When was carmelo drafted

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Milicic, the oddball in that quintet, never made an All-Star game and left Detroit with 96 appearances two starts , averaging 1. But Milicic has a chamionship ring. Anthony, meanwhile, is joining his fourth team in five seasons, hoping to capture a Larry O'Brien Trophy in the twilight of his playing days.

Because I'm like, they promised me, 'We taking you, we taking you. In case you forgot, Anthony, 19 at the time, was widely considered a top-three pick in the draft after a dominating year The 7-foot Milicic was about a year younger and one of the best players in his Serbian basketball program from the time he was The league he played in produced Toni Kukoc and Vlade Divac, so there was some track record there.

This blurb on Milicic was published as is in a predraft Sports Illustrated story though it's difficult to believe any NBA employee really thought a guy averaging 10 points — albeit as a teen — in Europe was rivaling LeBron James :. But back to Anthony. He told Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, former NBA'ers who host the "All The Smoke" podcast, that the Pistons talked candidly about adding him — yet it sounds like there may have been a clue that the team and player weren't fully on the same page.

And then they won it. And I'm like, 'My luck. Barnes and Jackson can be heard agreeing with Anthony's opinion that Detroit had more titles in store with Anthony. Barnes points out Rip Hamilton said on a previous episode that he believed Melo was going to be the pick, too.

He is now an assistant coach at Georgia State University. Mickael Pietrus was picked No. He was a solid role player around the league for years, last playing in As of , he was playing internationally.

It's unclear what he does today. Nick Collison was picked No. He announced his retirement in May and the team retired his jersey in He now works with the Thunder's front office. Marcus Banks was picked No. Banks played internationally after ten years in the NBA. He now runs a basketball academy. Luke Ridnour was picked No. Ridnour retired in after 12 years in the NBA. He occasionally trains basketball players and works with his son's basketball team. Reece Gaines was picked No. Troy Bell was picked No.

Bell only played one season in the NBA. He has since played overseas, most recently in Argentina. Zarko Cabarkapa was picked No.

He only played three years in the NBA. In , he became the sports director of the Adriatic Basketball Association League. David West was picked No. West was a two-time All-Star, playing for four teams in 15 years.

He retired in Sasha Pavlovic was picked No. After 10 years as a role player in the NBA, he returned to play in Europe. He was cut from the Greek club Panathinaikos in early As of , he said he was retired and weighing his future. Dahntay Jones was picked No. Jones vounced around the NBA, last playing in He has since played in the Big 3 and appeared on several networks as an analyst. Boris Diaw was picked No.

Diaw played 14 seasons in the NBA, playing a key role in the Spurs' championship. He played professionally in France in and now appears to travel the world. Zoran Planinic was picked No. He most recently played for the Turkish club Efes in His cousin is Clippers center Ivica Zubac. Travis Outlaw was picked No. After seven seasons with the Blazers, Outlaw bounced around the league and eventually fell out in after being waived by the 76ers. He now hosts basketball camps in Mississippi.