Stephen A. Smith is no stranger to controversial takes, but saying Carmelo Anthony would have won a title if the Detroit Pistons had drafted him is not one of them.
SAS certainly isn’t the first person to make this claim, as it’s been talked about for 22 years, but the hypothetical has been unearthed again recently as people reflect on Melo’s career before his induction into the Hall of Fame.
Smith made these points on the Gil’s Arena podcast and broke down all of the reasons Carmelo would have thrived in Detroit, and they all make sense.