The guy is 7'6. How athletic do you want him to be? He doesnt need to be athletic as other centers. His height is his biggest advantage. Or maybe you want him to be like Kobe. Take his defender off the dribble 18ft from the basket and dunk from the FT line?
As is If Yao has proved anything is this past season. This Darko vs Yao Thread is Stupid. I mind as well add some more stupidity to this thread. I'd still take Yao over James, Melo & Darko combined. Just because I like chinese Food.
Nowitzki, Gasol? Why do people think that Darko has a better chance of succeeding than our very own EG?
I chuckle at your comments. A team in Detroit's position who can get points from the paint needs someone who can not only score from down low, but also from the outside. Who exactly is that big threat? Williamson, Hamilton, oh ya I know, ... Robinson. What a joke! The Pistons won because of their interior defense and rebounding. They don't have a post game. What I said was not meant as a slight to Yao, who will be good, just that the teams who would be involved in this scenario have needs that aren't conducive to drafting Yao. Ya right. Not a slight? Will be Good? Needs? I guess you are saying that Yao is not good right now. I guess legitimate centers are easy to find. You are saying that the Pistons would draft Milo instead of Yao because Darko is a better complement to Wallace. Are you on crack? Did you watch Yao play at all. Wallace and Yao together would shut teams down! And on offense, Yao would finally be able to take 30 shots a game. Yao shooting and passing and Wallace rebounding and bruising. Wallace would be Yao's enforcer! Milicic came out of nowhere 6 months ago because he's from Serbia, and he was only 17, not a lot of NBA GM's looking at 17 year old serbians. Chuckle, chuckle, chuckle! I guess there are thousands of scouts in China? The fact is, Darko has a better mid-long range shot, and his physical frame is still developing. How do you know that? Ya I know, you have seen him play in person. You saw lots of tape on this guy. The truth is you probably heard Bilas during the draft and read some news clips and now you think you are an expert. Don't come back and tell that you never said you were an expert because the tone of your writing implies you think that. Yao is still developing physically. Yao can shoot as well as any 7-footer. 7-footers playing the wing don't bring championships, 7 footers that dominate the post do! Darko will not dominate the post. Don't compare Darko to Yao because it only makes you look foolish! I don't even know why I wasted my time responding to your juvenile logic! Now, I will go back to being my happy self!
Stop this madness now! I will not even compare because I know nothing about Darko, but I have seem Yao play. Yao is special. I have saw Lebron play several times, he's not halt as good as Carmelo Anthony right now. If we have a draft that features James, Anthony, Darko, Yao. I would pick like that: Yao, Anthony, Darko or James Why would anyone be so hyped on Darko, the unproven teenager, verses one of the few franchise player GM thinks that they can build their teams around?
Darko is just 17. " Serbian center Darko Milicic, the No. 2 pick in the draft behind James, is in Orlando this week practicing with the Pistons, but will not play in the games because of a conflict with his contract in Yugoslavia. The 18-year-old center had struggled somewhat so far, getting banged around by journeymen center Amal McCaskill and rookie Trevor Harvey. New Pistons coach Larry Brown said his staff is trying to walk the fine line of pushing Milicic hard without overloading him. "We just want to make sure we start him out right and teach him as much as we can without putting a lot of pressure on him," said Brown, who is conducting the practices but will be an observer during games. "That way when he does go to camp it won't be a total shock to him. But he's just 18, and in some places he'd still be in high school. He's not in great shape and he's really breathing hard, but I love him." " Brown love Anthony.........
I asked this much earlier........and Yao is better! Darko is only 18 though. He has a lot of potential. Hopefully Yao owns him.
Just for the record, the Darko article in the latest ESPN Mag says that, yes, he has a pedestrian vertical like you said, but that he makes up for it with his explosiveness and quickness, or something to that effect. Not sure exactly what the author meant by that.
He can't jump but he when he does, its really fast and he has a tendency to fart while in the air. -Okierock ROFL Darko will more then likely be a fine player and he does have one thing that Yao lacks. He has a mean streak, throwing elbows throw you to the ground, dunk on you after the offensive foul style mean streak and that will help in someways with his ability to come act NBA players earlier in his career. How many times have we wanted Yao to Dunk the ball? Darko will Dunk hard and often. . But I also think if Detriot can pick between Yao and Darko they choose Darko. But I wouldn't worry I think Yao will win his before Darko wins his. Plus Yao is already better he is a Rocket. Fierguard Founder of MARH Members againist Rocket hating.
