play in the post definitely hurt his potential
@@spreadthevegemite8064 cleveland incompetent management wasted 7 years of his career. they never built a championship caliber team around him, so he had to take matters into his own hands
@@spreadthevegemite8064 Many players may love their team because they got drafted by that team, but you're not going to stay there if things don't work anymore. LeBron left Cleveland because the wasn't the same as before especially after Kyrie left, look at Damian Lillard, he has always been loyal to his team but now he is thinking about leaving.
I bet most people came to this video to watch LeBron get drafted, but I came to see what people thought about Darko Millicic back when he was drafted. He must have been an amazing prospect to be taken ahead of Carmelo.
The thing is, Detroit didn't need Carmelo or Wade. They were stacked with SG's and SF's. What they needed was size. Turns out they went out and got Rasheed Wallace and won the NBA Championship in Darko's rookie season. Detroit was consistently one of the top teams in the NBA for the next about 5 years.
Sebastian eh, they didn’t even need melo or wade. Back then, they already had rip Hamilton and tayshaun Prince etc. so not really. They still won a championship anyway
2003 redraft should have gone like this 1. Lebron James, no doubt this man is already a top 5 player of all time, easily the best player in this draft 2. Dwayne Wade- this man is a three time nba champ a finals mvp, multiple all stars, pick him here without question, arguably the 3rd best shooting guard of all time behind only jordan and kobe. 3. Carmelo Anthony- he may not have a chip, but he is one of the most dynamic scorers we have ever seen, denver picks up melo here again 4. Chris Bosch- The best big man in this draft, one of the best raptors players of all time and a two time champ 5. This one is tough, and really hard to judge, but I would probably have gone with david west. He is the most accomplished out of the rest of these players in this redraft.
four future hall of famers that changed basketball forever they are one of the greatest players of all time in n The history of the NBA and basketball history 👑👑👑🐐🐐it will be the same without them
Good god what if Detroit just picked melo... He have had like 3 rings by now and been looked at so much differently. Billups was great for him in Denver and woulda been with him from jump. Tayshaun as a sixth man with a Ben-sheed-melo-rip-billups starting five coached by Larry brown? Holy shit
say what you will about lebron james but the man lived up to his expectations hes an unselfish humble player who is team first, he doesnt get in trouble and hes a role model so what if hes not jordan you tell me who is, but tell me who compares to lebron james in terms of his overall dominance nooobooodddyyy
Lebron went to the Cavs and definitely lived up to the hype and more. He has outlasted everybody in this draft. Took our terrible team to the finals at just 22 years old by himself, Has won 4 Championships and exceeded all expectations. Legendary. And I can't believe the Pistons took milicic over Wade, Anthony and Bosh. Probably anybody else in this draft would've been better.
+Daniel Shelton The 84' draft gave us Olajuwon, MJ, Perkins, Barkley, Stockton, Willis .. 96' had Iverson, Camby, Abdul-Rahim, Marbury, Ray Allen, Antoine Walker, Kittles, KOBE, Stojakovic, Steve Nash, Jermaine O'Neal, Ilguaskuas, Derek Fisher it's really no debate at all. The class of 96 is the best of all time.
+Chris Lovett really fisher was never all star 84 had Jordan the goat Hakeem a top 5 center of all time arguably the best center John Stockton top 5 point guard and Barkley a top 5 in the power forward spot o Neal or walker not even star players 84 was better
Easily one of the best drafts in NBA history. You have a dozen of players that are bonified hall of famers. It's hard to choose between this draft and the 1984 draft cause that draft had first ballot hall of famers as well. Lebron and Jordan...enough said
I was a kid back then in Australia and I had those early years Lebron jerseys. I knew this was special, inspiring to see a teenager have his local struggling basketball organisation rely on you as "The Chosen One" and he came from a struggling background. Lebron done a lot of great things. Detroit and the NBA were going for the Jokic type skill bigs, finally former yugoslavia is showing out in the nba again
I will never understand why Darko had such a bad career in the NBA. I'm from Bosnia and everybody watched Darko destroy much stronger and older players when he was with Hemofarm. Even when he played for Serbia he player like a total star. He was playing defense,blocking shots and scoring in the paint. He had moves inside,shot the midrange and had a looooooot of passion for his national team. Then he would go to his nba team and for some reason it just didn't translate. I don't know what happend to basketball in Yugoslavia. Only few years ago there was at least 5 nba prospects every year. Now,there is almost none. Dario Saric and that's that.
I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Sonics and Blazers fan. Japanese-American and male. I used to eat, drink and sleep the NBA, back when I was younger. I also used to do Mock NBA Drafts. In 2003, I had the Sonics selecting Nick Collison at #12, and Luke Ridnour at #14.
Carmelo to the Pistons would have created a dynasty that would have rivaled the Spurs in the mid 2000s. And Carmelo would today be a top 10-15 player all time
Cant believe the Cavs passed on Milicic
Lmao
Who is that bum they picked first anyway? LeJames Bron or whatever?? Never heard of the guy. Stupid move they're probably regretting to this day.
LLOOOLLL
Yea man Darko even helped the pistons win a championship, he’s definitely the real goat here
Naw im good
Dick Vitale was spot on when he said “I think the Pistons are going to regret not going with Carmelo”
But would the Pistons still win the 2004 title?
I like Carmelo but I think he’s style of play didn’t go with what the Pistons were doing at that time.
@@josecarranza7555 not sure how the Detroit rosters would have changed from 2003-2005 in that alternate universe but he would of been an incredible asset to that team. He would not of been an iso scorer on that team like how he developed on the nuggets. Could of even been an insane 6th man for that gritty pistons championship team. Still would of been a hall of famer most likely just too offensively gifted
People forget how some thought Melo should have been rookie of the year that year. I would put it this way, Darko did nothing for the pistons championship run that year or the years after. Melo would have help pistons go 4-0 against the Lakers. He was that good as a rookie. They probably would have beaten the Spurs the next year. That series went 7 and was a hard fought one and pistons had a few games where they didn't get over like 75 points. Pistons had a great D but struggled on offense. With Melo that wouldn't had happen as often. For sure 6th man off the bench probably his first 2 years.
@@LegendaryOldwarrior I would say Pistons were not a top offense team at that time but they didn't really "struggle"...
@@MakeUDawn oh I think they did. Maybe not against worse teams, but they did against teams like pacers, spurs, heat and Cavs. I think melo changes the tide and they probably come home with at least one more chip. They had stretches in games where they couldn't buy a bucket. Melo fixes that to some extent.
LeBron doesn’t get enough credit for living up to the ridiculous hype.
And scrutiny together, sheesh
I think lebron gets enough credit...
@@asapluke No he doesn’t the most hated athlete ever!! But he just win wherever he goes 🤷♂️
@@tayrellt9300 he does get enough credit
@@danielo9606 cap
""Overrated" chants for LeBron damn that dude has always been hated lol
Facts
now he's number 2 all time lol
+Giovanni Cipriani nowhere near number 2
Detroit101
either 3 or 2
they always chant "overrated" to the number one picks. bandwagonner.
Pat Riley thoughts: I'll get d wade right now I'll just come back and get the number one and number four pick later...
Lol
Then number 1 will go home an number 4 will get a blood clot
Eaglesfan41 ha ha awww...
Its cool to see in the currant NBA how dominate the Cavs actually are.
Shut the fucc up
19 years later Bron is still at the MVP level just crazy to me
He’s def not mvp level quit D riding him
@@jordans9303this was said 1yr ago stfu
@@jordans9303 30ppg is mvp level loser
@jordans9303 cap, u don't even believe that
@@MotivationalCurse last time I checked he was no where close to the mvp race this season….
The future is bright for the #2 pick, future MVP.
+Boss No I think it was 8 or 9, he also had 12 rings.
+Will Smith didn't he score over 50,000 points right?
Sirion Heat
Yeah, he also had 400 points in one game.
+Will Smith and 81 rebounds(NBA Record)
John C
lol
2003 - the beginning of the new era in NBA .
Lebron James 24:10
Darko Milicic 29:40
Carmelo Anthony 34:50
Chris Bosh 40:25
Dwyane Wade 44:08
Chris Kaman 49:34
Kirk Hinrich 53:56
TJ Ford 58:22
Michael Sweetney 1:02:04
Jarvis Hayes 1:05:48
Thanks a lot bro you saved me time
Lo
David Price It was definitely a Dark "O😱" draft for the Pistons...truth that good workouts doesn't guarantee success in the NBA.
You deserve a medal
David Price Not all heroes wear capes
14:50 "let's not create LeBron's legacy, but let him create it himself."
LeBron in Year 20 still averaging almost 30 a game is crazy to me…
As a Pistons fan this has to be one of the worst moments in franchise history. We pick Darko ahead of Melo, Wade, and Bosh. Then we go on to win the 04 championship. Just think how many more Rings the Pistons would've got with those other guys.
I think about that a lot too. Imagine adding Melo into that elite defense. Unstoppable.
Why did your piston never give Darko a shot to even play was he that bad that he only deserved to play 6 minutes a game back then. Never really watched him play.
People keep ignoring the fact that drafting Melo likely means they would have never traded for Rasheed Wallace. And without Rasheed, that Pistons team wasn't a historically great defense. Yeah sure, draft Melo, but then your defense never pans out to be as elite as it could have been.
2 of them got in their way in 06 and 07 and they almost repeated without them in 05 lol...got to a game 7 of the finals without a 2005 d wade who was a top 8 player in the league and melo was like top 16 lol
Asmosis Jones they would win in 2005 and 2006 no way they make the finals in 2007 cavs were a good team
Dike Vitale was right about Dark Milicic and Carmelo Anthony.
haha yeah, pistons be mad for years
eatcheesekobe I'm a Pistons fan and i can care less that Dumars passed on Melo or Wade because both of them would have the same fate as Darko considering the fact that Brown absolutely HATED subbing in rookies. So his fate would been the same as Darko as a benchwarmer.
Also we won the finals the following year so i'm not mad lol.
pistons, not pistons fans. as in the organization, because they passed on a future HoF for darko (although the fans should be pissed too that their head office made such a decision). and since you mentioned it, who's to say they wouldn't have won more if they had made a better pick? melo at the 4 with sheed at the 5 after they traded big ben wouldve worked out pretty good, or bosh for that matter. even wade couldve worked out with them having prince as a versatile forward who can play multiple positions. if i remember correctly, they lost in the finals, then conference finals over and over again the few following years. who's to say wade, bosh, or anthony couldn't have helped them over the top? and just for that, the organization would be mad for years.
eatcheesekobe I doubt the organization is beating themselves up for something that happened almost 13 years ago. There was no need for melo, we had prince who was drafted the pervious year at SF an he was peeking as a potential star. Big Ben was great back then when he had won the defensive player of the Year. I agree that wade or melo would have been a great asset to us, but look at the denver when they had melo, they were always 3rd round exists. I think pistons kept loosing in the playoffs because of lack of leadership and lebron who was great back then.
melo lost because he had no one around him. an immature jr smith, anthony carter and a 5'5 boykins as your point guard, and he carried them to playoffs his first year, on the west too. yea ben was good, but he was traded what, 05? he gave like 3 good solid years, maybe 4, that's nothing compared to what any of the 3 picks would've given the pistons in the next 10 years after the draft
“I really believe Detroit might regret not taking a call for Mr. Anthony” well that aged well lmao
One of the most accurate things I've heard 🤣
@@sdmurphy20 i mean really? Melo didn’t win anything in denver and then screwed them over
@@night6724 literally said the nuggets couldn’t win more than 20 games their past 3 seasons and melo took them to the playoffs his ROOKIE year while averaging over 21 points and 6 boards while starting every game. Possibly the greatest rookie season of all time but it’s overshadowed by lebrons hype when he didn’t improve the cavs much at ALL
Before their was a Skip Bayless given bias takes and Stephen A Smith screaming at our screen, we had poised and calm legends like Stu Scott. rip 🐐
yup, the culture has really changed for the worse. Gotta have people freakin out and causing drama cause thats what the people want to see... not me at least
And David Aldridge
GSW fans be like...
Where's Curry?????
That was funny
*GSW bandwagons haha
lol ikr
Really nigga
Get a life
Dicky V. called it! Detroit regretted that pick.
MAGICBUCSSOX
lmao
Nick Jasper
He also said TJ Ford would be a star
Nick Jasper Yep. Detroit would have definitely won back to back Championships in 2004 & 2005 instead of losing to the Spurs in 2005. Plus they probably would have made it back to the Finals in 2007
@MrBlueD3V1L he didnt get injured really he has health problems
He also said that T.J. Ford was more "special" than Lebron. He said he didn't want to hear about Lebron, that people were talking too much about his body and that this was basketball, not track. So yeah... Wouldn't talk about how prescient he was. I could have told you Darko was a bad pick.
RIP Stu Scott... :(
***** Stay classy my man.
***** Would you like a hug?
***** damn the guy died from cancer. Have some respect.
***** oh you got me good right there. ;)
***** Obv never watched sportscenter
Imagine the Pistons with either Wade or Melo
PG - Billups
SG - RIP
SF - Prince
PF - R Wallace
C - B Wallace
6th man - Wade/Melo
My God... They dropped the ball on this one
They wouldn't have traded for RW if they had drafted Melo.
What could have happened 😂
***** Richard "Rip" Hamilton.........
+hahyunlee Tayshawn Prince has always been a defensive energy guy, he would have thrived off the bench
Why not? Seems more likely they would've made that trade had they drafted Melo.
Wade was selected 5th ,but turned out to be the second best player of the draft
makomaro Maybe now with Wade injured...,
but prime Wade is way better than Melo ,
Wade has 3 rings, and has a finals MVP.
Melo was never in the Finals,
wade's best season is better than Melo's best season,Wade is the 3rd best sg all time ,Melo is a nobody that still has to prove himself in the playoffs
So yes wade is the second best player of the draft
makomaro Nope wade is better individually also,go look up the stats boy Wade has the best finals performance in history in 06'. even better than Jordan, not to mention that prime Wade would wipe the floor with Melo.
Wade's best season>Melo's best season
Wade's best playoff performance>Melo's best performance
makomaro Have you looked at the stats ?
Tell me one Melo's season that is better than wade's 09' season
makomaro Of course you cant reply cause I was right
makomaro Pff Wade was also cheated out in 09' and his season was way better than Melo,I dont know why Im arguing with you, everybody knows that Wade is better than Melo, you obviosly dont know much about the NBA so I will stop responding
1. Lebron 2 rings (2012/13)
2. Darko Milicic 1 ring (2004)
3. Carmelo Anthony 0 rings
4. Chris Bosh 2 rings (2012/13)
5. Dywane Wade 3 rings (2006/12/13)
Milicic had nothing to do with that ring it was all pistons
anthony martinez Basketball is a team game and he was on the Pistons
he didint effect it at all
soldier2009ful he didn't even play that much
I hope you realize Bosh and Lebron wouldn't have rings had they not joined Wade in Miami
Dick Vitale is a prophet. He called it man, he fucking called it!
Ikr
Yep Melo would have made it a 3-peat. They had 4 all-stars in 2006, imagine Melo as 6th man..... insane.
It was obvious to me too.
I will never doubt Dick Vitale's wisdom about college players EVER... He called Darko so perfectly
Not T.J Ford…. So he’s still questionable
@@pindaryahashua TJ ford got a serious injury tho…so that’s not an indictment on his scouting report
@@NewEraNoah absolutely, and he was great for my Raptors after his run and first big injury with the Bucks. He and Bosh helped lead the Raptors to their first ever division title. Then yet another injury against Al Horford and he was never the same. Guy was a baller
@@pindaryahashua eh if it wasn’t for injuries he could’ve been a Kyrie type of player.
People call Sam Bowie a bust. Bowie had a nice and long NBA career. And even turned down a contract with the Lakers when he retired. And Bowie didn't turn out an All Star ONLY because he broke his leg. Darko just SUCKED. Biggest draft bust in history. Bowie would have been All NBA if healthy.
That's very true
Good to read smart comments bro, you are absolutely right, people don't know what they are talking about when they qualify Bowie as a bust, Sam Bowie just got hurt....
Milorad Cukavac
I understand where u coming from bro, you probably have ties with Darko, because if you would not have any ties you would admit that he SUCKS nba speaking.... Sorry
François Mérieux its not that he sucks. He had a point where in 10 games he was averaging 25 points once. Its just that he didnt care about basketball. He never went to practice etc. He didnt give a fuck. He stopped playing bball and now does kickboxing
I feel you bro, but by you saying that he didn't care about basketball as an NBA player you're proving my point.... NBA is too great for even talented players not being focus...and those end up out of the league... But you are right on the money when you say he didn't care enough, because i have to admit that talent and skills weren't the issue with Darko, it was just the lack of interrest because he had the potential to be great.... Like so many....
19 all stars, 4 MVPs, 4 rings, all time leading scorer ……. Darko had quite a career
🤣
"Let's not create lebrons legacy, let him create one for himself" well said
And the 1st draft pick of 2003 class became a GOAT 🐐
It’s crazy how LeBron have lived up to the hype even now!
LeBron was selling tickets b4 his name was ever called
Goat shit
Darko kissing all the men around him lasted longer than his NBA career.
Samuel Muniz 🤣😂😂😂🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😂🤣😂
16:03-16:35 this fucking guy say Darko is a freak and he is going to be great and he will been the first round pick in the next ten years and be the first round pick in the last ten years and he is better than everyone else in the draft except from Lebron James. This fucking guy sucks
@@benhub3932 That's easy to say that now u stupid man darko was an amazing prospect back in 2003
And now he's the nba all-time leading scorer. Not only lived up to, but excelled in every expectation put upon him before draft night
vitale is the man "detroit might regret not making the call for carmelo anthony" that is why he does what he does, vitale knows
DICKIE V BABYYYY!!
d wade really stepped his wife game up
lmao
haha seriously
Facts
Savage but true lol
Taylor Harrison lol real talk. his ex-wife looks like she picks up fights with random bitches
Who would have thought 3 of the top 5 would team up in Miami.
and 4 of top 5 will have a ring
Pol Martos Altimir all but melo
@@MorganEveryDay ☹️
It happened with the 2011 draft too. Kyrie, Derrick Williams, and Tristan Thompson were all on the Cavs one year
I feel like Darko was ahead of his time. He gives off those modern big man vibes. All that pressure from being selected that high in the draft and being forced to always play in the post definitely hurt his potential
Lebrons first interview after being drafted has rung true his whole career, always team first. A true legend
Team first, i don't think so, he could've stayed with Cleveland and made a Dynasty
@@spreadthevegemite8064 cleveland incompetent management wasted 7 years of his career. they never built a championship caliber team around him, so he had to take matters into his own hands
@@spreadthevegemite8064 Many players may love their team because they got drafted by that team, but you're not going to stay there if things don't work anymore. LeBron left Cleveland because the wasn't the same as before especially after Kyrie left, look at Damian Lillard, he has always been loyal to his team but now he is thinking about leaving.
Asking a blind man what somebody looks like is CRAZY!!!!
@@spreadthevegemite8064 dynasty on Cleveland? the fuck are you smoking? nobody wants to come in Cleveland that's why lebron left to miami
One of the greatest draft classes in professional sports
I bet most people came to this video to watch LeBron get drafted, but I came to see what people thought about Darko Millicic back when he was drafted. He must have been an amazing prospect to be taken ahead of Carmelo.
lol! you are completely right and also didn't realize Cleveland's owner was blind.
I came to see what people said abut kirk hinrich when he was drafted. since he has been my favorite player since I started to watch basketball
lol never even heard of darko
The thing is, Detroit didn't need Carmelo or Wade. They were stacked with SG's and SF's. What they needed was size. Turns out they went out and got Rasheed Wallace and won the NBA Championship in Darko's rookie season. Detroit was consistently one of the top teams in the NBA for the next about 5 years.
DHaines6 I came for Bron Wade Melo and Bosh
Seeing Wade's wife, with their kid, crying and being so happy for him.. Was actually sad. Looking back at it now.
why is it sad now?
Because he dumped her.. and they've had major issues with child support and custody of their kids. She's basically been kicked to the curb.
@@SadDad01 because she's a nutter drug addict with bipolar disorder lol read more
@@SadDad01 good she seems like a shitty mother
For real I guess Wade got karma with his current family.
First mistake Darko made as a pro is not using an interpreter.
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first mistake was the frosted tips
DARKO THE LEGEND
D wade easily 2nd best from this draft but I’m glad he came to Miami 🔥
a commercial for a GameCube haha
ManmanRoby the good ol days :(
@@vodka4680 time stamp? Trying to find it
Still play mine fym
@@shamus248 9:42
T.J Ford would have been so good if he didn't get injured so often. Injuries have destroyed many great players.
I agree...he was a solid starting point when he was healthy :(
wabdih He had a decent career just got cut short
Agreed he was so quick and could pass and score with ease.
Hell no T.J ford play near 40 min only 13 ppg terrible
@@jUAN.T fuck off troll
Dwayne Wade is always so chill
Damn man time Flies
UC704 your god damn right it does
UC704 fax
I was in 2nd grade when this draft happened , now I'm 24 .
UC704 was an eighth grader during this draft, time flies
You right
So many Superstars were in this draft.
Dick Vitale called it the Pistons regretted it 😂
Sebastian eh, they didn’t even need melo or wade. Back then, they already had rip Hamilton and tayshaun Prince etc. so not really. They still won a championship anyway
They didnt need a power forward or a center. They had the wallace brothers!!
Harry Engel from a trade in 1997 with the grizzlies, they got the 2003 first round pick
Lmao Mike Sweetney.... 260 lb as a rookie and 400+ lb by the end of 2009
Love when the Knicks GM said "He'll look great in a Knicks uniform." Turns out he only looks good in XXXL and sweatpants lol.
20 year ago one of the greatest players of all time got draft Jordan retired then comes king James and changed nba forever ♾️ 👑👑👑👑🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
2003 redraft should have gone like this
1. Lebron James, no doubt this man is already a top 5 player of all time, easily the best player in this draft
2. Dwayne Wade- this man is a three time nba champ a finals mvp, multiple all stars, pick him here without question, arguably the 3rd best shooting guard of all time behind only jordan and kobe.
3. Carmelo Anthony- he may not have a chip, but he is one of the most dynamic scorers we have ever seen, denver picks up melo here again
4. Chris Bosch- The best big man in this draft, one of the best raptors players of all time and a two time champ
5. This one is tough, and really hard to judge, but I would probably have gone with david west. He is the most accomplished out of the rest of these players in this redraft.
@Star Killer 2nd all time
I'd probably go with Kaman at 5 and West at 6. Kaman was a 7 footer, who put up good numbers. Both of these guys are big drop offs from top 4.
@@carlyata1 no 1 of all time?
Those Pistons with Carmelo would have been crazy. And they would have instilled a better work ethic in him.
The Darko interview was painfully awkward
kobefan124 KOBE KOBE
I come from the future. In 2018, we will call that "cringe"
SHAQ ATTACK lol
kobefan124 iii
He speaks like 1% english what do you expect...
Bron the only player to live up the hype 20 years later. To be this great you have to put a lot of hardwork and discipline. My goat
Melos mom crying after he got picked actually made me tear up man... she so proud of her son 😭😭
Thank you for uploading this! I wish every draft was on CZcams! I have a few recorded on VHS in the 90's but those ones are already on here.
That overrated chant when Darko was selected summed up his career......
But they did that with lebron to.
Micah Sharon they do it with most high picks
At least he got the bag
One of the best draft of all time.
anyone else binge watching NBA drafts?
I love seeing busts
Yeah especially now during quarantine lol
yessir
DWYANE WADE BEST PICK EVER BY MIAMI! #HEATNATION
Heat nation
+Oscar Robles HELL YEAH BRO
+Alex Martinez yessir
nah Justice Winslow
Are you drunk?
Poor lebron was gettin booed before he even played in the nba
joelco92 LeBron is no Darko
27:18 “Pops What Up “ Lebron savage
Facts
That shit prolly hurt
It’s amazing this guy is still playing and I witnessed his first points through to him breaking the all time scoring record and push it beyond
2003.. One of the best drafts in history!
It's so nice seeing all stars like Bron & D. Wade at the beginning of the best part of their lives 💛.
four future hall of famers that changed basketball forever they are one of the greatest players of all time in n
The history of the NBA and basketball history 👑👑👑🐐🐐it will be the same without them
I love coming back to this. This is television and sports history
Good god what if Detroit just picked melo... He have had like 3 rings by now and been looked at so much differently. Billups was great for him in Denver and woulda been with him from jump. Tayshaun as a sixth man with a Ben-sheed-melo-rip-billups starting five coached by Larry brown? Holy shit
Liam Ustis i think even with his skill set they wouldn't let him play much time. By that time team was complete
@@user-fc5mz6qh4g think about the future my guy
Should’ve won in 09’ but Lakers were in the way.
say what you will about lebron james but the man lived up to his expectations hes an unselfish humble player who is team first, he doesnt get in trouble and hes a role model so what if hes not jordan you tell me who is, but tell me who compares to lebron james in terms of his overall dominance nooobooodddyyy
@@qwertyuiop554433 mans said big o lmfaoooo
@@henrypatton5346 bruh that was 6 years ago 😂😂
@@qwertyuiop554433 and it was a dumb comment back then lmfaooo
The way Greg Anthony just matter of factly said he’s a hall of famer is insane.
Lebron went to the Cavs and definitely lived up to the hype and more. He has outlasted everybody in this draft. Took our terrible team to the finals at just 22 years old by himself, Has won 4 Championships and exceeded all expectations. Legendary. And I can't believe the Pistons took milicic over Wade, Anthony and Bosh. Probably anybody else in this draft would've been better.
Best NBA draft of all time.
96' was better all around
+Chris Lovett nothe 1984 draft was the best.
+Daniel Shelton The 84' draft gave us Olajuwon, MJ, Perkins, Barkley, Stockton, Willis .. 96' had Iverson, Camby, Abdul-Rahim, Marbury, Ray Allen, Antoine Walker, Kittles, KOBE, Stojakovic, Steve Nash, Jermaine O'Neal, Ilguaskuas, Derek Fisher it's really no debate at all. The class of 96 is the best of all time.
+Chris Lovett really fisher was never all star 84 had Jordan the goat Hakeem a top 5 center of all time arguably the best center John Stockton top 5 point guard and Barkley a top 5 in the power forward spot o Neal or walker not even star players 84 was better
+Chris Lovett Jordan better than Kobe Hakeem better then Iverson and John Stockson better than Steve Nash
RIP Stuart Scott
watching in 2018. glad to have witnessed these players careers.
I love how nervous all these future greats were in this moment.
Easily one of the best drafts in NBA history. You have a dozen of players that are bonified hall of famers. It's hard to choose between this draft and the 1984 draft cause that draft had first ballot hall of famers as well. Lebron and Jordan...enough said
Delroy Clarke 1996 draft was better.
a dozen hall of famers is a big stretch
BEGGINING OF A LEGEND OF MIAMI: DWAYNE WADE
*dwyane
aaron Markabail Dwayne Wade is great
Trust me, I'm not retarded. If you looked up him up, you would realize that his name is spelled "Dwyane" not "Dwayne."
Dewen Wede
Nope It's Dwayne Wade
Melo on the Pistons is one of the biggest what if things. Would have been insane to have him coming off the bench working on team’s bench wings
I was a kid back then in Australia and I had those early years Lebron jerseys. I knew this was special, inspiring to see a teenager have his local struggling basketball organisation rely on you as "The Chosen One" and he came from a struggling background. Lebron done a lot of great things.
Detroit and the NBA were going for the Jokic type skill bigs, finally former yugoslavia is showing out in the nba again
When the GOAT was drafted. I think this is the only time when Cleveland Cavaliers didn't fail lol.
Mj was drafted to the bulls btw. Not the cavs
@@drippedcola4996 he talking about Lebron lol
I glad Dwayne Wade got draft by the Miami Heat. The Great D' Wade
Thanks for uploading this! you da real MVP
i love looking back on these in hindsight
I will never understand why Darko had such a bad career in the NBA. I'm from Bosnia and everybody watched Darko destroy much stronger and older players when he was with Hemofarm. Even when he played for Serbia he player like a total star. He was playing defense,blocking shots and scoring in the paint. He had moves inside,shot the midrange and had a looooooot of passion for his national team. Then he would go to his nba team and for some reason it just didn't translate. I don't know what happend to basketball in Yugoslavia. Only few years ago there was at least 5 nba prospects every year. Now,there is almost none. Dario Saric and that's that.
Crazy how things change. 9 years later and Jokic is the best player in the world.
27:21 *pop, waddup* haha that was smooth.
Darko Milicic won a championship in his first year he got drafted, what a legend!
If the owner of the cavaliers stayed then i think lebron would’ve stayed. That guy seemed like a down to earth guy and he actually respected lebron
Cleveland had an average attendance of 11000 (worst in the league) the year before Lebron came, he truly changed the franchise.
Gordon Gund's assessment of Lebron was prophetic.
I watch this when I was getting ready for the first grade and moving out of our apartment and I was pretty damn excited for the nuggets lol
The GameCube advertisement really brings ya back.
The best draft for me
I think 96 and 84 were better,MJ,charles barkley,olajuwon,stockton in 84,Kobe, AI,ray allen,steve nash,stephon marbury in 96
Thats a nice one too but im a lebron fan so
Richard Gonzalez haha i understand,the typical favorite player bias,then no hate man but objectively 96 and 84 were better in terms of overall talent
jon a 4 players Jordan, Olajuwon, Stockton, and Barkley. Enough said.
Lol I know , I was talking bout the lebron fan there all bandwagon jumpers
Rip David Stern
I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Sonics and Blazers fan. Japanese-American and male. I used to eat, drink and sleep the NBA, back when I was younger. I also used to do Mock NBA Drafts. In 2003, I had the Sonics selecting Nick Collison at #12, and Luke Ridnour at #14.
Jokic is what people thought Darko would’ve been
Lmfao I didn't
24:18 with the first pick...
Milicic had absolutely no idea what she was asking haha
Carmelo to the Pistons would have created a dynasty that would have rivaled the Spurs in the mid 2000s. And Carmelo would today be a top 10-15 player all time
So cool to watch all these years later
Season 1 to season 20. Never a time this guy wasn't in the mvp race. He's as legendary as it gets in terms of sports figures.
There are plenty of times he wasn’t in the mvp race
He comes up short when it matters the most too much. Maybe 5th best in nba history
@@jordans9303 4 rings 4 mvps all time scoring leader says different 😂
@@DeeSevyn bum got swept. Bum always looks for an easy way to the title and still loses
@@jordans93034 rings cry harder mf