Why did they trade Darko again? Oh yeah, so they could free up $$$ to
sign Big Ben ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR that didn't work......

Rizzo

In article <1158254918.357480.75940@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.c om>,
"Frank Rizzo" <champ91917@yahoo.com> wrote:



They also acquired Orlando's pick this year, only top 5 protected. I
don't think Orlando's going to be bad enough to get one of the top 5,
but they'll probably be bad enough to get #6 through #12.

No one fucks over Joe Dumars (though he'd say it more polite language...)

Granville Waiters' Ghost wrote:

I'd rather have Milicic than Orlando's pick. I don't think Orlando is
going to be #6-10 this year. Maybe 12 is realistic. Thats not to say
that anyone fucked Joe D, but I thought they moved Darko so that they
could have enough cap space to re-sign Big Ben. At least that was the
story when it went down.

Rizzo

On 23 Sep 2006 23:06:52 -0700, "Frank Rizzo" <champ91917@yahoo.com>
enlightened us:


Why do you want a 7 foot guy who is soft on defense and only marginal
on offense? Especially playing in the division the Pistons play in? I
think the pick will add more to the Pistons than anything Milicic
could ever add to the team.

Regards,

SkippyPB wrote:

Hi Skip,

I guess I just don't think we know what Darko can be yet because he
hasn't played enough, he's only 21. He reminds me of a young Rik
SMits...

Darko was pretty impressive the last 15-20 games of the season for
Magic.. Blocked a lotta shots and boarded well per minute. very soft on
D & doesn't have consistent moves, but can score & seems to be improving
rapidly.IOW-not a total big stiff.

<lazuli777@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:7971-45178ADE-607@storefull-3236.bay.webtv.net...
: Darko was pretty impressive the last 15-20 games of the season for
: Magic.. Blocked a lotta shots and boarded well per minute. very soft on
: D & doesn't have consistent moves, but can score & seems to be improving
: rapidly.IOW-not a total big stiff.



He still is gonna suck, count on it.

On 24 Sep 2006 08:38:21 -0700, "Frank Rizzo" <champ91917@yahoo.com>
enlightened us:


Being a fan of the Pacers as well, I seem to remember Smits being a
lot better on defense at a young age than Darko is but Darko does seem
to be more athletic. Darko may turn out to be a good one, but so far
I haven't seen anything that would lead me to believe he'll be much
more than a bench player.

Regards,

SkippyPB wrote:

Rik entered the league at age 22.....So how can you remember him being
a better player at a younger age than Darko who is just now 21. You
have to allow big men to develop. And you guys may be right, he may
suck. He may be good too. NONE of us know yet, and we won't know
until he plays meaningful minutes for a season to see if he has
anything to build on. He had a good 15-20 games once he was traded to
a team that didn't have Ben Wallace in front of him. Interestingly Ben
Wallace once had someone in front of him and nobody knew what he was
capable of until he was traded to Detroit. You can't know until the
guy plays. One more thing, remember Detlef Schrempf, he was buried in
Dallas then ended up being a real player when he went to some team in
the midwest that you're familiar with...

Rizzo

Frank Rizzo wrote:

Who cares about Ben Wallace? He betrays his own team for a suckier
team. Its not like hes gonna become some big legend while playing for
Chicago........