It’s sad when a lofty draft pick doesn’t work out. Players can become more synonymous with the word “bust” than Pamela Anderson and her Baywatch pals (yes, I’m taking it old-skool), despite none of it being their own making.
In the case of Darko Milicic, he didn’t force the Detroit Pistons to choose him with the second pick of the 2003 NBA draft ahead of guys like Chris Bosh, Carmelo Anthony, and Dwyane Wade.
In fact, had he been given the choice of not having all that pressure, we all know he would have taken it. But that was the Piston’s decision. A horrible decision that had they got right, could have meant folks in Miami wouldn’t be so happy this summer, but lets not get into that tired subject.
Milicic is definitely not the worst player to be picked second in the NBA draft, not that he’s had much chance to prove it—and after changing teams like it was going out of fashion, he seems to have finally found an organisation that wants him: the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Say what you like about Milicic, you don’t get to be the second pick in the NBA draft without showing some p ...
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Can the Minnesota Timberwolves Finally Bring Darko Milicic into the Light?
October 9th, 2010 by Michael Botsford Leave a reply »
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