Yagirlcheatinonus
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If the Detroit Pistons drafted him over Darko?
Would Bron still be Bron? Pistons would’ve been a dynasty.
Would Bron still be Bron? Pistons would’ve been a dynasty.
How different would we view Melos career?
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Yagirlcheatinonus
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tremonthustler1
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this thread gets made every year.
The answer is always Larry Brown.
The answer is always Larry Brown.
THE SAME LARRY BROWN
WHO ALLOWED IVERSON
TO TAKE 28 SHOTS PER GAME?
Yagirlcheatinonus
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So Melo reminded him to much of AI?
tremonthustler1
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Iverson wasn't a rookie under Larry Brown though.
THE SAME LARRY BROWN
WHO ALLOWED IVERSON
TO TAKE 28 SHOTS PER GAME?
Rasille
(Rah.Zil.E)
He gets a ring and possibly wins two because imo they beat the ‘05 Spurs with Melo.
C- Ben/Campbell
PF- Sheed/McDyess
SF- Melo/Prince
SG- Rip
PG- Billups/Hunter
C- Ben/Campbell
PF- Sheed/McDyess
SF- Melo/Prince
SG- Rip
PG- Billups/Hunter
HE WAS A 2ND YR PLAYERUNDER BROWN....
WE GONNA ACT LIKE
THATS A HUGE DIFFERENCE?
Fools really took darko milicic 
Yagirlcheatinonus
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Melo as a rookie would’ve deferred to the vets on that pistons team. And if they still get Sheed at trade deadline it’s a wrap at least until 2011
Yagirlcheatinonus
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They got one without Melo if they draft them I see them getting 3.
tremonthustler1
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YES!
UNDER BROWN....
WE GONNA ACT LIKE
THATS A HUGE DIFFERENCE?
Before I circle back, the real player to question instead of Darko was Bosh because for that team the real issue was they didn't have a ton of size outside of Memo until they traded for Sheed. They were rigid in their lineup and valued that consistency. Once they got Sheed, that's all the upending Dumars was gonna do.
So here's the best case scenario for Melo:
he has a ring (though not contributing much at all to it). Brown still maintains status quo and maybe Melo gets to acquire some of the bench minutes left behind (cuz even then they followed up with getting McDyess as a 6th man for the next 3 years). Perhaps he shows enough by the end of the deal for some other team to acquire him a la James Harden in OKC and then Melo takes off like a rocket ship. As a Piston there was always gonna be a barrier because 1. they weren't building around him and 2. they had their lineup already for the long term that had already netted Detroit a ring and how many trips to the ECF? There was never incentive to upend that, let alone for someone who was never gonna defend to the liking of Larry Brown.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
MELO WAS DRAFTED BEFORE
DETROIT EVER WON A RING,
SHEED WASNT ON THE TEAM YET
AND THIS WAS BROWNS
FIRST YEAR COACHING THE TEAM.
MELO WAS COMING OFF
THE NCAA TOURNAMENT MVP
BROWN WASNT GOING TO TREAT
HIM LIKE A SCRUB....
SECONDLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY
BROWN WAS ONLY THERE FOR
2 SEASONS, WHICH DEFEATS
ALL THAT OTHER shyt YOU TYPED.
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
MELO WAS DRAFTED BEFORE
DETROIT EVER WON A RING,
SHEED WASNT ON THE TEAM YET
AND THIS WAS BROWNS
FIRST YEAR COACHING THE TEAM.
MELO WAS COMING OFF
THE NCAA TOURNAMENT MVP
BROWN WASNT GOING TO TREAT
HIM LIKE A SCRUB....
SECONDLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY
BROWN WAS ONLY THERE FOR
2 SEASONS, WHICH DEFEATS
ALL THAT OTHER shyt YOU TYPED.
Melo's rookie year was the year they won. The other three were just in the ECF.
Melo finished 2nd in ROY to LeBron and LB STILL treated him like a scrub on a half-assed Olympic team. Melo played 47 minutes on that team. Meanwhile Richard Jefferson got 101 more minutes to still shoot 32% from the field. It's not as if this hypothetical is based on nothing. Melo showed everyone how good he was already and LB still didn't give a shyt, so the idea that he wouldn't apply this to the teams he already is crazy.
Yes, Brown after 2 seasons, so going back to my best case scenario, the avenue to be a contributor off the bench might have opened up after Brown leaves. Flip came in and their offensive rating was 4th while still maintaining an elite defense and won 64 games. What in Flip's mind woulda made him think "we need to shake up this lineup?"
Prince saw SIX coaches in the time he was in Detroit. None of them ever looked to replace or bench the guy because they knew how important he was. The Pistons didn't make any crazy changes in general until they got AI years later.
