Carmelo Anthony believes he would have “maybe two or three rings” by now had the Pistons picked him second overall in the 2003 NBA Draft.
Chauncey Billups concurs, adding that his Detroit squads “would’ve won three championships”âthey ended up with just oneâif they hadn’t instead gone with Darko Milicic.
Anthony, 35, built a Hall of Fame career largely in Denver, and says his Nuggets would’ve have swept the NBA Finals in 2009 had they gotten that far.
Per NBC Sports:
Anthony on Instagram with Dwyane Wade: “I was sick, because we were supposed to beat them that year. I donât like saying ‘We should have.’ I donât like saying all that. But when you re-evaluate everything. We really wanted Orlando in that Finals that year. We was like, ‘If we get Game 1 in L.A. or Game 2, weâre going back to Denver, weâre sweeping them.’ We was going to beat them. We was going to beat them that year if we wouldâve won in L.A. If we wouldâve won both games, we wouldâve beat them. And we wouldâve swept Orlando that year.”
Wade: “Orlando was alright, but they werenât⊔
Anthony: “No, wouldâve swept them. We wouldâve swept them that year.”
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