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Now that LeBron is a Cavalier, Milicic a Piston and Anthony a Nugget, the only question left is whether James will finish his career in the same city where it began, or Darko will become synonymous with Detroit and if Carmelo will ever even call Denver home.

In the current Collective Bargaining Agreement, the NBA was sure to include a rookie salary scale that was based on a three-year contract with two additional years at the team's option. This was, of course, the most logical way of keeping players who had absolutely no NBA experience from making more money than veteran NBA players. But it was also the best way of ensuring that clubs would have sufficient time to develop their drafted talent before turning them over to free agency and possibly losing them forever.

But it hasn't exactly worked out that way.

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