Chauncey Billups Says Carmelo To The Pistons Would Have Changed Lebron’s Entire Career 😳😳

[@demetricesrkidd7256]

I'm a Detroit resident.. I remember our city wanting Melo.. and was pissed we got darko

[@robliberachi]

Our organization is beyond garbage

[@iamray09]

This is true I still hate Joe D til this day. TIL THIS DAY.

[@nickneurohr5422]

Michigan resident here also. One of the worse Draft pics ever.. We would of dominated the East for years of we got Melo

[@danieljackson8265]

We would of never won that title without Joe D. Who brought in Undrafted Ben Wallace in the Grant Hill trade. People were so pissed about that. Without Ben wallace, Pistons don't even make a conference Finals let alone win a title and almost another title. Joe D scrwed up that draft and the Ben Gordon, Charlie V signings but He was good from 1999-2006

[@sirsmokealot8841]

Dat was fuked up y'all drafted him instead of melo

[@bushhhyy]

it's crazy how a players future, in any sport, is mostly decided on draft night.

[@mvbk7068]

Only in america

[@siriusblack7714]

woah bro what a deep original mind bending thought bro

[@bobcore224]

Not just their sport future but their life future. I don’t know how they stay composed at all

[@DirtyDev]

Not so much the case anymore

[@anon2414]

like Jordan to the Bulls being drafted by daddy krause... if Jordan would have got drafted to Cleveland he would have been a nobody but another great NBA player that hardly won

[@00trevanti]

Damn that's a great point. Melo to that Detroit team. Melo might have at least 2 rings by now.

[@kasemalin3293]

3-4

[@antoinewright1425]

lebron would've known as a failure rn basically how a lot of fans see carmelo not me js how i see people on sm grilling him

[@TheSwagIsBack]

@@antoinewright1425 yep. Basically the full reverse

[@eib3137]

@@antoinewright1425 lebron would've got his regardless you can't switch the two and create a false narrative of how brons career would've played out. Melo probably wouldn't have got a ring anywhere he went because it just wasn't meant to be.

[@antoinewright1425]

@@eib3137 no he wouldn't of lmao it's you fans that literally make up nonsense carmelo was better then lebron as a rookie it's common sense that lebron most likely would've never got to the finals with melo in his same conference on a better team and if he moved west it would've been way harder for him to make all those finals he may still have gotten one possibly 2 but we would not of seen the level of dominance early

[@tawilliamson83]

That's a fascinating "what if."

[@hakeemx791]

A bigger what if than D🌹

[@darabbi360]

Word

[@tawilliamson83]

@@hakeemx791 Man, big fan of D rose, but you're right. He would've still been a footnote to LeBron's Heatles. But Carmelo to the Pistons would've altered the narrative about LeBron (and DWade) early on. He for sure would've taken a lot of their shine. Until he met Lala and they moved to the Knicks anyway.

[@st4r444]

Detroit was better suited for wade

[@AD-oy8nm]

what if the thunder hadn't traded harden

[@jmcgee39]

Taking Melo definitely would've changed not only Lebron's career but Carmelo's as well.

[@andreeturner2445]

REAL TALK

[@chidozieibeh6651]

Would have changed Detroit as a city

[@eski_truv]

Never know, Melo don’t play that system ball shit🤣 he wanna work out and play his way. He didn’t change when he and Chauncey played together in Denver, he probably wouldn’t have listened to them in Detroit. Denver was his show, they let him run it and it gave him the confidence to be a top 10 scorer of all time. Playing in a defensive minded system probably wouldn’t have let him reach that potential

[@danieljenkins7951]

* Taking Melo would've changed his career, but definitely Lebron's career as well.

[@ljayydagoat7113]

@@eski_truv by the time Chauncey came to Denver Melo was already top dog vs he get drafted by Detroit & he not top dog nomo

[@smooth2053]

Melo would’ve definitely won at least 2 chips with rip Ben and Chauncey

[@junioranderson947]

4

[@615outeast8]

Right at least 2 fasho!

[@615outeast8]

@@junioranderson947 fuc no 😭 most likely 2

[@missayawk]

Easily

[@erwinhouser7704]

Absolutely

[@lewis20002000]

The most underrated point guard.

[@gillygil35]

It definitely would’ve changed a lot for Melo if the Pistons drafted him

[@hakeemx791]

Changed the city too, Melo would have been a champion at 19 and still could have lead the team thru a rebuild

[@kahstacks578]

Hardest day as a Melo fan 😔

[@Derekperseverance]

Bro hardest day as a Detroiter 🤦‍♂️😭💯 like we won but we would’ve won back to back against spurs with melo and possibly have 3 rings with melo

[@irvintelligent]

Man… not drafting Melo still gives true Pistons fans nightmares till this day. Chauncey actually shedding light on the business end of why we took Darko over Melo is real spill ✊🏾🫡

[@HakeemTheDream616]

Wait...what did he say was the reason?

[@rickytr3y]

U can't type that then not explain what he said

[@HakeemTheDream616]

@@rickytr3y Exactly 🤣

[@yungsosaTV]

@@HakeemTheDream616 He was saying if they drafted Melo that would have hampered their plans for lebron. So they had to pick darko instead.

[@irvintelligent]

@@yungsosaTV Exactly. I thought people watched the video… like we did. lol If the Pistons would’ve chose Melo (or Wade for that matter), they would’ve been a juggernaut…. We would’ve gotten at least 2-3 more championships. But fate if you have it (or David Stern) would have it another way…. smh

[@victorvainberg]

That Pistons team was fire 🔥

[@michaelbonhomme3219]

My Belief 1. Melo grows DISCIPLINED/RESPECTFUL OF VETS 2. Melo NEVER comes into seasons out of shape or slightly heavy 3. Melo enters his prime knowing HOW TO WIN 4. Melo invests on the defensive side 2 Trophies MAX before leaving Detroit for NY

[@AT-ts1se]

Diddo

[@akeme25]

If he ever leaves Detroit lol

[@oscarmiramontes8577]

Melo with more defense would be crazy

[@dezinetech1000]

If Detroit would’ve drafted Melo, that team would’ve been scary. But to say it would change Brons trajectory? That’s pushing it. Greats will always rise to the top.

[@imverygerby]

This pistons were already an elite team bron didn’t come out the gates winning playoff series against elite teams. Melo would have literally been drafted to a championship team ready to repeat

[@mashwork6615]

Lebron would’ve had serious issues dealing with those pistons teams with Melo on top. The big 3 probably still happens and then Lebron would get to winning rings

[@MIB_Bos_Dolo]

Trajectory is based off starting point. So yes I believe it could effect anyone. Think 2009 A.I for Billups. One players value went one way and the other went another. Just saying.

[@jboogie874]

nigga what championship did they win?? 😂 are y’all forgetting they only became contenders when they traded for rasheed after the all star break???? 😂 & who was they gone trade for rasheed? melo 😂

[@djohnson504x3]

I'll never understand why Detroit passed on Melo for Darko....

[@personalityexpertise820]

Because the non-black media began ENDORSING the move. Americans didn't know who a foreigner named DARKO was. The non-black media said he may be better than the best USA college star (Carmelo). A black city was forced to make this silly pick & we found the information to be a MEDIA LIE, FAKE NEWS from non-black people.

[@notalionsfanbut]

Politics

[@akeme25]

They were looking for the next Dirk for some reason lol

[@mauricejohnson1068]

Because of Dirk 😂

[@tevincornelious2426]

Tryna travel to the universe where the pistons did draft Melo we would’ve loved him in the city

[@jmar5127]

It's crazy how Bron is the only guy who wasn't allowed to have a top notch supportING cast and when he did he got scrutinized

[@jman1562001]

Naw it wasn't that Bron wasn't allowed lol....People took exception to the him doing the "Decision" when leaving and then bragging about winning multiple titles when he arrived in Miami. Everyone knew he carried the Cavs as far as he could and that talent pool wasn't enough to get him over the hump. that was what changed the narrative and brought him scrutiny.

[@user-jd6zf9vj8g]

@@jman1562001realest shit I ever read bro I’m a Lebron fan die hard one and you said some real shit

[@TLR1988]

​@@jman1562001if people really believed this teammates weren't enough, he wouldn't get hated in for not winning back then. MJ fans knew that as long he stayed in Cleveland, MJ legacy would start in tact. It's common sense that you need skill but also talent around stars to win. LeBron was the only Superstar that had to scout players for himself instead of the GM doing his job. The same people mad that he left, don't even work for the same company they did back in the day especially if they find a better job opportunity. People just didn't want him surprising MJ and that goes for the owners and contemporaries.

[@jman1562001]

@@TLR1988 ain't no agenda.....it didn't work in Cleveland and he got his chips. Unless he wins 6, Jordan fans never will give him the number 1 spot. Different game different times

[@purpmanelaflare5438]

💯 Big facts. Pistons probably would have more than 2 rings in the 2000's

[@louier4172]

Joe Dumars built that amazing team and then he killed it. They had 4 All Stars and they allowed like 86 points per game one year. The only starter that didnt make the All Star team was the Small Foward. Insert Melo into that team and it would have been real scary for the league.

[@DinoNuggets7]

Melo was a problem back in the day. I seriously thought my Lakers were going to lose against them in 2009.

[@marcusblack8768]

Funny

[@unreasonabledoubt165]

Damn instead of fighting for his life in Denver he would’ve been the most efficient two way player ever probably 😭

[@billdelancey416]

lol hell nah. He played the way he always played. Two way? He hates defense

[@TenThumbsProductions]

Wade to Pistons would’ve changed his career even more. Who was the Pistons biggest competition besides Lebron? The Heat. Who did Lebron go to play with? Imagine that Pistons run then Lebron going to Detroit. Drafting Wade would’ve meant the greatest dynasty in NBA history.

[@TheTaken4]

Don't really know about that they had billups and Hamilton as the guards there small forward position was the weakest and they were a defence oriented team adding a pure scorer who's team mate would let him do his thing on offence would be crazy, d wade would be coming off the bench for a while

[@jay2k480]

Aint no way a young d wade coming off the bench

[@TenThumbsProductions]

@@jay2k480 so talk Rip Hamilton into playing a Manu Ginobili roll, he is also 6’6” so you can finish games with him at 3. Tayshaun would’ve been an amazing person to lead a bench squad too. Too much talent is a good problem.

[@TheTaken4]

@@jay2k480 yes way

[@NACentDSTM]

@@jay2k480 you must not know who coach brown was if u say that smh also neither was melo tf

[@tonerome5387]

Yeah yeah yeah… If my auntie has balls she’d be my uncle too. Foh lol

[@ctguniversal]

Lol. U get a like sir

[@ctguniversal]

All that what if is for the birds. We here now

[@jalenmoncrief6615]

This crazy right here😂

[@davionbradley2527]

Nah this real. Melo would have at least two rings. Would’ve won one his rookie year against the Lakers and probably the next year against San Antonio.

[@KingCristo]

If we all take our bias out this is and has been a LEGIT question

[@bancopop3133]

Larry Brown would've showed us a Melo the world would've absolutely loved!

[@neffreebandz4456]

That would’ve been 🔥🔥 to see!!!

[@a.s.t6259]

Thats when u know it's Called Entertainment!!! The NBA wasn't gone let happen!!!

[@percyhall6964]

The league didn't want the Pistons to be a dynasty. How do you pick Darko over Camelo. The fix was in.

[@lu7713]

That pistons squad such a criminally underrated team. its a shame they weren’t in the NBA 75 ceremony This team was truly special

[@Da_Infamous]

As right as you are that the 2004 pistons was a GREAT TEAM would they beat the bad boys now sure it's two different eras but what team was better

[@tevincornelious2426]

I have always felt this way

[@nate8604]

LeBron was gonna be what he became regardless. Detroit had a team with four to five studs, and barely got by LeBron at 21 years old , with a lottery squad as his backup.

[@grownup7411]

but the difference now they would have a bonafide superstar in Melo

[@dontaerussell3397]

Lebron's team was better than a lot of ppl give them credit for, you don't finish 1 or 2 in the conference with a bad team, either that or it just proves the fact that the east was trash..

[@nate8604]

@@dontaerussell3397 Then why hasn’t Cleveland made a postseason appearance since 98 without LeBron on the roster????

[@nate8604]

@@grownup7411 they had four all stars at one point, and Tayshaun Prince. How many guys they need to handle a 21-22 year old???

[@thakiid8568]

Yeah lebron was going to be what he is now but Melo would of had a crazy headstart infront of Bron

[@ramonecoleman5588]

Everything you said was facts

[@jaysonb.6669]

I remember a week before the draft, Dick Vitale was on the radio having an interview with Joe Dumars practically SCREAMING to draft Carmelo! Joe Dumars didn't even see Darko play live. He just watched some grainy vhs tape from Bosnia given to him by a scout & drafted him after one private workout lol.

[@yairsalas5544]

Die Hard Bulls Fan, that Pistons team would have been lethal…

[@rockstarg57]

Melo to Detroit would have been game, set match.

[@IaMYoungWalker22]

That's why they didn't make it happen. Melo always been under the scope lol

[@danielisrael2066]

As a teen I used to watch Chauncey doing backflips down the block, he was an adolescent. This was on Gaylord St on the east side of Denver. I used to say that boy gone be great one day.

[@joejackson1445]

Thank you Joe Dumars🦾

[@greenleafjanitorialservice8574]

It’s amazing how people always talk about 5 of them against Lebron. That alone speaks on Lebrons greatness.

[@jermainehoward2957]

It speaks on how Overrated LeFraud James is

[@greenleafjanitorialservice8574]

@@jermainehoward2957 that’s cute, I thought I smelled coffee then I realized I don’t drink coffee, so it must be the hate and jealousy I smell….

[@CaptainByAHook]

Melo even on the nuggets was bullying bron first 4 seasons in the league, bron had that hunger tho, melo was chilling on top

[@NACentDSTM]

Try 7 seasons melo had a winning record on bron by a lot till he went to miami

[@jimmyfreeman95]

I wasn't even a Detroit fan and I was shocked Melo didn't go to Detroit,I was 12 and realized they made the doink of the 2000s

[@drei9]

Carmelo was Already an offensive Machine in his 1st-3yrs. And with that Detroit Team which was known as The best Defensive team.

[@LuisMos]

What if…… Maybe in another multiverse.

[@coachhbosoccer]

Wow didn't know Melo was expected to go to Detroit. That would have been a crazy dynasty

[@lareka11]

Pistons had 2nd pick, first was Bron, next one Pistons picked Darko over Melo, Wade and Bosh. They traded for Sheed, won the title in 2004, lost in game 7 nba finals

[@stiffjabzz4237]

Darko was A typical Detroit franchise move we stay fucking up.

[@anthonytaylor7928]

Dude that's legendary Joe dumars gm picked Darko milicic dumbest move by a gm

[@darrylmurff8412]

I’ve been telling everybody the same thing Chauncey’s telling the world for years! Melo with them pistons would have been a nightmare for the league for many years!!

[@kvothedo]

Don't forget that Lebron took over with Eric Snow, Delonte West, Mo Williams, Sasha Pavlovic, Anderson Varejao, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Daniel Gibson. Fun fact: Ilgauskas was the second best player in that team.

[@deionbaker3625]

ehh.. Larry Brown didn't play rookies, esp ones that don't play D. IMO They didn't want to deal with that drama. Joe Dumars wanted Melo, Larry wanted Darko.

[@donbutler149]

Did Larry tell u ?

[@Kirbystare1992]

He just came off a national championship lol. Plus that works out perfectly if he doesn’t play much they most likely still get sheed in a trade.

[@kf660]

Wrong. Dumars fell in love with Darko when he worked out in Detroit. This is well documented and common knowledge.

[@epray]

As a longtime 6ers fan… it has ALWAYS been clear to me that Larry Brown picked Darko over ‘Melo, and Dumars took the hit for it. LB did the same in Philly picking Larry Hughes over Paul Freakin’ Pierce when Pierce dropped into our laps. Then he blamed the GM for it on his way out headed to… Detroit. When confronted by media over the Hughes pick, he claimed he didn’t know what his title was in Philly, even though everyone knew he ran personnel. Did more of the same with the Knix when he blew up their roster… and retired. LB got paid tens of millions of dollars of money to be a roster-wrecking ball. But he’s a “coaching genius” so owners let him have his way. The one ring he got in Detroit validated LB’s madness. Everyone knows they shoulda won three, at least!

[@Daveyjdigital]

LeBron was going to be that guy regardless in my first three jerseys was Carmelo been Wallace and Paul Pierce back in 05

[@macbenzo1677]

Nobody forgot nothing a 22 year old LeBron RAN THROUGH the East with all the Big names Pistons had on their roster. Melo never played defense for any team wasn’t stopping LeBron.

[@Tellurdogisayhello]

Man i miss the days of watching chauncey and melo

[@Yawdie590]

No dispespect Chance' but nothing was going to stop Bron.

[@jasonhoyer7475]

I thought you were taking melo too........ I even said it then Detroit would have been really good for a long time if they took melo

[@oroebuck]

Carmelo has always been a Robin, not a Batman; a scorer without any defense. Lebron has led every franchise he's played for to a championship with three different coaches. #LeGOAT

[@drk.i.a.2969]

Checkmate. Wudda cudda so what.

[@Jay-ft3xh]

Thats the point. Melo could have thrived greater than he ever did on a team that was lacking for absolutely nothing but scoring.

[@carlosdavie4426]

He lost too many times in the finals and Steph record is better

[@oroebuck]

@@carlosdavie4426 Those are team accomplishments. Lebron's jersey will be retired by three teams. Steph's by one.

[@carlosdavie4426]

@@oroebuck it’s cool but who about to have more chips

[@coachhbosoccer]

Billups was my favorite point guard

[@derekbrown4696]

Damn, I forgot about that. Then hearing CB say what he said. My mind just went running.

[@CBarber22]

Can't teach Melo to be a point forward or to be an athletic freak of nature. LeBron may have struggled to beat the Pistons but he was always going to be better than Melo

[@NACentDSTM]

Bron came into the league as a sg though that’s why just say you don’t know basketball because if melo was allowed to play like bron was and bring the ball down he would easily average 5-6 ast even George Karl who doesn’t like melo said he was capable of doing it and every time melo got 5-6+ they don’t lose … as proof look at how melo played in the Syracuse championship game 20/10/7 was his stat line

[@CBarber22]

@N.A.C ent if Bernard King had played PG, he wouldn't have just developed into Magic. You're talking fantasies, Melo had below average athleticism and below average court vision/IQ, nothing would have changed that because those are not teachable skills

[@NACentDSTM]

@@CBarber22 bro melo played pg before his growth spurt again as I said go watch how melo played in the Syracuse championship where he was making the right passes guy smh plus if you watched melo play in 2015 when he came back from the knee surgery he had many games where he had 5-6 ast regularly. As well as melo on occasion showing if he wanted to he can make great passes the point is he gets the ball in the low post with his back to the basket not the top of the key and anybody that plays basketball will tell you it’s a huge difference. Bruh said melo has below average iq like melo wasn’t a 19 year pro and can break down the game interviews you don’t know what tf your talking about smh. Your confusing choosing not to pass with the inability to smh 🤦🏾‍♂️ melo has confirmed as well as his teammates that he doesn’t pass in situations where “he should” because he practices those shots to specifically take them . We talking about a pro here not some guy in the ymca smh

[@NACentDSTM]

@@CBarber22 also below average athleticism…. Bro was McDonald all American sure he was not as athletic as bron but to say he was below average in athleticism is asinine … before his knee injury and surgery he would regularly put people on a poster also he had one of the most explosive first steps in basketball and had the quickest second jump, plus he was pretty fast

[@CBarber22]

@N.A.C ent making a pass to the open man because you demand a double team is not floor vision. Even in his prime Melo had pure PGs running the offense.. Andre Miller, Billups, Ray Felton. He always needed a floor general

[@sirhoopalot1125]

Facts, Melo definitely owned Bron while he was in Denver go look up some highlights, Bron could not mess with bro.

[@marcellusmetcalf8807]

Y’all always take it too far😂

[@IvanDiaz-fl6ff]

4 rings vs 0 rings

[@IvanDiaz-fl6ff]

Bron ain’t worried about nothing he still a superstar while Melo on his way out the league like iverson

[@carondawson171]

Huh? Bron was only 18 while Melo had a good squad with the nuggets 🤣and Bron was still neck to neck with melo in they rookie year Melo just had a good time while Bron had me starting at point guard...

[@sirhoopalot1125]

@@carondawson171 bro what? Melo out dueled Bron every time what are we talking about! Melo would pull up in bro face like it’s nothing, literally 😐 you talking about when they was 18 19 lol

[@intheefacesportsball-n-bra3172]

Never looked at it like that 💯

[@pipkinsdb]

The NBA did not allow Detroit to draft Melo. Lebron was the anointed one.

[@corpyhogan4433]

Carmelo fans and their conspiracy theories will never not be funny as hell 😂😂😂

[@RaheemC26]

If melo went to Detroit .. they would have at least won a ring with him

[@TheDrogueLabel]

Lebron doesn’t beat the Pistons in that playoff series if Melo was there.

[@paperstack23]

The same thing would’ve happened, he just would’ve beat then differently. Probably goes 7 games instead. When certain players tap into “god mode” there’s nothing that you can do but hope 💯

[@brandonwilkins6816]

They didn’t even have Ben Wallace lol

[@Megahustla313rd]

People keep saying that now, but Pistons didn't have Sheed at the time either, so if Pistons drafted Melo would the Sheed trade still happened 🤔

[@joelemaine]

Man. What a difference of where you get drafted

[@stuikolovatu]

LBJ is that man! Wouldn’t of changed a thing

[@inokerogoyawa]

Shiiiiiit !! Melo would’ve won 2 right off the bat…

[@Mark_Ellzy]

They’re not saying Lebron wouldn’t be the man they’re just questioning how things change if melo was drafted in Detroit with that culture they had built.

[@rhorn04]

@@Mark_Ellzy nah they had to make it about lebron. They couldn’t just say if they got melo how great it would’ve been.

[@Mark_Ellzy]

@@rhorn04 well they kinda had to because Melo going to the pistons in the east actually would have a somewhat direct effect on Lebron and the Cavs. It’s just drawing the parallel that if melo is raised up in the pistons culture at that time how much better could he have been how much longer could the pistons have been great, and does Lebron end up taking over the east like he eventually did? I think the Lebron debate is a natural parallel to go to once they bring up Melo possibly being drafted by the pistons.

[@rhorn04]

@@Mark_Ellzy stop it skip

[@cjfink5382]

The king was bound for the crown no matter what.

[@deeessex11]

That's why the nba sent Melo to the nuggets duh. They low-key telling us the nba/draft is rigged.

[@WDZ29]

The King of the Hill himself Mr.Big Shot

[@Put_U_Smooth]

I hear what he’s saying but at the same time that Malice in the palace changed a lot of careers negatively on both sides so who knows 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@christianstokes4111]

That literally doesn't take away from anything he said tho...I swear y'all bron fans just love to say anything🤷🏿‍♂️

[@MichaelLee-pl4sh]

This would have been after they took melo.

[@grabbingrain2238]

But he not talking about that he said if melo joined them idk how you just switched topics like that 💀

[@JakeDaMistake]

Carmelo definitely didn't need that lol but the pistons would've been crazy with Tayshaun off the bench

[@jamesjohnson-rr9gp]

it probably wouldnt of happened with melo on the team.

[@flelite3994]

*True the Piston's front office F'd that up kind of ruined Melo's career*

[@lifeindetroit8616]

Culture ,chemistry, player development in a team atmosphere people don’t often talk about when it comes to a players careers

[@kasemalin3293]

Facts look at Lamar Odom, goes to LA one pick before Minnesota. Imagine Odom with KG in Minneapolis, no glitz or glimmer no drugs LA scene . Just focus on hoops

[@lifeindetroit8616]

@@kasemalin3293 📠

[@dereklewis6732]

Damm that a hell of a point and definitely something to think about 🤔

[@percelbrown7563]

And they say shorts not Rigged….. shiiiiiiiiiidd😂😂😂……passed on a future hof’r for someone who lasted like 3 years, SMH

[@BlessedOne686]

Anybody here remember when max was debating whether Melo would have had a significant on that pistons team and thought MAYBE they would win? Max gave me some good laughs man😂😂

[@OmarScruggs]

They did Prince dirty showing his shooting form 🤣

[@thaferg525]

I wish they would have gotten Carmelo

[@ewoody8864]

Man i thought we was picking him too

[@tslomka6272]

Having Larry Brown as his coach for his first few years could have changed him quite a bit as well. Scoring was the biggest issue that Pistons team encountered.

[@moorishbehaviors8929]

It's like the diff in high school coaches

[@jayt2192]

That would had been SCARY!!!

[@familychannel7050]

King would still be king

[@kriskrepps9012]

Pistons were so stacked that the darko pick did t piss off too many. But a few years later it sure did.

[@jamaltaylor5]

Anybody else notice that Brons name comes up in every episode? That's hella respect

[@misterdurante2276]

Wow... darko vs Melo vs what could have been.. all the smoke shoutout

[@tennaj1367]

Melo on Pistons would have given them AT LEAST 3 more rings!

[@hennyjames5855]

Facts

[@HitPeace]

This is a great point. LeBron single handedly dismantled the pistons in the playoffs, closing their championship window.

[@FireAngelChris]

They were right back the very next year in the conference finals with more wins lol

[@travieetreproductions943]

@@FireAngelChris and if Melo is on that pistons team ain’t no telling if LeBron gets back because he’d have to deal with the pistons and the Celtics big three too

[@FireAngelChris]

@@travieetreproductions943 I think Bron gets to the finals regardless but I also think pistons contention window is open longer.

[@The_Word_Is_The_Way]

Taking Darko out ver Melo was the most boneheaded decision ever. Can’t believe the Pistons did that.

[@jerrylumpy5141]

Piston's lost their mind with that pick. Deeetrrroiit Baassskeettbaalll!

[@vondeal1219]

Darko: Hahahahahaha!!! (Polishing his Championship Ring 💍 🏆)

[@junioranderson947]

Interesting topic. Melo would definitely be considered the best player at this point

[@robertgoodman420]

Being from Detroit every time I hear and think about that move,I get so pissed at Joe Dumars

[@rayj.9568]

The Detroit Pistons pulled a Detroit Lions type move, by selecting Darko instead of Melo.

[@mbwell]

Imagine how long Michael Jordan would have waited, if Len Bias didn’t die on draft night. The Celtics were loaded and ready for another dynasty.

[@blacklikehistory]

Nba made the call said naw we gone push Lebron through

[@franklinrodriguez6697]

Holy moley I am old enough to remember this 1. Just imagine Melo on these Pistons teams having great vets to teach him a HOF coach . Easily 2 chips & people would have even more respect for Melo

[@mickr2985]

He is speaking facts an the NBA did not want that

[@l.b.cchiarisurvivor7881]

If they could teach Young Melo to be selfless is the key to that prediction

[@bluntroastin]

As a bron fan. This tough as a hot take.

[@kybelian]

Chauncey has got Portland headed upward so far this year

[@lucas2424mc]

Love Chauncey

[@KingJaymo2k11]

That was definitely a higher up pick beyond Joe Dumar…this man is too smart to fuck up a pick that bad on his own

[@kylepomeroy73]

I’ll never forget that legendary pistons team

[@KumGuzz69]

No idea what the fuck pistons were doing drafting Darko.

[@Awsme_J]

Memo woulda been a completely different player growing up with those pistons. They prolly coulda ran a couple off