Flash Thunderton
The 4th Migo
I'm positive he'd have a ring or a few by now...
Maybe a MVP
Idk, but I doubt he'd be the Melo he is now
Maybe a MVP
Idk, but I doubt he'd be the Melo he is now
What would Melo's career look like if the Pistons drafted him instead?
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He'd have signed elsewhere, we don't trade for Sheed, we don't get no ring 
Darko's bust
Darko's bust
Absolut da poet ®
Jubilado
Flash Thunderton
The 4th Migo
He'd have signed elsewhere, we don't trade for Sheed, we don't get no ring
Darko's bust
Maybe not that year but I'm sure it wouldn't have taken more than 3 to get that team good and ready.
fakket woulda signed somewhere else when he was a FA
ALonelyDad
Veteran
Maybe he would have been more of a team player type guy being surrounded by the Pistons culture. Pistons had the east for like a good 6-7 years.. they were always there in ECF.
Slaimon Khan Shah
SLAIMON KHAN SHAH = SHAOLIN MONK/S OF ISLAAM
May Allah guide Carmelo to Islam.
Goatpoacher
Superstar
Won't happen, he likes bacon.
Flash Thunderton
The 4th Migo
Slaimon Khan Shah
SLAIMON KHAN SHAH = SHAOLIN MONK/S OF ISLAAM
He could still accept Islam and go to heaven. It's just he may have to face difficulties in this life or in the afterlife for his sinfulness (eating pork).
KnickstapeCity
The Big Dikk King
Larry Brown would've taught him to play defense and how to be more of a team player.
He would've been a much better player overall.
1/2 rings at least... At best, the possibilities are endless.
He would've been a much better player overall.
1/2 rings at least... At best, the possibilities are endless.
LB woulda been in his ass and Pistons never would have won a title..Then both would have left. Imagine Flip Saunders coaching Melo. That Pistons squad stopped respecting flip after the 2nd half of his 1st season.
Larry Brown
Larry Brown
I'm sure one of the main reasons they got Rasheed, outside of just plain common sense, was because Darko wasn't an immediate stand out or reliable option at the 4. So obviously if Melo was drafted, there would have been an even greater need for a power forward.
Pistons still would have won that year because worse case scenario LB would just bench Carmelo like he benched Darko, and its not like Ben, Rasheed, Rip or Chauncey would've given a shyt. Tayshaun would probably be happy as hell tho.
But I don't think it would come to that. Carmelo would've been a decent to solid contributor with some good moments, some bad moments and no doubt some ugly moments where he'd get benched for rookie mistakes, missed defensive assignments, being late/hung over, etc. But all in all he'd be no worse than Rondo was for the '08 Celtics. i.e. if he's doing great, he'd stay in but if not coach ain't gon entertain.
The big question would be what would've happened in year 2 as far as Melo's development... but even then, Larry Brown was going to leave at the end of that year.. Flip was going to take over and make them more offensively oriented.. and extending Melo's rookie deal would probably have been seen as the excuse/blame for why they couldn't afford to keep Ben. At some point, the final chapters of his stay in Detroit would prob mirror how it was for denver.. but probably in a slightly more positive light b/c of all the playoff success he would've had with Detroit playing in the east in that time span.
Pistons still would have won that year because worse case scenario LB would just bench Carmelo like he benched Darko, and its not like Ben, Rasheed, Rip or Chauncey would've given a shyt. Tayshaun would probably be happy as hell tho.
But I don't think it would come to that. Carmelo would've been a decent to solid contributor with some good moments, some bad moments and no doubt some ugly moments where he'd get benched for rookie mistakes, missed defensive assignments, being late/hung over, etc. But all in all he'd be no worse than Rondo was for the '08 Celtics. i.e. if he's doing great, he'd stay in but if not coach ain't gon entertain.
The big question would be what would've happened in year 2 as far as Melo's development... but even then, Larry Brown was going to leave at the end of that year.. Flip was going to take over and make them more offensively oriented.. and extending Melo's rookie deal would probably have been seen as the excuse/blame for why they couldn't afford to keep Ben. At some point, the final chapters of his stay in Detroit would prob mirror how it was for denver.. but probably in a slightly more positive light b/c of all the playoff success he would've had with Detroit playing in the east in that time span.