<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class="bi">Worthwhile Investment</div> <div> <span style="font-style: italic">Nov 14</span> - Darko Milicic is proving to be a worthwhile investment in the early stages. The often maligned (and deservedly so) free-agent pickup has delivered consistent effort and production. You'd have to say he's meeting expectations so far.</p> </p> Six games do not make an NBA season but Milicic's efficiency belies his clumsy preseason. He's shooting 46 percent, averaging 9.6 points, 8 rebounds and 1.6 blocks in 30 minutes.</p> </p> Bottom line is that if Milicic can keep this up, he'll make his three-year, reportedly $21 million contract a bargain. -- <font color="#000000">Memphis Commercial-Appeal</font></p></div></div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticKing)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> Yea that was a good deal for Memphis. Darko will give them 10 to 15 ppg and 10 to 13 rpg.</p> </div></p> Really? I can see him getting 10-15 ppg, but 10-13 rpg? I'd say closer to 8-9. He's got to play alongside Gasol, and the guy's season high in boards is only 13. I'd predict a statline of 12.5 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 1 apg, and 2 bpg on just under 50% shooting, with about 55% from the line. He's gettingmoreburn in Memphis, but he's still part of an offense that doesn't create a lot of opportunities for big men, and now he plays next to an All-Star center (which could possibly work for him but will likely wind up working against him on the stat sheet for stats like rpg, bpg, etc.).</p> </p>
