You look like an ass dude. His hometown team passed on him 3 times in the first round for the likes of Michael Dickerson, Bryce Drew, and Mirsad Turckan. Anyone that really expected him to come here is crazy (especially on the cheap). Get your paper Rashard.
This sucks. I know he doesn't solve our PF need, but he does solve our offensive inepititude problem very well. But it was a long shot anyway, so it's not as if we truly lost out on him. However, as mentioned, does this mean that Darko's less likely to return to Orlando? If so, Morey should go after him. The guy does have talent and potential(Dude's still college age), even if he hasn't shown much yet in the NBA.
Why not go to an eastern conference team? If you can beat the pistons youre probably going to the finals. Good choice. I wish the rockets were in the east.
I would have liked to see Rashard Lewis with Houston, but for $15 million a year? You can keep him, Orlando. That level of money might come back to haunt them.
Shocking Can't believe he took the money over coming back to his hometown! That's a lot of money though, we had no shot of matching that at all. I love dwight howard and wish him well, but this deal is going to haunt the Magic for a long time.
I would have liked to have gotten Rashard, but it would have meant giving up Battier and I really didn't want to do that. When you want to improve your team you don't start by trading the most fundamentally sound player you have. I agree with all of you in favor of going for a rough and tumble PF. We don't need finesse or offense. We need an otis thorpe type.
Here's Hollingers IN analysis. Looks good. 2005-06 season: The Pistons swore they'd find minutes for Darko now that Larry Brown was gone ... only they didn't. Milicic played only 140 minutes for Detroit, mostly in garbage time, so Detroit dealt him to Orlando at midseason. He made the most of his opportunity in Orlando, shooting 50.8 percent from the floor and posting the league's fourth-best rate of blocked shots. He also cut his enormous foul rate in Detroit to something more reasonable, enabling him to stay on the floor for longer stretches. Offensively, Milicic had a very poor free-throw rate for a center and shot just 59.5 percent from the line, factors that gave him an unexceptional TS% despite a high shooting percentage. However, he was able to create offense from the high post. Milicic's usage rate and assist ratio were both well above the norm for centers, showing he can be a good high-post partner for Dwight Howard. His rebounding needs work, though, as he ranked 58th among the league's 67 centers. But in sum, it was an encouraging performance -- he's much less of a bust than previously thought, and could end up being a star. Scouting report: Scouts have always raved about Milicic's skills, starting with the fact that he's a solid 7-0, 250, with a variety of skills. Milicic can float in jumpers from mid-range or take his man on the block and shoot a lefty hook shot. He has to improve from the line (60.2 percent for his career) and get tougher around the basket -- there's no reason a 7-footer with his skills should rebound so poorly. Milicic is an outstanding shot-blocker with great timing and instincts, with his lefthandedness being an advantage since he's lined up with most players' shooting hand. He looked out of shape when he first came to Orlando, perhaps because he'd hardly played in three seasons, and was usually the last man down the floor. There also are whispers that he doesn't always play hard. However, his defensive numbers after joining the Magic were outstanding, with Orlando giving up 8.0 points per 100 minutes fewer with him on the court and opposing centers mustering only an 11.5 PER against him. 2006-07 outlook: It's easy to forget how young Milicic still is -- he didn't turn 21 until June. Because of that, he still has a great deal of growth ahead of him. If you take what he did in Orlando to be his true level of ability then he has quite a future ahead of him. The projections forecast him taking a giant step forward this coming season, and if that happens, the combo of Milicic and Howard will terrorize the East for the next decade. His development is doubly important because if Orlando has a strong season, it will reduce the value of the first-round pick they owe the Pistons for acquiring Milicic last season.
Lewis was a pipe dream anyway. No need to begrudge him or the rockets for not signing here. It was never going to happen.
I don't understand why a team like Orlando blows franchise money on a non-franchise player. Now they'll have no flexibility when the real franchise guys hit the market or scream for a trade.
We should be thankful this happened because now Darko is a free agent. If we don't go after Darko I will be disappointed with Morey,
Rashard can not defend Boozer, Duncan and Yao.......let's move on! Shall we! Rashard was playing for the money and not for the championship ring gents!!! That's the fact jack!
Mikki Moore? Dude is about to be 32 years old and has never looked good before this year and even then it was mostly in the playoffs. Did I mention he looked good with Jason Kidd passing to him? We do not have Jason Kidd on our team. Good god, man. Horrible idea.
+11ty billion. The Rockets would have been mired in salary cap inflexibility for the next five years. It's not worth the risk when T-Mac and Yao are so susceptible to injury.
