Joe Dumars. He was the real MVP.
If Dumars hadn’t fallen in love with the hype surrounding what basically amounted to a single workout for European prospect Darko Milicic then there’s a good chance Carmelo Anthony never becomes a Nugget. The Nuggets would have likely drafted Milicic instead, likely sending them into a terrible spiral highlighted by back to back high pricked European prospects who end up as draft busts. Instead, the Nuggets got the NCAA Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, fresh off leading the Syracuse Orange to the only NCAA Championship they’ve ever won.