<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">As a spokesperson for a website called ?FreeDarko,? I?ve been asked numerous times to justify the career of Darko Milicic. Almost all of these times, I?ve had to come up with something totally implausible and thunderously pretend that it was true. On the cusp of the ?06-07 campaign, though, I can finally stand tall and talk real on the subject. Darko is a twenty-two year-old seven footer whose shot-blocking could soon become the stuff of jazzy narco-ballads. He?s coming off a delightful run at the Worlds, where a storied Serbian program looked to him for late-game assurance. And the older he gets, the more we?re seeing that ?mean streak in the post? that was his surname in June 2003. But the real reason that Darko is off of fate?s pinwheel is his situation in Orlando. For the next decade, he?ll share a frontcourt with Young Dwight, a behemoth on the verge of demanding triple-teams. That?s two very young, very active, very legit big men of the revolution standing arm-in-arm when the whistle sounds. One of them, the Christian with braces, will very likely begin to write his name into history this coming season. And just as Marvin Harrison allowed for the emergence of Reggie Wayne, Howard?s presence means that Darko can shine in the shadows, sneakily piling up numbers and mottos without the burden of extremes. No longer a lonely boom-or-bust scenario, the partnership with DH makes Darko redundant but not irrelevant; Darko will be the echo, and the sound will be immortality. </div> Source
I hated it when Darko rotted on the bench for Detroit becuase it was obvious that he had talent. But he did have the chance to practice with Ben and Sheed, and that most definately meens something. Now its gonna be awsome to watch him play alongside one of the futures best big men, and possibly become one himself.
I agree with the last two posters and my original intent of posting this was to say how ludacris the rankings were. Potential was put into consideration way to much when writing these rankings.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Swish15:</div><div class="quote_post">I agree with the last two posters and my original intent of posting this was to say how ludacris the rankings were. Potential was put into consideration way to much when writing these rankings.</div> Still a great article written... you guys should keep in mind this was written by a guy that writes for freedarko.com... right? I dont think any of us in here take any type of rankings serious... as a matter of fact, rankings in general are pretty irreverent IMO. Team rankings... player rankings... A player like Tayshaun Prince isn't rated highly for anyone, but he is such an important part of that organization. I prefer reading articles about the top 50 underrated players, or something of that sort. They usually have more depth about the players that we don't read about on a daily basis.... here in LA anyone can tell you what kobe's favorite food is, what that girl looked like, and how many points he scored in one game, but i don't think many people in LA could tell me off the top of their head who the big man is in LA. FYI... Darko IS the 49th BEST PLAYER IN THE NBA...
