2004 NBA Draft team needs
Originally Published: May 28, 2004
By
Chad Ford | NBA Insider
Should teams draft to fill their needs or should they take the best player available when they draft?
Most teams will tell you that they choose the latter, but history shows that when they do it, disaster seems to strike. There's nothing worse than having a high draft pick sitting on the bench picking his nose. Darko Milicic was killed by the press, in large part, because the Pistons had so much depth in the paint that he didn't see the light of day.
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