Official Darko Watch

you know i ve always been a darko supporter for the most time ;)
good to see hes doing well, no hard feelings here...they should have left him in europe some more years so he could grow up...well i can understand pistons fans are tired to talk about darko, coulda, shoulda, he s gone time to move on and hope we ll get a nice guy next year with the orlando pick....still i dont believe he will ever be an allstar or lead the magic toward anything

Darko had his best game as a pro tonight.

He was on the floor in the 4th quarter at Chicago and sparked the Magic comeback. His defense in the post helped hold Chicago to 11 fourth quarter points.

27 minutes
6-12 FG
12 points
8 rebounds
4 blocks
2 PF
1 TO

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Originally Posted by b-diddy

well, i'll stop mentioning every time darko has a good game, but i will mention that theres a decent chance our first round matchup is going to be darko milicic and the magic. 8-3 in the last 11 games, with philly sinking like a stone and no one else exactly making a run at it.

8. Philly --
9. Chicago 1.5 GB
10. Boston 4 GB
11. Orlando 5 GB
12. Toronto 6.5 GB

It is possible, not likely though. But before the trade I would have said it was impossible. But since Orlando got Jameer Nelson back and Pat Garrity went down to a mysterious injury they've been playing great basketball.

Nevermind, Pat Garrity is back and put up this beautiful statline:

05:38 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

It would be a shame if he got the 4th big man spot over Bo Outlaw. Bo has really given them a lift.

Darko looked good today. He really is a great defensive presence in the paint. His jumper still sucks, and he still loves to let rebounds go that bounce off his hands, but he did a lot of things better than usual. He really was abusing anyone who was on him down low. Had a few hook shots in the post, and got in position for a few nice dimes for dunks/layups.

It did take a monumental collapse for them to win though. From the FT line, from the field, everything.

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Originally Posted by Kilo

Could it be that his coach tells him his role is to go for the block and Howard and Ariza will clean up the boards??

OK, the excuse list just got beyond ridiculous.

We're all dumber for having read that.

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Originally Posted by SKelly

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Originally Posted by b-diddy

well, i'll stop mentioning every time darko has a good game, but i will mention that theres a decent chance our first round matchup is going to be darko milicic and the magic. 8-3 in the last 11 games, with philly sinking like a stone and no one else exactly making a run at it.

8. Philly --
9. Chicago 1.5 GB
10. Boston 4 GB
11. Orlando 5 GB
12. Toronto 6.5 GB

It is possible, not likely though. But before the trade I would have said it was impossible. But since Orlando got Jameer Nelson back and Pat Garrity went down to a mysterious injury they've been playing great basketball.

Whorelando making the playoffs would be great. First off Sheed can abuse Darko. Second, it makes their pick this year suck, so hopefully they can sink back down next year and give us a good pick.

Orlando beats the Mavs - and Darko has another below average game.

Darko is nothing more than a good luck charm...

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Originally Posted by Taymelo

Orlando beats the Mavs - and Darko has another below average game.

The knock before was that Darko's stats didn't matter because Orlando was losing, now Orlando is winning, but that doesn't matter because Milicic has a bad game. Add another five rebounds and 15 more minutes of PT and his line would look like some Ben Wallace lines put up this season.