the reason joe doesn't trade darko is that it simply isn't darko's time yet. joe is still high on darko's abilities. trust me he has plenty of trade value. we just simply wouldn't be able to get a young big man in return.

flip stopped playing darko because of matchup situations and darko's lack of effort when not played during the first half of games. that's what i heard anyway i don't see the lack of effort people are talking about. he's just not offensively aggressive enough. his effort level is related to the fact that no matter how good or how hard he plays his role and his minutes will be the same. flip hasn't showed anyone on the bench yet that good play will be rewarded with more minutes. not darko, not delfino, not jmax.

darko's problem with playing time from my point of view is that he not only has to be better than the big 3 currently but he also has to be better than what they used to be. this is a very hard thing because they all used to be all stars. trust me besides dice's last game in utah he's been stinking this season up. darko should have got some minutes just based on mcdyess not doing well. that wasn't the case because dice was getting minutes based on his past not on present performance. ben is doing very average lately since he's been injured that should have threw dmc some minutes but nope didn't happen. i don't see it as a reflection on darko. i think it's a coaching thing.