President of Basketball OperationsDetroit Pistons
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Live operations · June 26, 2003
Draft night command
Cleveland just took LeBron. Detroit is on the clock, and the Serbian teenager is off your board.
Decision windowPick 2 is on the clock
Starting five
Step 1 · Understand the moment
The scouting department spent a year on an 18-year-old in Vršac. You have decided Detroit will not draft him. Three future Hall of Famers are still available, your new head coach famously refuses to play rookies, and a contending roster needs help now.
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What your advisors see
What happened in our history
In reality, Detroit selected Darko Miličić second — ahead of Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, and Dwyane Wade. The Pistons still won the 2004 title, but Darko played only 96 games in Detroit and the pick became shorthand for the road not taken.