Darko Milicic — 2004 Detroit Pistons
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It wasn’t going to be fair. The 2003 Detroit Pistons made the Eastern Conference Finals. The night before the ECF started, they also had a near perfect draft lottery, landing the number two pick in a loaded draft as the payout for a trade they’d made six years later, giving the Grizzlies Otis Thorpe. The Pistons returned a loaded lineup and, though they missed out on LeBron James at the top of the draft, had their pick of Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh.
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Instead, they chose Serbian big man Darko Milicic. Oops. Darko played under five minutes a game as a rookie, along with 14 playoff minutes spread out across eight games. He scored one single solitary playoff point — and he got just as many NBA championship rings to go with it.
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