Legendary star

Chapter 709

"I watched this game at home. Darko played the best game since he entered the league. I hope that every game in the future, Darko can play like this. He has such strength and strength. talent."

"Although Darko didn't live up to his talents in Detroit and the expectations we had for him when he came into the league, we all know that it's not entirely his fault."

"If we did it all over again, we would still choose Darko."

In the early morning of February 2007, 2, after the game between the Pacers and the Heat ended, Darko Milicic, who was listed in the NBA's history of parallel rookies selected by the American media a few days ago, instantly became the reporter on the scene. their onlookers.Darko Milicic, who started the game for the first time after joining the Pacers, won the best player of today's game, and he scored 22 points, 33 rebounds, 15 The number of blocked shots especially made these media reporters on the scene crazy.

For a while, Darko Milicic, who had been shouted and beaten by everyone for a long time, suddenly became the darling of the media. In the press conference after the game, Darko Milicic even overshadowed Par Te Riley, a legendary head coach with a hot halo no matter where he goes, during the half-hour press conference, these reporters off the court aimed their microphones at Darko Milicic, completely ignoring Sitting next to him are Pat Riley and Rick Carlisle.

On the second day, some media also went to Detroit to interview the current president of the Pistons, Joe Dumars, the man who made the decision to select Darko Milicic with the No. 2 pick. It is said that before the draft, the Pistons were still Rick Carlisle, the head coach, strongly recommended Darko Milicic to Joe Dumars, and after Joe Dumars invited Darko Milicic to try out, he was immediately amazed, and even Directly denied the plan to continue to invite Carmelo Anthony to Detroit for trial training, Joe Dumars and Rick Carlisle both firmly believe that Darko Milicic is the man who can bring change to the Pistons.

But things are unpredictable. Larry Brown, who replaced Rick Carlisle, has no interest in cultivating Darko Milicic. The No. 2 pick that attracted much attention became an addition to the trade of Ron Artest and Peja Stojenkovic, and even the Pistons management that selected Darko Milicic with the No. Many media and melon-eating people have assumed again and again, what would happen if the Pistons selected Carmelo Anthony with the No. [-] pick, Dwyane Wade and Chris - What will happen to Bosh? Maybe outsiders don't know, but Joe Dumars, the president of the Pistons, knows very well that LeBron James is coming. The odd ending is the same.

It’s not that Darko Milicic has no talent. On the contrary, Darko Milicic’s talent is at a historical level. The original intention of Rick Carlisle and Joe Dumas in choosing Darko Milicic was to make Darko Milicic Milicic and Ben Wallace propped up Detroit's interior against the Pacers' Dikembe Mutombo and Jermaine O'Neal, but the later developments completely deviated from Joe Dumars and Rick Carlisle The expected track, Larry Brown got all-star power forward Rasheed Wallace from the Trail Blazers shortly after he took office. With the double Wallace inside combination, the Pistons no longer need Darko Millici Strange, and Darko Milicic also embarked on the path of self-destruction without the trust of Larry Brown.

It's not that Joe Dumars hasn't tried to communicate with Larry Brown, but this stubborn guy can't listen to any opinions that question him. Not only that, Larry Brown will also say in Joe Dumars After being ruthless, he directly put Darko Milicic on the injured list, playing?Sitting on the sidelines and watching the game is not enough. Even though Joe Dumars has great expectations for Darko Milicic, he can't hold back Larry Brown, who is so stubborn that he is almost perverted.

Philip Sampson, who took over as the head coach of the Pistons after Larry Brown, not only had no interest in Darko Milicic, but instead urged the management to trade this "black sheep", because in the later period of the Pistons, Darko Milicic Odd's interests and hobbies seem to have moved from the basketball court to the nightclub, and eventually in the Ron Artest and Peja Stojakovic swap, Darko Milicic It became an addition to balance the salary between the two.

Although Darko Milicic has left the Pistons, the undead Joe Dumars is still silently watching the development of Darko Milicic. Qi can shine brightly on a certain day.

Joe Dumars watched the game between the Pacers and the Heat last night at home. For Rick Carlisle, Joe Dumars’ mentality is also very complicated. On the one hand, Joe Dumars On the other hand, Joe Dumars was deeply angry that Rick Carlisle joined the Pacers after leaving the Pistons. You know that Rick Carlisle The Pistons led by him were just eliminated by the Pacers in the playoffs, but Rick Carlisle turned his head and accepted the Pacers' invitation to join the Pacers. For the Pistons, Rick Carlisle's behavior was Undoubtedly, it was Hong Guoguo's betrayal, which is why every time the Pacers play an away game in Detroit, it is not Meng Xu who gets the most boos but Rick Carlisle.

However, Rick Carlisle, who left the Pistons, not only did not accomplish nothing as the Pistons fans cursed, but won the best head coach again, and also won two championships with the Pacers. Time flies, the Pistons management They are now reflecting on whether the decision to fire Rick Carlisle and usher in Larry Brown was correct. Maybe they could be more patient and trust Rick Carlisle at that time, and maybe Rick Carlisle also Can lead the Pistons to the top.

And after watching yesterday's game, after seeing that the Pistons had almost been spent by Larry Brown on Darko Milicic, and that they were once again shining brightly under Rick Carlisle, Joe -Dumas really has a bit of regret. If he had been firmer and kept Rick Carlisle, and given him two more seasons to train Darko Milicic, The Pistons will definitely not be in the current situation, but everything is already irreparable.

As regretful as Joe Dumars is, there is also Kings general manager Jeff Petrie. After seeing the newspaper report about the Pacers and Heat game at breakfast, Jeff Petri put it down. After eating the unfinished breakfast, I returned to my office and found the video of the game between the Pacers and the Heat on the Internet, but the more I watched Jeff Petrie, the more I regretted it.

Darko Milicic plus a second-round pick from the Pacers in exchange for Sarunas Jaskovicius's deal now seems to be a completely failed deal, although Sarunas Jass Corvisius also performed very well in the Kings, averaging 8 points and 5 assists per game, but looking at O'Neal, he scored 33 points, 15 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Sic, Jeff Petri wanted to slap himself twice. This is a player who has the potential to become the cornerstone of a team, so he sent him away with his own hands.

(End of this chapter)