Is Darko Milicic Reaching the End of the Line?
It's now been four seasons since the Class of LeBron came out of the gates. Dwyane Wade has won a championship. LeBron James has put up insane stat lines of 30, seven, and seven. Carmelo Anthony, LeBron, Wade, and Bosh have all played on the Olympic team and brought home gold.
And then there is Darko Milicic. He was selected ahead of Bosh, ahead of Wade, and ahead of 'Melo. And yet so little is said about him. He's fallen into the realm of obscurity, only furthered by the fact he is playing for the irrelevant Grizzlies, who promise to be one of the two worst teams this season (alongside the Wolves).
His first two seasons in the league amounted to almost enough games played to equal one season, and he scored about the same as one Kobe Bryant single-game outburst. There hasn't been a bust any bigger since Michael Jordan drafted Kwame Brown No. 1 overall.
Milicic has his last chance this year to prove his worth. His only competition for minutes is Pau Gasol's younger brother, Marc Gasol, and a 7'2" Iranian center named Hamed Haddadi. Both of them looked good in the Olympics, though, so Darko has his work cut out for him.
His numbers last year were solid, though unimpressive. He managed seven points and six rebounds per game, to go along with a decent 1.6 blocks per contest. But is this really the kind of production that should be expected from someone drafted ahead of three all-star Olympians?
Perhaps this is as good as it gets for Darko—a solid role player that can come in and pull down a few boards, score a couple times, and block a shot. It's just not what you would hope for from a No. 2 overall pick.
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