I am with you. Lambs would be perfect because he was a player who, despite limited capabilities (like no hops, lack of quickness, etc) made a real name for himself and was a huge contributor to the Pistons championship years.

I we could add the motivation and mean streak to the abilities Darko already has, we would have a winner. I am tired of this disappointed feeling I get when DMC comes off the floor. He should be making a real impact already, on both ends of the floor.

If he doesn't watch out, those footprints up his back are going to be from JMax. I am beginning to believe that a young player in this league needs to be more selfish. When Darko comes in, it seems to me like everything he does is designed to be team-oriented. Running around setting picks, slapping balls out to other players instead of grabbing the boards and jamming them back in. He needs to be more of a selfish, score first player, until he is told different.

It seems that you need to do that to get noticed, and maybe to build trust that you CAN to those things. Leading the league in shot-blocking has not done it. One reason is that when you position yourself to block shots and accomplish that, you are not in position to get the rebound. You create those ops for your teammates, but don't really get much trust or credit built up.

Evewn when he has been blocking shots and the other teams have been running the lane with wild abandon, Darko was not put in. Maybe he is not trusted yet, but it seems like in those situation, you need to start trusting your player. So the player needs to do something else to get noticed and trusted.