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07-02-2010, 09:30 AM #1
Wait, what?
http://www.keyc.tv/node/39109
At this point, the Wolves GM is just itching to get fired, right? This is a horrendously stupid move, even for him.
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07-02-2010, 09:37 AM #2
People are overreacting to this...
It's a statistical fact that big men take long to develop in the NBA (there are rare cases of course - but statistically it's true)
He was good for 10 & 5 last year - not horrible
He is still only 25 years old - so refer to point #1
This isn't as bad as people want to make it out to be. I'd much rather have Darko at age 25 with potential then Drew Gooden at the contract he got.
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07-02-2010, 10:08 AM #3
I agree with you, but why commit the organization to 4 years? Why not offer a 1 or 2 year deal? If nothing else, he will be playing for his next contract and not relaxing because he's guaranteed 4 years.
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07-02-2010, 10:12 AM #4
It's a double edged sword - what if he really does break out, as many big men do, at age 26 or 27? Then he could want massive money.
It's a calculated risk - he could just keep being who he has been - but if he does develop, as he is only 25, then he could be a steal in years 2, 3 and 4.
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07-02-2010, 11:00 AM #5
Then why are so many young bigs taken so high? Why waste a high pick on someone not expected to blossom for 6-7 years? And why don't teams try to retain those bigs if the development is right around the corner?
We're talking a guy who has been in the league a while, on some good teams next to good big men and good big men coaches. I think ultimately it's about athletic 7 footers being hard to come by and that's why this makes some sense. He's tall and can defend, block shots and grab some boards which makes him valuable to any team. He knows that and they know that. That's why he's still around and why guys like Kwame Brown stuck.
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07-02-2010, 11:05 AM #6
They are taken high because you can't teach height - that's the most basic basketball premise ever.
He's been the league a while - but he was buried on the bench in Detroit and buried on the bench by Larry Brown - and he is still only 25 years old.
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07-02-2010, 11:13 AM #7
That's what I'm getting at. It has nothing to do with him breaking out in 7 years. Big guys are hard to come by and that's really all there is to it. He was buried on the bench in Detroit, but the staff saw nothing to hold him over despite the age of their front court. Actually played with Dwight in Orlando and that staff saw nothing to hold him over. Both teams probably as equipped as any to judge his abilities as a big. However there will always be a team in need of a 7 footer.
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07-02-2010, 12:03 PM #8
Yea it's the big buzz here in Minnesota. Everyone is talking about how we can't build a team around Al Jefferson because he's past his prime so the Wolves seem to think that they could build around Darko. They're even considering trading Big Al for whatever we can get for him. Which probably isn't much.
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07-02-2010, 12:13 PM #9
Don't sleep on Darko, I think he will be a serviceable player for the Wolves. He is still young, so there is still the possiblity of him breaking out.
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07-03-2010, 04:51 PM #10
The reason is because the only way Darko stayed State-side was with contract security. He had been openly bashing the NBA and it's style of coaching and player development - two things that he's had the worst of the worst experience with, and I really sympathize with him. I think if he was drafted by any team but Detroit, he'd be a border-line All-Star player by now. That set him back 5 years when all was said and done. He wanted back to Europe where he'd be able to play legitimate minutes for a good Euroleague team making decent money. But, when it came down to it, $20 million over 4 years, even taking taxes into account, was better guaranteed money that what he'd get on the other side of the Atlantic. That's why it had to be four years.
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