I don't know why people are resenting what Joe had to say. It has been obvious for a while that taking Darko as a project and playing for a championship are not a good mix. Joe is calling it like it is. Darko would normally be drafted by an Atlanta who could play him a lot without worrying about a W. It is easy to say play Darko. Yes, he could be the future. But if we start to lose games everyone on this board will be upset. Yes, bench guys playing now are not producing from game to game. I say play the bench on the back to backs since the starters are showing that they can't perform at a high level on back to backs. But what if the bench just isn't good enough? Other than Dyss, no one there is really proven. Yes, I like Delfino but he is not proven. How many minutes would Darko get? 5 isn't enough, with 10, if he doesn't produce, we would get a loss and then what? If Darko started playing 10 a game now, he might be ready in two years to play big=time playoff ball. It is questionable that he could guard Shaq today. And then , even if he could, his offense is not ready. That is why Joe got Davis. Joe understands his mistake. The Bucks picked up Magloire to help Bogut. Bynum is not playing for the Lakers and is being schooled by Kareem. Kwame is in his 4th year and still doesn't have much game. We made a mistake taking Darko no matter how well he turns out because any of the proven players in that draft would be helping us now. But there are reasons for that mistake that would be far afield here. The only reason he is not traded is that management probably feels that we can afford the luxery of having him not play and hoping he develops before we have to trade him. Do we have that luxery?