What Could Have Been if the Pistons hadn't drafted Darko Milicic

         In the end, Brown and the rest of the team never knew what they really had. Wade eventually gets traded for next to nothing, while Detroit fans suffer even more than the casual fan every time they have to endure a Fave-Five commercial. 

         More importantly I’d like to add; do you or anybody you know even have the Fave-Five feature?  Finding someone who has it is like finding someone who claims to have eaten at “Sonic,” I see plenty of their commercials but have no idea where they’re located.  Moving on…          

After Wade, there is a serious drop-off in talent: Chris Kamen, Kirk Hinrich, T.J. Ford, etc.  This group is solid but nowhere near Wade, Bosh, and Melo solid. 

I could’ve come up with a scenario where the Pistons trade the pick and grab the #18^th pick David West, #28^th pick Leandro Barbosa, or the #29^th pick Josh Howard all of whom would be great to have, but thought it to be too unrealistic to have ever happened.

I think it’s safe to assume that as long as Joe Dumars is the GM of the Detroit Pistons this team will never draft an international player ever again.  However, if they do consider a player from overseas, at minimum, one would have to think they would look into whether or not the guy is a smoker before making a hasty decision (i.e. Darko Milicic).

If not for Darko, the Pistons probably would’ve drafted Carmelo.  Personally though, I tend to think Chris Bosh would’ve been the best fit for the team. So much so that…in the immortal words of Chris Farley “I’m thinking a minimum of an eight-peat.” 

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