49. Darko Milicic
With summer dragging on and on and on before the NBA tips off, we’ve decided to initiate a multipart series that will be the definitive look at the best players in the NBA today. Over the next month or so we’ll run down the 50 guys that we think are the 50 best players, right here, right now.
With summer dragging on and on and on before the NBA tips off, we’ve decided to initiate a multipart series that will be the definitive look at the best players in the NBA today.
Over lunch at the Outback Steakhouse (word to Steve Irwin), your crack SLAMonline.com staff sat down and ranked the 50 best players in the NBA today. We realize that’s kind of ambiguous, but that’s how basketball is and that’s how we like it. Basically, though, we tried to list the 50 guys we think have the most value to their teams, right now, at this moment. This doesn’t mean they’ll never be traded, and it doesn’t mean they’re due tremendous contract extensions, but it does mean — since value is king in the NBA — that over the next month or so we’ll run down the 50 guys that we think are the 50 best players, right here, right now.
Before long it’ll be time for our annual NBA team previews. Right now it’s time for some law and order…
49. Darko Milicic, Orlando Magic
by Shoals, from FreeDarko.com
As a spokesperson for a website called “FreeDarko,” I’ve been asked numerous times to
justify the career of Darko Milicic. Almost all of these times, I’ve had to come up with something totally implausible and thunderously pretend that it was true. On the cusp of the ‘06-07 campaign, though, I can finally stand tall and talk real on the subject.
Darko is a twenty-two year-old seven footer whose shot-blocking could soon become the stuff of jazzy narco-ballads. He’s coming off a delightful run at the Worlds, where a storied Serbian program looked to him for late-game assurance. And the older he gets, the more we’re seeing that “mean streak in the post” that was his surname in June 2003.
But the real reason that Darko is off of fate’s pinwheel is his situation in Orlando. For the next decade, he’ll share a frontcourt with Young Dwight, a behemoth on the verge of demanding triple-teams. That’s two very young, very active, very legit big men of the revolution standing arm-in-arm when the whistle sounds. One of them, the Christian with braces, will very likely begin to write his name into history this coming season. And just as Marvin Harrison allowed for the emergence of Reggie Wayne, Howard’s presence means that Darko can shine in the shadows, sneakily piling up numbers and mottos without the burden of extremes.
No longer a lonely boom-or-bust scenario, the partnership with DH makes Darko redundant but not irrelevant; Darko will be the echo, and the sound will be immortality.







82 Responses to “49. Darko Milicic”
Sep.8 at 2:05 am
Someguy says:
I hope we’ll get to see the whole list together so we can compare. But darko is underrated. In fact, I’ve only seen him play once or twice.
Sep.8 at 2:33 am
Algirdas says:
Looked nice in the World Champ, was second in scoring after Igor Rakocevic putting about 16ppg. But there is #50 in the list ?
Sep.8 at 4:53 am
matt the jazz fan says:
i agree with algirdas (i think?)
you should have a quick run down of the previously ranked players at the bottom of the page (with hyperlinks) for easy comparison - and more heated debate brewing…
Sep.8 at 5:00 am
karan says:
darko at #49?
and boris diaw was at #50.
therefore, you guys saying that darko is better than boris?
wow.
Sep.8 at 5:11 am
Gilbert0 says:
whats the over/under on marbury’s ranking?
Sep.8 at 7:06 am
Paolo says:
I think what you have placed as an agreement for Darko should mean that he is in the “Top 50 Situations.” That does not necessarily mean that he is in the “Top 50 Players” list. Everybody in the NBA has potential. Given a chance to play alongside a phenom (which in this case is Dwight Howard), anybody can shine (except Stephon in Phoenix with Amare). And there are several hundreds of players in the League. Your list only has 50. It should be more than an upside. His “situation,” no matter how ideal it may seem, should not be enough to catapult him into the Top 50. Sure, the Worlds was a good stage for him. But a couple of games in the regular season and in the summer can’t be enough. I don’t hate Darko. I just don’t agree that he is number 49.
Sep.8 at 7:11 am
Paolo says:
Kudos to Matt the Jazz Fan. There should be a hyperlink or a mini-list of the previously-ranked players. So Slam, given your premise that your list includes TODAY’S Top 50, are you really saying that Darko contributes more to his team than the number 50-ranked Boris Diaw?
Sep.8 at 9:01 am
Jamison says:
Darko’s going to blow up this year. I just wish he was still in Detroit.
Sep.8 at 9:27 am
Cheryl says:
Hey Lang and Crew,
This guy Shoals is a pretty good writer. You should bring him on board at Slam. He’s got me believing in the rise of the Darko!!
Sep.8 at 9:46 am
Chris Clarke says:
It’s been a while since I’ve been able to finish something Shoals wrote. Usually, I just give up after too many trips to the dictionary. But seriously, Darko isn’t top 50 right now. This is one of those “if we leave him off and he has a breakout season, we look kinda dumb” situations.
Or, when you guys worked out this list, one of you was insisiting Darko was top 25 while the other 6 or 7 insisted he didnt belong on the list, and just to shut the one guy up, you agreed to put him in at the bottom of the list.
Come on, Darko over Diaw? Really?
Sep.8 at 10:02 am
Vitor says:
yeah Gilbert0, I bet Marbury is in the top 10. And with Lang being the slamonline editor, he´ll probably give lebron, kobe and etc. a run for the No. 1 spot…
Sep.8 at 10:13 am
scott says:
50) Boris Diaw
49) Darko Milicic
How do you justify ranking Milicic over Diaw? Your putting Milicic on the list out of potential for this upcoming year. Diaw still has a higher ceiling then Milicic and has accomplished more then Darko to this point. Diaw should be higher then Milicic.
Sep.8 at 10:45 am
Troy Dallas says:
I thought this was the top 50 players of right now, not the potential top 50. Every1 says darko could be good, but they also said the same thing about kwame brown. So until he actually plays like a top 50 player, lets leave him off the list. And ranking him above boris is nothing less than an insult. You should know better.
Sep.8 at 10:53 am
kdubb says:
I was just gonna write that, but it appears that scott has beat me to it. There’s no way Darco is better than Diaw. Diaw (is that how you spell it?) just started to flourish this year. The sky’s the limit for him.
Sep.8 at 11:04 am
Myung says:
I’d like to nominate myself to write #48 on the list: Marvin Williams. Where do I send my resume, Lang? Hope you’re having a good birthday.
Sep.8 at 11:04 am
Shiz says:
Well to be honest much of Boris’ “talent” comes from his ability to do a lot of little things well. However, he doesn’t do any one thing great, which can be good, but when you’ve got the same guy in Marion, it could be a problem later on (God I sound like a GM). Secondly, I think that Bo goes off “potential” just as much as Darko does. He’s only been a Sun, what, 1 going on 2 seasons. In Atlanta he was just…ya know…Tokyo driftin around the perimeter so we still dont know how good he’s gonna be. He may tank out, though I doubt it. I personally think that Darko’s gonna be better than Bo, just for the simple fact that he’s almost as versatile and he’s a lefty-7 footer with a J. Usually the last guys to retire are the jumpshooting centers. (Ask Sam Perkins, Luc Longley, Vlade-daddy Floppy Divac) Plus he’s a got a nasty streak in the post we just dont see in Bo or many other big men lately. Its harder to evaluate talent of big men, cuz they have a different game and there arent that many great centers to compare him to. Plus comparing perimeter guys and paint guys is apples to oranges. Its like saying who was better Mitch Richmond or Rik Smits? I go with Mitch, but a big man enthusiast might go with Rik, just for the ill up-an-under move he destroyed Pat with. Im just hoping that this is just a comprehensive list, and in no specific order. That way, we wont spend our time arguing over 50 and 49 respectively. Lets save some argument for the top ten!!
Sep.8 at 11:21 am
Ryan Jones says:
Yo Shoals, How do I get someone to write a jazzy narco-ballad about me? Because I would love to put that on my resume.
Sep.8 at 11:22 am
D Tox says:
He better do something because the jury is still out on him getting drafted before Carmelo! Sam Bowie Sam Bowie Sam Bowie
Sep.8 at 11:26 am
mica says:
if I understand the logic of this ranking, we’ll have Yinka Dare at #2 and Jackie Christie at #1…
Sep.8 at 11:35 am
Chris O'Leary says:
If I were Boris Diaw and I saw Darko ahead of me, I’d be pissed. Then I’d probably count my money and drive away in my solid-gold rocket car.
Sep.8 at 11:44 am
Jackie D says:
I made my own list just for fun. I’ve so far listed the 61 best players and haven’t even thought about Darko or Boris yet. There are at least 53 players who are unquestionably better than those two…
Sep.8 at 12:03 pm
Jamison says:
From the intro at the beginning of the article… “Basically, though, we tried to list the 50 guys we think have the most value to their teams, right now, at this moment.” When you consider Darko’s salary and potential, it’s easy to see why SLAM listed him as one of the 50 most valuable players to his team in the NBA. Is he better RIGHT NOW than Boris? Probably not. Is he more valuable to Orlando than Boris is to Phoenix? I think that argument could be made pretty logically.
Sep.8 at 12:08 pm
Bryant Reeves says:
Controversy right off the bat! If the Slamonline crew wanted to stir the pot, they’ve certainly done that.
But still… Darko?!? Even Shoals knows Darko is not top 50 material - “Darko is a twenty-two year-old seven footer whose shot-blocking could soon become the stuff of jazzy narco-ballads” Could soon? This isn’t a list of who MIGHT become a top 50 player. In terms of youth and potential Darko is right up there. The only way I can this pick being justified is if Kwame, Marvin, Okafor, Chandler and Curry are all also on this list. They’re all young, they all still haven’t hit their celling (maybe Curry) and all still haven’t done jack-shit in the league… If you’re going to call it the TOP 50, then don’t include projects. DARKO?!? WTF
Sep.8 at 12:16 pm
boston's finest says:
darko over the french phenom? at least put darko at #50.
Sep.8 at 12:29 pm
Myung says:
1st of all, i don’t know why everyone’s taking this list so seriously. it’s just the SLAM staff, creating dialogue and conversation. as long as it doesn’t create statements like, “chinese people don’t have that brutal domination mentality” (or something ignorant like that), everything else is fair game. forget top 50’s…i bet if you asked everyone to name a top TEN, no one would agree, whether it was you, me, lang, or david stern making the list. but i admit i’m a little confused by the whole criteria. the intro says BOTH: “Basically, though, we tried to list the 50 guys we think have the most value to their teams, right now, at this moment” AND “over the next month or so we’ll run down the 50 guys that we think are the 50 best players, right here, right now.” if it were based on value to a team, i’d almost think you’d have at least one player per team (that’s 30 players right there). even a bad team like my hawks have guys like joe johnson and josh smith. and then you take teams with multi stars like the suns (nash, marion, amare, that french pastry), the spurs (manu, duncan, parker), pistons…i can go on and on. i’m not going to make my own list like jackie D did…but i guarantee you that if you listed the top 50 based on skills and what not (put it this way: the top 50 you’d pick for your fantasy team), i’m sure diaw wouldn’t make it but MIGHT sneak in…and darko wouldn’t even be near it. only if you go by the first part of the intro (based strictly on value to the team) will guys like diaw and darko make the list. of course that’s just mad subjective. slam could justify it and say a cat like, let’s say, luke walton is valuable to the lakers because he’s a good TEAM guy…a good locker room guy…whatevers. it’s all subjective. i ain’t gonna sweat the list. whoever’s on it is on it. darko. kwame. christian laettner. skip. bassy. damon jones. ronnie fields. stephon. whoevers. i look forward the healthy dialogue between fellow hoop heads.
Sep.8 at 12:38 pm
albie1kenobi says:
first off happy birthday Lang, you (and the rest of the crew) are doing a fantastic job with this site. completely takes up my time at work. second, good job to everyone involved in this top 50 selection process. You guys got NBAheads arguing on this like some pro-life/pro-choice debate already, and we’ve only seen 2 out of the 50 lists. stirring up “controversy” huh? there’s nothing like it. it’s a conspiracy to raise the rating, you slick foxes, you.
Sep.8 at 1:03 pm
blake says:
So why don’t the Starbury’s come in size 14? Happy Birthday, Lang!
Darko will be a solid player. Just wait. At least he won’t be the next Ethmios Rentzias or Nikolosz Tskitishvili.
Sep.8 at 1:07 pm
Myung says:
i wrote this in another entry…but i wanted to write it here too: this is totally random…but do you guys have a SLAM fantasy basketball league? i figure SLAM staffers and readers would really get into it. i play in one, but honestly, it’s not too competitive… half of the dudes stop checking rosters after a week or two… it’d be nice to play in a league where everyone’s really into ball. the season’s coming up soon. i wonder if some of you guys on this site would be interested.
Sep.8 at 1:20 pm
Aaron says:
First of all, Boris does do something extremely well, and that is pass. Secondly, if we are talking about pure potential, Boris has much more and he has at least fully shown it thus far. Darko has some brief glimpses but to put him ahead of Boris is insane. Just based on potential, Boris is top ten in the L.
Sep.8 at 2:05 pm
albie1kenobi says:
i haven’t watched darko played in WBC or for magic, really, but I still think he has a higher ceiling than diaw. diaw was put in a system that’s PERFECT for his style of play, so he is utilizing a lot of his potential already. darko? i think we are only at the tip of the iceberg here, provided that he is able to grow continuously. of course this is all subjective and ceiling is such a non-concrete idea, so it could all be wrong. regardless, dumas must be calling himself, well, DumAss right now. not to hate on him since it’s his big day tomorrow, but not only did he not pick up any of the perennial all stars (even bosh would have kept this team as champ caliber team for years), they traded away their future hope and big ben didn’t re-up with them anyway. he was on top of the world then everything just slipped underneath him. i feel bad for dumas cause he’s always a class act. (didn’t watch the original Bad Boys days so i can’t say about that, though i heard he was the only guy Jordan respected on that team)
Sep.8 at 2:19 pm
Dre says:
this list is officially wack.
Sep.8 at 2:22 pm
Myung says:
i thought you were talking about richard dumas (former suns player). i was like, “hmm…haven’t heard that name in a while… you must be comparing him to diaw.” then i realized you were talking about joe dumaRs. but i kind of agree with you. he’s made some mad nice moves…but i think he’s made some bad ones that have been sort of overlooked (drafting rodney white, passing on melo, bosh, and wade, trading darko and not being able to lock up ben).
Sep.8 at 2:24 pm
Pablo Favarel (from Argentina) says:
WOW! Darko at 49! Geez Lang, if Manu don´t end up in the Top 10, then you are the craziest people I´ve ever heard of
Sep.8 at 2:57 pm
DBlizzy says:
Lang: “the 50 guys we think have the most value to their teams, right now, at this moment.” Thats what you said Lang. How does Darko fit that description?????
Sep.8 at 3:29 pm
albie1kenobi says:
my bad Myung, i was thinking about that snickers commercial when the interviewee “smartly” pronounces his potential employer “dum ass” instead of “dumas”. oh and i finally figured out what this list is really called:
“50 NBA players who generate most debates”. Myung was on point yesterday with his prediction with Bassy and Juanny.
Sep.8 at 4:22 pm
SWAT says:
Its top 50 players. Not “Top 50 in stats for last year”. So if anyone paid attention to the world championships, they know Darko is better than Boris. If they woulda switched teams last yr, who do u think would’ve done better? Darko on the suns or Diaw with Orlando? Think about it. Diaw wasn’t no Triple-double threat for France and doesn’t play half the D that Darko plays.
Sep.8 at 4:26 pm
Kinch says:
was international basketball scout Chad F*** present when they created this list? Seriously though, I think Darko’s value is high, together with DH, having two talented bigs anchor their title runs. That Magic team is going to be great. adding lots of cap space and the knicks’ first pick on 2007. Yeah, I second to that basketball fantasy league by Slam. I see stephon getting drafted in the first round. peace.
Sep.8 at 4:42 pm
Most Valuable Network - End Of The Bench says:
Fifty Guys Better than Darko Since SLAM Online is doing it over the next month, I thought I’d do it over the next NOW. Took about 5 minutes, inspired by one commenter named Jackie D. I don’t really care if you disagree, because I can’t say I gave this much more …
Sep.8 at 4:57 pm
Aaron says:
Uh, Diaw lead his team to a top 5 finish without Tony Parker and lead his team in scoring.
Sep.8 at 5:35 pm
Myung says:
We already got so many “#50 is better than #49″ comments. Can’t wait ’til we get to, like, #41. The entry will have about 500 comments, with people saying, “How can you say that 41 is better than 42. I agree that 45 is better than 46, and yeah, maybe 43 is better than 48 but there’s no way 41 is better than 42. Look at 42’s scoring average. And 45 was the College Player of the Year, even though 46 starred in his own video game commercial. I like 44 because I own his jersey, and 47 has a lot of potential.” Good times all around. This site keeps me entertained, that’s for sure.
Sep.8 at 5:35 pm
Dj says:
Myung: I play in a HIGHLY competitive fantasy league amongst friends, but its looking like we’re going to have only 8 or 9 players this years.
If you wanna join I might be able to hook u up, seeing that you want to play with guys who care. But i’m warning you, its fierce. last season was head-to-head, and i won the regular season with a barely .600 record. only 2 teams broke .600, but only 4 teams were below .500, and there was only one team where the guy just gave up. We poasted like 900 entries on the yahoo message board, and be prepared to add/drop at least 40 times throughout teh season. thats like once every other game. if you’re interested let me know.
Sep.8 at 5:53 pm
Myung says:
Dj, i appreciate the offer. that sounds like the kind of league i’m looking for (in terms of competitiveness), but i’m actually wanting to join a KEEPER league. i know that no matter how busy my life gets, i’ll make time for fantasy basketball every year. so i’d like to join a league that kind of sticks together for more than a year. then a guy like marvin williams or (ok, i’ll say it…even though i haven’t bought into the hype… since this IS his special entry and all…) DARKO would have value, as long as he’s carried over onto your roster for the next season. so that’s the type of league i’m looking for. but thanks for the offer. e-mail me at myunghaklee@hotmail.com when you guys start up your league. if i haven’t found a league by then, i’ll join yours. thanks, Dj. i mean, it’d be cool to get all the hardcore nba fans who check out slamonline into one league. i like leagues with a ton of teams in them because it makes you use more strategy. when you have small leagues, EVERY team is stacked. but yeah…we’ll see how it goes.
Sep.8 at 7:14 pm
Gord says:
Do you guys know a website with keeper NBA fantasy leagues?
Sep.8 at 7:28 pm
Lucas says:
So you’re saying that you would take Darko before Boris on your fantasy league??? This is Ludicrous. Darko is Nikolosz Tskitishvili with playing time.
Boris Diaw is a borderline all-star. Darko must be supplying Shoals with absinthe cause that boy is useless on a basketball court. I can see it now, #48 - Tim Thomas.
Sep.8 at 9:21 pm
serbia23 says:
darko is a beast,serbia rules at bal,which means darko rules at ball.3 prtsta
Sep.8 at 9:56 pm
niQ says:
i understant the potential darko has.. and how he started showing the world what he could do in Orlando AND more during the FIBA tournament. but.. i still think diaw is better than darko.. darko will only be known for his rebounds and blocks.. diaw is there for his 13pts 6reb and 6assist and 1 block per.. somewhat triple digit stats.. good ish.. can’t front that
-niQ
Sep.8 at 10:12 pm
Darko's Fan says:
Darko might not be at this moment among top 50. I do however believe that he has potential to be among top 5 power forwards in the leaque in next couple of years.
Sep.9 at 3:40 am
PeteJayhawk says:
So are you readers so dumb that you don’t understand the point of these lists? The point, my children, is to create buzz/debate/etc. about the subject. If they hadn’t gone out on a limb for any of the picks, who would really care? The real hilarity here is watching the mouth-breathers get up in arms about why their pet player isn’t #1.
Sep.9 at 9:55 am
Justin H says:
I dont agree at all. Whos # 50? Anybody can be better than DARKO
Sep.9 at 9:56 am
Justin H says:
P.S. Darko Why dont you go play in the european leagues for a couple of years
Sep.9 at 10:18 am
Noah Doucette says:
Boris Diaw > Darko Milicic Raptors 06-07 Champions
Sep.9 at 12:45 pm
Tatoo Magoo says:
If you guys know anything, Darko is MORE VALUABLE TO HIS TEAM!! its not who is a better player… If you take Boris Diaw off the Suns, ok you got Marion, you got Nash, you got Stoudemire… Wow… Suns still top team… they were the top team the year before… Take Darko off the Magic… ok who you got starting… Tony Battie??? Who’s back up C? It’s the MOST VALUABLE TO THEIR TEAM PEOPLE…damn quit darko hatin…
Sep.9 at 4:22 pm
sean saltzberg says:
In the words of Bobby Knight this is absolute fucking bullshit. Darko sucks hes a bust and diaw is better. You guys must have a fetish for darko or something because he sucks and you say he’s one of the top 50 guys in the leauge. I wouldn’t even put him in my top 150 guys in today’s leauge
Sep.9 at 5:00 pm
Sam Rubenstein says:
Darko and J.J. on the same team… a hater’s dream. By the way in my “touch” football league I just took a Ronnie Lott shot to the solar plexus. ANything I say over the next week (month) I chalk up to post-concussion syndrome.
Sep.10 at 12:37 am
Antoine says:
Sean I totally agree.
They’re playing the “I am the best Scout” game. My uncle’s best friend’s son play’s bball, is 40 but still doesn’t have a pro team, but he is so talented that he should in the ranking.
Sep.10 at 5:59 am
Jackie D says:
Should any of these make the list?:
Rashard Lewis? Sam Cassel? Corey Maggette?
Ilgauskas? Josh Howard? Larry Hughes? Ben Gordon?
Those are guys I suspect will not make it, but whom I still think are deserving.
And dear lord! I relly need to find something better to do with my spare time….
Sep.10 at 1:55 pm
the_Allrights says:
SLAM’S CRITERIA— “list the 50 guys we think have the most value to their teams, right now, at this moment.” Darko seems to fit that description. As a Piston fan, I am especially irritated by this wicked ironic turn of events.
Sep.15 at 2:42 pm
eddie droutsas says:
i had a few great games in my life at the Y, why not throw me in the top 50.
Sep.17 at 5:45 pm
Mark Manning says:
Man i think if drako makes it so should I and i think Steve Nash is goin to be Number 1
Sep.18 at 11:22 am
Shane says:
this guy does not deserve any credit, he flat out sucks!!
Sep.21 at 1:56 am
Penghui says:
You guys are pretty dense. Darko put up 18pts 15rebs and 3blks going against Pau in the Worlds. After his first game he practically averaged a double double and he is ONLY 22. The guy would still be a senior in college and I guarantee if he went in the draft this year he would have gone just as high. He admittedly needs to work on getting to the line, increase his conditioning and being more aggressive, but a young, proud Serb on a team lead by the deriding Brown takes a toll on the ego. There is still a lot of buzz about the guy and a lot of GMs would be glad to have him. Just watch this year how well he does and then see how upset the Magic are going to be for not locking him up this summer and how many offers he will get next summer.
Sep.26 at 12:08 pm
Carlos says:
HAHAHAHA Darko should not be ranked in front of Diaw. This is a joke right?!?? I think the first comment posted by Someguy is fitting: ” I hope we’ll get to see the whole list together so we can compare. But darko is underrated. In fact, I’ve only seen him play once or twice.” Apparently SLAM has only watched Darko play once or twice as well (and didnt watch diaw at all), Lang and crew tuned into his best game in an orlando uniform. Darko Prob got 14 pts 5 blocks and 8 rebounds. Just guessing. and then wallah somehow the promise(yet still inconsistant) at the end of the season was enough to rank darko above the most improved player in the L, a player that proved his worth to the sun’s success with and without nash on the floor. Not to mention a player that put up near triple dubs on several occasions he was always a couple points or res or assists away. There is no logical explaination for this screw up. Either you hate frenchies, you give into the flawed notion that Diaw’s brilliant play was a product of Nash, or you loaded up on too many Fosters (Australian for Beer!) while coming up with this list at outback Steakhouse.
The truth is Diaw is a great passer in his own right, a nice rebounder, great handles for his size, unselfish player, versatile defender(guarded yao well), and surprisingly explosive. Give Credit where credit is due.
Sep.26 at 9:45 pm
serbia23 says:
carlos if slams french haters, then ur just a serbian hater, darkos more valuble to his team then diaw, and slam prolly saw him lead serbia and montenegro in a pretty descent performance
Sep.26 at 9:46 pm
serbia23 says:
in the fiba world championships
Sep.27 at 12:51 am
scott says:
Serbia23 for sure has a man crush on Darko.
Sep.27 at 8:07 pm
serbia23 says:
u for sure are a fag who has no life so u comment like 30 times a day and i dont have a crush on darko im just sayin hes good cuz half u fags havent even seen him play 1game but u judge him cuz u havent seen him play
Oct.2 at 10:00 pm
Sam McMurran says:
Darko is developing, I think we all understand that. I just dont think that he is number 49. There is 150 players in the NBA that start, and I dont think Darko is better that 101 of them. I mean, come on. hes on the bench.
Oct.5 at 5:12 pm
» A most ironic ranking situation - SLAM Online says:
[…] We’ve been running daily rankings of the top 50 NBA players. As you might recall, young Darko checked in at #49. Inspired by our list, freedarko delivered their ranking of the top 50 most freedarko players in the league. On their list, Darko is… non-existent. Thus, freedarko is darkofree. If a Darko darks in the forest and nobody is there to hear it, did he Darko? […]
Oct.15 at 2:52 pm
cavs-mavs-fan says:
Darko sucks!!!! how could u rank him over diaw. darko will never ever ever be as good as diaw. he should be ranked like 128 out of everysingle player in the league at least!
Oct.19 at 3:18 pm
Alex ENDS says:
I Saw Darko play down here in the final stretch for a playoff spot and dude was Sick. I even found myself screaming put darko in (which I never thought i would ever say) but the kid can play, he’s gonna make make Joe D look like a Hot-Damn Genius. Larry Brown isn’t as smart as advertised (New York can attest)
Oct.27 at 8:25 am
Jordan Coats says:
First of all Vince Carter should be a lot higher up than that. Darko us not that good, yes the Pistons should have played him more. But they didnt probably because what he did at practice was not good enough. So i think that Vince should be up more because he is spectacular and Darko shouldent even be in it because he is not very good.
Oct.27 at 11:11 pm
serbia23 says:
jordan stops talking bout vince in da darko spot u faggot and darko is da shit
alex ends finally someone watches da dude play ball instead of just hearin ppl say he sucks like shut da fuck up
Nov.10 at 2:05 am
Love & Basketball says:
SLAM Love your magazine but don’t go putting guys on a “Top 50 Right Now ” list for the NBA if they haven’t proven anything. Theo Ratliff, Shareef Abdur Rahim, Boozer and Kevin Martin look better than Darko right now..even Nenad Krstic. http://loveandbasketball2.blogspot.com
Nov.13 at 9:58 pm
jesse quinn` says:
ew how could you ever put Darko (suck ass) Milicic in to the top 50
Nov.15 at 6:16 pm
serbia23 says:
GO Darko GO Darko GO GO GO Darko
Nov.16 at 10:44 am
dbs says:
Ill give you a list of players that are better than milicic:
Rj
Diaw
Kmart
Marcus Williams
Bdiddy
Stevie Franchise
Haslem
Nenad
Ratliff
Boozer
Okur
Abdur Rahim
Camby
Andre Miller
gordon
Wallace, smith, simmons, EVERONE is better than darko…
DBs
Nov.16 at 10:56 am
dbs says:
mind if i add to my list?
Hughes
Maghetty
Livingston
Odom
TAYSHAUN!!!
swift
Rashard lewis
NACHbar
okafore
felton
me
bowen
barry
ridnour
ray allen
dalembert
igouadala
gooden
Zydrunes
jarret Jack
DMarsh
varejao
chandler
stoyakovich
Ruben patterson
dan gadzurich
jeffries
hayes
bendan haywood
caron butler
jamaal crawford
frye
jnelson
Dwight
Big Al H
telefare
olowokonodo
zerbiak
tinsley
the list goes on forever man, damn
Nov.18 at 3:56 pm
fady says:
man u guys must be kidding right what the hell has he proven to make top 50
Dec.11 at 9:01 pm
Patrick says:
Are u kidding me! He hasn’t done shit. Lamar Odom averaged almost a triple-double and this guy is better than him. With melo detroit never woulda lost to the spurs or the heat. Go Lakers!
Jan.8 at 11:53 am
Jamie21 says:
obviously you idiot!!!!….Darkos a bust!!!
Feb.4 at 2:23 pm
stoj 12 says:
Boris Diaw
Phoenix Suns
Position: F
Height: 6-8 Weight: 230
From : France
Player file | Team stats 2006-07 Statistics
PPG 10.4
RPG 4.7
APG 5.2
SPG .43
BPG .66
FG% .540
FT% .649
3P% .333
MPG 32.8
Darko Milicic
Orlando Magic
Position: F-C
Height: 7-0 Weight: 275
From : Serbia & Montenegro
Player file | Team stats 2006-07 Statistics
PPG 7.7
RPG 5.1
APG 1.1
SPG .56
BPG 1.69
FG% .431
FT% .582
3P% .000
MPG 22.4
look at these stats and speak darko had no chance in detriot with brown and now is starting to play after brown destroyed his confidenc boris had a great year last year but this year is avarage so stop saying hes a bust.
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