The End of a Dark-o Era

Darko Milicic has been hiding behind the Wallace brothers for almost three years now. The athletic 20-year-old has finally been given the green light to go ahead and earn some real minutes with the Magic.

Looking at the situation in Orlando, there is a great deal of upside for both Darko and the distant future of this franchise. The team is now almost past the Tracy McGrady-Grant Hill era that grossly failed. By the summer of 2007, the contract of Hill expires and the potential for a spending spree begins.

Milicic finds himself on a roster where he can play his outside game with the hulking Dwight Howard down low. He will also have the luxury of making mistakes on a young squad that will take plenty of time to become a contender. You have to remember Darko still hasn’t got those rookie heebie-jeebies out of his system, so you can’t expect too much right away.

But is Darko a stiff? Could Joe Dumars have been wrong in drafting a kid out of the Serbian ghetto over college stars like ‘Melo, Wade and Bosh? The beauty of this deal is provided by the NBA’s salary cap. Dumars needs room to sign the man he stole off the Magic’s roster in 2000 – Ben Wallace – as well as Chauncey Billups. The cap has indirectly given Orlando hope by forcing the trade of a young talent.

Or maybe they’ll receive the Darko we heard about in Detroit – a 7 foot whiner who will eventually take his ball and cry all the way home to Serbia & Montenegro.

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By Tas Melas at 4:24 am on 02.25.2006 — Tags: Magic, Pistons

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One Response to “The End of a Dark-o Era”

  1. D-Mill at 1:02 pm on 02.26.2006

    Darko is whineless. See my page, fear my skillz of anger

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