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Originally Posted by Anthony
3 blocks in 11 minutes is tight though.
Darko put a sick move on Lamar Odom in the post to blow by him and toss in the layup. Really suprised me. I thought he'd turn it over or throw up some airball hook shot.
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Originally Posted by FP22
I got to watch the Lakers/Magic game tonight and there is absolutely no change in the kid. He still looks lost. You can have all the talent in the world, but if you don't have the basketball sense you're going nowhere....
Lamar Odom's a good fuckin player. You confuse me with your comments sometimes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rorschach
He's also a SF who cant cover any center in the post. An average center can wreck him. But i guess it doesnt matter with the lakers best defender in the post possibly being Mihm or kwame. Kobe might be their best defender in the post. [smilie=anxious.gif]Quote:
Originally Posted by MOLA1
Darko scoring on Odom doesnt really say much to me. Ben can do that and he's 6ft 8in[smilie=angel.gif]
Lamar's a decent defender. Darko's not a center.
He's barely a player at this point. Kobe's not their best defender in the post.
Darko scoring on Odom doesn't say shit to anyone.
They said it was a MOVE...he didn't even pull the shot off but still...
why the hell does Odom suck again? He's one of the Lakers best defenders.
Also, if it was a move, it's impressive because Odom's quick. Don't hate just to hate.
It's not like he backed him down, and tossed it in over him. It's the fact that he blew by him with an impressive move. Odom should be more prepared to guard that quickness than your average PF/C. Regardless of who it was on it was impressive to see.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rorschach
That's exactly what I thought it was when I read the comments.
The Odom being a bad defender part really threw me off though.
true, but in a week's time in ORL, he's gotten more consistent PT than the 2 years here in DET. i really think that his basketball sense/savvy will come with more consistent time. i hate to say this, but i think by the end of the season he's going to look pretty decent.Quote:
Originally Posted by MoTown
in his last three games, he's averaging 21 min, 6 pts, 5 reb, 3 blks, 1 ast, 1 stl.
Kid hasn't played got PT in the last 3.5 years and you're cracking on him for lack of basketball sense?? Truth be told, he probably hasn't played a lot of basketball since he was 14 and started playing professionally in mens leagues.
Well i think lamar odom's offensive game is solid and under the right system one of the more effective. But outside of a few off the ball rejections here and there, his defense has been bad for awhile in my mind. Putting a move on him with one of the weakest defensive froncourts in the league protecting him is an easy basket all day IMO. I've thought since his Miami days and its my biggest gripe on him besides his tendency to play soft at times.Quote:
Originally Posted by MOLA1
But to get back on topic, the move didnt impress me. But he did own Odom. Just that owning odom in the post doesnt say much.
Well wasnt he supposed to have picked something up from playing with rasheed and BEn? Amir Johnson seems to know his waty around the court in garbage time. and unlike darko he didnt get to play professionally in his mid teens against grown players..Quote:
Originally Posted by Kilo
Yes but Amir Johnson probably played in 90% of every game his whole life. Why does Milicic look like a million bucks in private workouts, because he is doing the sort of things you do in practice. He has no feel for games because he never played in them. Kid needs to be force fed minutes over the next two years - both during the season, the pre-season, summer leagues and National team games.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rorschach
When did he ever play with Ben and Rasheed?? In practice?? how much scrimmaging really goes on in practice anymore due to the schedule?? LB wouldn't let Milicic scrimmage with the team because he was so lost - he had him working out privately with an assistant coach. Euroball teams scrimmage more, but it's still not the same as game time, and even then I bet he was never good enough to scrimmage with the starters.
I've got a great idea.
Lets have a debate as to whether Darko sucks, or just needs playing time and couldn't get it in Detroit.
Some of us can call him lazy, and compare him to Ben Wallace. Others can chime in that Ben wasn't the #2 pick, and that Darko deserves to be a prima donna.
Its never been done before, ever, and will make this website something unique and special.
Ready.
Set.
GO!!!!
I have an equally compelling and ingenius idea - if you don't want to discuss Darko Milicic, don't come into the thread titled "Official Darko Watch"...
I thought the Darko watch thread would be more about what he's doing now than what he didn't do in Detroit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kilo
However, in hindsight, it was a dumb thought. Obviously, while discussing what he's doing now, people are going to bring up what he didn't do in Detroit.
EDIT: After all, the title is official darko watch, which suggests it is about what he's doing now, not official reasons Darko didn't pan out in Detroit.
We could have another thread entitled "Official Darko Watched" thread.
I thought it would be about the time pieces Darko wears....ahahahahahah. Ok so it was cheesy but I couldn't resist.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taymelo
alright, that's a photochop waiting to happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gecko
Darko played pretty well last night against the Lakers. He had 7 rebounds, 6 points on 3-6 shooting and 3 blocks in 24 minutes. He also had 2 nice quick moves to the basket that resulted in scores. He is still timid at times but if he gets over that he could be a beast.
(I liked Darko when he was here so I've been watching him coz I have NBA season Pass on DirecTV)
I'm sure this won't be a popular opinion here but I think Darko and Howard are gonna be the twin towers circa 2008.
When I think the "Official Darko Watch" I vision something like this. You know something cheap, ugly and totally unreliable.
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6...hhering6qo.jpg[/img]
Swatches - Scam artist Parker Lewis (Corin Nemec) on the sitcom PARKER LEWIS CAN'T LOOSE/FOX/1990-92 always wore a Swatch timepiece as he roamed the hallways of Santo Domingo High School in search of misadventures. All of "best buds" including Jerry Steiner (Troy Slaten) and Mikey Randall (William Jayne) wore Swatches (Model 150M), as well. Before embarking on a mission, Parker Lewis advised "Gentleman, synchronize your Swatches."
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2...swatch39pq.jpg
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Originally Posted by Fool
That was awesome.
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Milicic at the half vs GS Warriors -
9min|6 points(3-3)|4 rebounds(3offensive)|1 assist|1 foul
Give him credit for 2 assists because he had a dump off to Hill and he got fouled and made both free throws.
Damn... Darko is making us look real stupid already. He has been very impressive tonight. Showing everything we heard about back in '03. Handles, shot, rebounding, everything. He was driving and dishing to Dwight and Grant for dunks/FTs. He was grabbing rebounds in traffic. He was blocking and altering everything in the paint. Making impressive moves in the paint (hit a nice hook shot) as well as shooting from distance.
25 minutes, 12 points (6-7 FG), 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks
How did this guy get buried on the bench again? I can understand Sheed and Ben, but he looked more impressive than anything I've seen from Dice since he's been here. And he's 20!!! [smilie=angryfire.g:
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Originally Posted by FP22
That's probably more than what he had in an entire season when he was here.
Darko got a chance to play for us the first few weeks of the season. He was terrible. It's entirely different playing small minutes on a Championship team than a bunch of minutes on a lottery bound team. The same goes for Arroyo.
It's like he had super glue on his hands compared to before. He was boxing out, leaping, and snatching rebounds with authority in traffic.Quote:
Originally Posted by H1Man
Dumars, Flip, and LB are officially on my shit list. [smilie=angry.gif]
I dont hate Darko, but the guy was CLEARLY tanking when he was here. Not just in the games, but during practice.
He took the fastest way off the team, and now he's happy in Orlando. There wasn't any way around it.
Hopefully the next guy Joe drafts is willing to earn his minutes here.
With Darko, it does not surprise me that he is doing more things on the offensive end for Orlando. He always looked affraid to do anything but shoot jumpers and set screens here, because he knew he would get pulled if he messed up. He just severely lacked confidence in himself, and Orlando is letting him regain it, something Detroit NEVER allowed him to do.
No. I agree with Kstat 100%. If you watched Darko's body language during warmups, games, etc., you could tell he was going out of his way to look bored, disinterested, etc. He was forcing Dumars to trade him. It wasn't a confidence issue. He was telling Dumars that he's not even going to try for him, so he'd better just ship him off to another team and get it over with already.Quote:
Originally Posted by DelfinoFan
Ok, but i still think my point is correct too. Cant we both be right? Or is that impossible?
You do understand Taymelo doesnt believe in such nonsense as everybody's right. [smilie=anxious.gif]Quote:
Originally Posted by DelfinoFan
This is going to be one of the worst trades in NBA history. We got nothing for him, might as well kept him around - I'd rahter have let hium walk after next season scot-free than accept a crummy draft pick for him.
Kid wanted playing time. Sure you can say that he had to earn it and all that tough talk, but maybe you should have "gave" a #2 overall pick, the kid you positively raved about something if it meant he'd still be here.
The kid is going to be special, and we're going to look back and say why in the hell couldn't we give the kid five minutes a game.
If the Pistons don't win a championship over the next couple of years, this trade will be ridiculed 100x worse that Portland being lampooned for dealing Jermaine O'Neal.
We chose giving McDyess five extra minutes a game and HCA over developing Milicic.
Damn you're smoking some good shit. Because if you expet an explosion of super stardom out of darko, you'd be sadly mistaken. But since we are going out on a limb. I say 3 years from now Amir Johnson>Darko easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kilo
If we don't win a title in the next couple years it has lil to do with Darko. He hasnt even been relevent since he got here, so you're giving him too much credit with that thought. You take that freebie #2 pick off his chest and he doesnt matter. Last i check, the rodney white and mateen cleeves debacle havent crippled the franchise even a lil bit ever. So why would a freebie #2 pick hurt us. In fact we'll get quicker results from the 2 fowards drafted this year in maxiell and amir johnson.
Also i like to see how he uses the magic pick before i pass judgement on the value of the trade. I will say we gave away arroyo for nothing. but whatcha gonna do? Snakes on the plane Kilo. Snakes on the plane man.
Shit... I didn't know they played last night. I would've watched. Was he really impressive, or just better than he was here?
Kilo:
Do you secretly hope that Orlando pick lands us a quality player, but say the opposite just to prepare yourself for the worst?
Just wondering
I don't know why you wouldn't expect superstardom. Nobody who saw him ever questioned his talent/skillset, the only knock on him was attitide/work ethic and most realized that would be greatly improved with playing time. I think in three years time his draft position will look just about right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rorschach
Reguarding Amir> Darko in three years A]You're nuts and B]We could have had them both.