I remember before the LeBron James draft, the common consensus was that LBJ was #1, Carmelo Anthony was #2, Darko Milicic was #3, and then there was a big drop-off in talent. Detroit had just drafted promising rookie Tayshaun Prince the year before, so they went with big-man Milicic. But then #4 was Chris Bosh, #5 was Dwyane Wade, #6 was Chris Kaman (imagein what Detroit could have been with Kaman instead of Darko), #7 was Kirk Hinrich, #8 was TJ Ford, and down the road you still had Mickael Pietrus, Nick Collison, David West, Sasha Pavlovic, Boris Diaw, Travis Outlaw, Leandro Barbosa and Josh Howard, all of whom would have contributed more to Detroit in the time Milicic was there. (Wow, that was a draft. Second round had Jason Kapono, Luke Walton, Maurice Williams, Kyle Korver).
2004 - The third pick was Ben Gordon. Not bad, Chicago.
2005 - The third pick was Deron Williams. Stupendous. Utah thanks Atlanta, as does New orleans who took Chris paul at #4.
2006 - The third pick was Adam Morrison. Oh my. They passed on Brandon Roy for him.
2007 - Al Horford. He's going to be a star.
So in 2008, is it 7-footer Brook Lopez? Is it shoot-first point guard OJ Mayo, where best-case scenario, he's the next Dwyane Wade?
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