Posted by admin on Friday, November 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment After taking a look at the NBA drafts from 2001 through 2008, one thing that I noticed was how many terrible top 10 picks were made from that time frame. I could have made this list into a top 30 or 40 worst top 10 picks, but I settled for 20.More often than not, having a top 10 pick means your team didn’t have a quality season in the prior year. So, it is important to draft a quality player who can help improve your team for...Read Full Story
Darko Milicic may have finally found an NBA coach who appreciates the talents he has; the question now becomes is it too late to save the European born player from leaving the NBA this summer? Back in December Darko said that he had grown too frustrated with life in the NBA after playing seven seasons and would head back to Europe next season. Milicic felt he had been deceived during his stint in the NBA starting with the Detroit Pistons who drafted him with the second pick in the 2003 NBA...Read Full Story
“Sports Illustrated” has reported that Minnesota Timberwolves big man Darko Milicic still has every intention of playing next season in the Euro-Leagues despite increased plating time since he was traded to the T-Wolves last month. Minnesota head coach Kurt Rambis has also praised Milicic as a player with a huge upside; however he told the magazine that he was sticking with the decision he made earlier this season.
Milicic told the magazine that the way his career has turned out is far from...Read Full Story
Darko Milicic, sealed by a Minnesota Timberwolves to a four-year, $ twenty million understanding final July, has not been a mess upon a justice this season. That’s a large deal, given for a final 6 years, Darko was between a misfortune large group in a NBA. Signing a single of a NBA’s misfortune large group to a $ twenty million stipulate upon a initial day of giveaway group seemed identical to a bad thought to most folks. But Wolves GM David Kahn did it, as well as it’s positively not a...Read Full Story
For a guy who has never felt at home in the NBA thus far in his career, Darko Milicic looks like he will be staying in America after all. The Wolves and Darko have reportedly agreed on a 4-year, $20 million deal, keeping Darko in Minnesota where he finished last season. This is a dramatic turn of events for Milicic, who was expected to go back to Europe this summer, but endeared himself to coach Kurt Rambis and GM David Kahn.
For one of the biggest draft busts in history, seeing Darko get $5...Read Full Story
Timberwolves News (no comments): Darko Milicic is about to turn 27 years old. He's by no means an old basketball player and the fact that he's only ...
But the point is that coach Rick Adelman sees no use for Darko and is ready to ride with Nikola Pekovic as the long-term starting center. Milicic appeared in just 29 games this season.
Darko Milicic is about to turn 27 years old. He's by no means an old basketball player and the fact that he's only played 8,633 minutes in his nine years means his body is also relatively fresh. The question that still lurks is whether he can perform at the NBA level.Milicic had his best year with the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2010-11' campaign, in which he averaged 8.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game. Those numbers aren't...
Milicic has been banished to Rick Adelman's dog house, playing just once in the last 12 games. He is out with what the team is calling a strained right hamstring. Pekovic has been bothered by bone spurs in his right ankle. Via Zgoda: Pekovic ...
Now those fans should be wondering what it will take for Taylor to fire David Kahn ... decisions that brought in Johnson, Darko Milicic, Martell Webster, Anthony Randolph and Michael Beasley. What do those players have in common?
Minnesota Timberwolves. Not to step on bsg's toes with the report card style here, but for my final preview, I wanted to give a quick overall grade for each player this season and a prognostication of what I think should happen this offseason. Darko_medium. Darko Milicic. Grade: D-. Reason: Only reason I'm not giving him an F is ... Reason: An irrational love of Wayne Ellington. What Should Happen: 5-year extension for the max...