Official Darko Watch

Everybody needs to move on from the Dark(o) Era.

He is not worthy enough to have a thread stickied for him.

I must admit though:

I'd rather see him play than Garrity.

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Originally Posted by Matt

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/13946223.htm

Matt,

That is a great article, I'm glad you posted it.

I was about to do it myself.

Darko is already pouting in Orlando:

ORLANDO -- Four days into a fresh opportunity at redemption, and Darko Milicic is already sulking. The name on the uniform is different, but the seat at the end of the bench hasn't changed.

He doesn't get it. And he probably never will.

He can't even play on a team that has given up hope on the season.

"I didn't come here to sit on the bench," Milicic said Thursday after the Orlando Magic's practice. "I tell myself that everything will be fine here, but right now, nothing has changed. I want to play. I need to play. I learn nothing sitting on the bench."

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Originally Posted by Matt

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/13946223.htm

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Milicic blames everyone but himself for his shortcomings

"I didn't come here to sit on the bench," Milicic said Thursday after the Orlando Magic's practice. "I tell myself that everything will be fine here, but right now, nothing has changed. I want to play. I need to play. I learn nothing sitting on the bench."

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"I was pissed," he said. "It was always the same story, same story. They told me to be ready, and I was. They told me to have a good preseason, and I did. But my playing time went to nothing. They didn't want me, so I needed to leave."

But was his time in Detroit really "a nightmare," as he called it this week before he played his first game with the Magic?

Milicic, 20, found freedom and riches he never could have envisioned as a kid in war-torn Serbia and Montenegro.

"War is bad, but it's something that is out of your control," he said. "Basketball is something that you can control, and when it didn't work out like I had wanted, it became a bad experience. I just want to play basketball and have fun." The Pistons "didn't give me that chance."

i starting get the feeling that Darko might not get it. it sounds like he's got this sense of entitlement that he just won't let go of. he won't "lower himself" to just busting his ass and earning his minutes.

DARKO=
http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/nlanews/20...ying-child.jpg
http://www.aperfectworld.org/cartoons/crying_clown.png
Dont play yourself any longer kid with your puddle of tears. I've gone from indifferent to "somebody whoop this lil' brats ass"

I love it. When I see him still not get it, even with crappy players ahead of him that he should EASILY be able to pass in the rotation with effort, it makes me happy. It tells me that even if we had chosen him over Dyess (ie traded Dyess), Darko still would have been a flop here. It tells me that the original pick sucked, but at least we did the right thing in trading him.

FWIW, over at the orlando forums, they're saying the quote was taken out of context. he wasn't talking about orlando when he said, "i didn't come here to sit on the bench". there's audio of the interview somewhere.

Didn't some "here" as in over the America and the NBA?? So he's playing for free??

He didn't do so bad.... 8 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 blocks in 22 minutes.

How about Arroyo?!?!?!

18 pts. 7-11 FG 1-1 3PT 3-3 FT 4 RB 4 AST 0 TO

Darko also shot 3-4 from the field, 2-2 from the line, had an assist, only turned the ball over once and only had 1 foul.