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Originally Posted by detteam No...he doesn't play the same position as Darko. Nor will he make 1/4 of Darko bucks. But he plays with multiple times the effort Darko has put out.
Time to fold the Darko hand. Hopefully, Darko will go down in history as JD's biggest boner ever. Thankfully for JD, it will be camouflaged by at least two finals, and one championship. |
To an extent, who you can guard defines your position. In the summer league, Darko did so so guarding Kamen. Not so great at first, but well at the end. Maxiell on the other hand dominated Kamen very badly on both ends of the floor. Kamen could neither hope to stop Maxiell, nor hope to score against him. Remember this, Ben is just one inch taller than Maxiell. With all that said, Maxiell still is not 7-2. Darko is. There is a huge height difference between the two players.
Since this is the NBA, height happens to matter. Even though you are wrong about the two players not competing for minutes at the same position, you are still right in a way. When it comes to beating Miami, Darko can help on Shaq. Maxiell, no. Way too short. Since winning championships is the goal, not looking great in
garbage time, we still need Darko. And Flip needs to play the heck out of him. I will rephrase that. We Piston fans need for Flip to play the heck out of Darko, cause we surely are hungry for another 'Ship round here.